condition of the specimen, however, precludes definite 
identification. Nevertheless, it represents the northwest- 
ernmost collection of the Velloziaceae from the Amazon 
Valley and from South America. 
Cotompra: Intendencia del Meta, Rio Guaviare, San José del Gua- 
viare, terrenos graniticos, sabana, alt. 270 m. **Ramificada, 1-2 m. 
alt.’’ December 11, 1939, J. Cuatrecasas 7700. 
MoRACEAE 
Cecropia mocoana Cuatrecasas sp. nov. 
Arbor parva. Ramuli scabri, pilis conicis rigidis in- 
clinatis et pilis longioribus hamatis praediti. Folia ampla, 
membranacea, peltata, longe petiolata. Petiolus robus- 
tus, 50 em. longus, striatus, copiose hirsutus cum pilis 
longis saepe hamatis. Lamina palmata, profunde (8/4— 
4/5) 8-lobata; lobis majoribus obovato-oblongis, minori- 
bus obovato-subrotundatis, omnibus abrupte acuminatis, 
basi contractis, margine integra vel leviter irregulariterque 
sinuata, lobo maximo ab insertione petioli usque ad api- 
cem 54cm. longo et 30 cm. lato, lobo minimo 24 em. 
longo, 15 cm. lato, parte concrescenti 10-19 cm; supra 
viridis, strigosa, pilis conicis brevibus et pilis longis acu- 
tissimis inclinatis munita, nervis principalibus et secun- 
dariis notata; subtus albida, nervis primariis crasso- 
eminentibus valde hirsutis, secundariis angulo obtuso 
1-3.5 cm. distantibus prominentibus hirsutulis, tertiis 
roseis transversalibus et reticulatis demum hirsutulis, in- 
ter hos lamina dense albo-arachnoideo-tomentosa. In- 
florescentiae masculae geminatae. Pedunculus rigidus, 
mediocris, 6.5-7 cm. longus, strigosus, pilis hamatis acu- 
tis satis armatus. Spatha ovoideo-oblonga, acutiuscula, 
circa 13 cm. longa, extus villoso-hirsuta, intus puberula, 
Amenta masculina circa 28 fasciculata, graciliter pedi- 
cellata, praefloratione 7-10 cm. longa, postea usque ad 
17 em. longa, 3 mm. lata. Perigonium tubulosum, 2 
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