terial that Haught 1917 was taken from an individual 
in an open, favorable site or else from a new flush. 
Cotompia: Departamento E] Magdalena, 17 km. north of El Banco 
on road to Chimichagua. “‘Large (5 m. high) shrub with many long, 
lax branches. Inflorescence very conspicuous. Corolla white, anthers 
yellow. Inswampy forest, along road.’*? August 3, 1938, Oscar Haught 
2221 (Tyre in U.S. Nat. Herb. No. 1706900).—Departamento de 
Santander, El Centro, vicinity of Barranca-Bermeja, Magdalena Val- 
ley, between Sogamoso and Carare Rivers, alt. 100-500 meters. ‘‘Large 
shrub (4 m.) very conspicuous white flowers and buds.’’? August 26, 
1936, Oscar Haught 1917. 
Mayna glomerata Killip & R. EH. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, usque ad duodecim pedes alta. Rami 
ramulique verrucoso-striati, griselli; ramuli juveniles 
cinereo-virides, squamiferi. Folia alterna, simplicia, lan- 
ceolato-elliptica, usque ad 22 cm. longa (sine petiolo), 
7-7.5 cm. lata, integra, apice longe acuminata, basi cu- 
neata, chartacea, nervis secundariis valde arcuatis duo- 
decim vel tredecim, omnino glabra, supra atroviridia et 
apparenter nitida cum nervis leviter prominentibus sed 
non elevatis, infra pallide viridia, non nitida, nervis valde 
elevatis et fulvis. Petioli robusti, usque ad 8 cm. longi, 
1.5-1.8 mm. in diametro, glabri. Stipulae non visae. 
Dioecia. Flores in fasciculis caulinis, glomeratis, inflores- 
centiis usque ad plusminusve decemfloris. Alabastra glo- 
bosa vel elongato-globosa, plusminusve 2 mm. in diam- 
etro, minute et subdense pilosa. Bracteae minutae. Pe- 
dunculus usque ad 8 mm. longus, dense albo-pilosus. 
Flores staminiferi albi, conspicui, usque ad 2 em. in di- 
ametro. Sepala tria, leviter inaequalia, valde concava, 
ovata, integra, apice subacuta, extus pubescentia, intus 
glabra, quinque cum venis brunneis longitudinaliter stri- 
ata, sepalum majus 3.8-4 mm. longum, 2.7-2.9 mm. 
latum. Petala quinque ad septem, aequalia, subspathu- 
lata, margine irregularia, apice late rotundata et valde in- 
voluta, alba, membranacea, usque ad 6.5 mm. longa, apice 
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