danthera magnifica into the Departamento Norte de San- 
tander and very near to the Venezuelan boundary. A|- 
though the type was described as a tree up to 65 feet 
tall, the species may also be, as reported by Cuatrecasas, 
a small tree (‘‘arbolito’’). Dwyer states that Rhytidan- 
thera magnifica ‘‘is readily distinguished from the two 
other species. .. . by its narrower leaflets which taper to- 
ward the base....’’, but the leaflets of Cuatrecasas 13370, 
while very narrow, are broadly rotund at the base. 
CoLtomsia: Departamento Norte de Santander, regién del Sarare, 
hoya del rio Marque entre Junin y Cordoba, 920-1240 m. alt. “‘Ar- 
bolito. Pétalos blancos. Estambres amarillos.’’? November 22, 1941, 
J. Cuatrecasas 13370, 
Rhytidanthera mellifera R. HL. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, usque ad quindecim pedes alta, ramosis- 
sima. ‘Truncus tres ad quattuor pollices in diametro, rufo- 
brunneo cum cortice ruguloso et minute lenticellato. 
Folia imparipinnata, aliquid pendula; petioli 16.5-24.5 
em. longi; foliola duodecim vel plerumque tredecim 
(cum petiolulis 1-2 mm. longis), lateralia alterna, 2.2-2.5 
em. distantia, anguste lanceolata, apice acuta, basi ro- 
tundata, 8.5-14 (plerumque 10.5) cm. longa, 2.2-3.2 
(plerumque 2.5) cm. lata; foliolum terminale liberum, 
cuneato-lanceolatum, apice obtusum, 10-12 cm. longum, 
usque ad 4 cm. latum; alia marginem versus valde re- 
trocurvata, margine grossiuscule serrata, dentibus apice 
incurvis et plerumque 6 mm. distantibus, supra nitida 
venis non elevatis, subtus pallidiora, venis prominenter el- 
evatis, secundariis plusminusve viginti; stipulis caducis. 
Inflorescentiae terminales, parvae, quam folia multo 
breviores, 20 cm. longae, rhachide 8 mm. in diametro, 
pauciflorae (floribus usque ad viginti); rhachidis rami 
usque ad 8 cm. longi; pedicelli ad rhachidem articulati, 
robustiores et lignosi, usque ad 10 mm. longi, apice sub- 
clavati, basi 1 mm. et apice 2 mm. in diametro. Flores 
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