ally the Guianan and Venezuelan HZ. lemniscata. This 
relationship is strikingly evident when one compares the 
fruits of the two concepts. Both species have relatively 
small capsules in which there are transverse ribs nearly 
as large as the cultriform longitudinal ribs, and soft, 
pointed mammoid projections at each junction of the 
longitudinal and transverse ribs. The former species, 
however, has much longer and upturned projections than 
the latter, and would seem, in this as in some other char- 
acters, to represent an extreme in the evolution of the 
genus. ‘There would appear to be a rather easily trace- 
able trend from Herrania Mariae through Hi. lemniscata 
to H. Camargoana, on the one hand, and to A. lacinii- 
folia on the other. 
The coloration of the flowers of Herrania Camargoana 
and FH. lemniscata is similarly complex and also indicates 
arelationship. No other known species of Herrania can 
match these two for complexity of floral coloration. Her- 
rana Camargoana, according to field notes quoted in 
detail above, has sepals which are dark blood-red exter- 
nally but scarlet internally ; petals which are ashy red or 
purple with yellowish stripes; staminodes which are ashy 
purple-maroon with white-yellow patches internally but 
entirely dark red externally ; and ligules, red without and 
white-yellow within, which are folded or inrolled, so that 
the red is enclosed and is not seen directly. Herrania 
lemniscata has, according to field notes (Steyermark 
60558), sepals which are white in the uppermost two- 
thirds and rose-salmon below, with rose stripes; and 
staminodes (called ‘‘petals’” on the label) which are dull 
yellow with dull rose specks in the lower half. 
The shape and size of the leaflets, however, differ 
strikingly in the two concepts. Herrania Camargoana 
has oblanceolate or broadly lanceolate-ovate leaflets 
which measure 60-75 cm. in length and 16-26 em. in 
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