specimens of Herrania tomentella have, in the past, been 
referred to H. pulcherrima or to H. nitida (as H. nitida 
var. aspera), a study of the capsule, until recently un- 
known, shows conclusively that 1. tomentella has its re- 
lationships in other directions. 
GUTTIFERAE 
Clusia chiribiquetensis Maguire ex Schultes in 
Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 15 (1951) 56, Pl. XVIII, 
upp. fig. 
We now publish a drawing (PI. XX XIII) of the type 
specimen of this interesting endemic Clusia. 
Clusia Schultesii Maguire ex Schultes in Bot. Mus. 
Leafl. Harvard Univ. 15 (1951) 65. 
Clusia Schultesii was not figured when it was described, 
but the concept is of such phytogeographical interest 
that the accompanying plate (XX XIV) is now offered. 
LYTHRACEAE 
(Contributed by Dr. Alicia Lourteig) 
Cuphea sunubana Lourteig sp. nov. 
Suffrutex (alt. ignota), ramis sublignosis, profuse ram- 
ificatis, flavo- vel ferrugineo-setosis (setis basi incrassatis, 
adpresso-adscendentibus) et minutissime pubescentibus, 
glabrescentibus. Internodia 4-6 mm. longa, quam folia 
minora. Folia decussata, subsessilia, conferta, discoloria, 
lanceolata (10-20 1.5-5 mm.), acuta, margine reflexa, 
nervo centrali rubente, subtus conspicuo, nervis secun- 
dariis plusminusve conspicuis, subtus setis in nervis atque 
marginem versus sed supra rarius in nervo centrali atque 
in lamina sparsis. Flores alterni inter folia. Pedunculi 
3-5 mm. longi, tenues, setosi, apicem versus bibracteo- 
lati. Bracteolae ovato-acuminatae, plusminusve pubes- 
centes. Calyx 5.5-6.5 mm. longus, fauce paulo dilatatus, 
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