PLANTAE COLOMBIANAE XIV 
RHYTIDANTHERAE MONTIS MACARENAE NOVA SPECIES 
BY 
Ricuarp Evans Scuutres’ 
REcENT collections of plants from the northern part of 
the Cordillera de La Macarena in the Intendencia del 
Meta, Colombia, have been replete with extraordinary 
novelties and endemics. One of the most outstanding 
of these plants is a hitherto undescribed species of the 
ochnaceous genus Rhytidanthera. Because of its unusual 
size and beauty, it may be named 
Rhytidanthera regalis Rk. HL. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbor magna usque ad septuaginta pedes alta, fron- 
dosissima, aspectu nobilis. ‘Truncus columnaris, basi 
saepissime aliquid arcuatus, usque ad duo pedes in dia- 
metro, rufo-brunneo cum cortice subruguloso et minute 
lenticellato; ligno duro, albido. Folia imparipinnata, 
conspicue pendula; petioli 20-30 cm. longi, basi usque 
ad 2 mm. in diametro; foliola plerumque tredecim (cum 
petiolis 4-6 mm. longis), lateralia alterna, 8-4.5 cm. dis- 
tantia, lanceolata, apice acuto-acuminata, basi late cu- 
neata vel subrotundata, 15-22 cm. longa, 8—5.5 cm. lata; 
foliolum terminale liberum, perfecte lanceolatum, apice 
'Botanist, Division of Rubber Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant 
Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research 
Administration, U. 8. Department of Agriculture; Research Fellow, 
Botanical Museum of Harvard University. 
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