Cuphea sucumbiensis is named for the type locality, the 
Rio Sucumbios, which forms part of the boundary be- 
tween Colombia and Ecuador. The species should be 
recorded also for the flora of Ecuador, for, doubtless, it 
occurs on both banks of this river. 
Co._omsia: Comisaria del Putumayo, frontera Colombo-ecuatoriana. 
Selva higr6fila del Rio Sucumbios (San Miguel), entre los afluentes 
Conejo y Hormiga. Alt. 8300 m. December 15, 1940, J. Cuatrecasas 
11069a (Tyee in Herb. Field Mus.). 
Cuphea beneradicata Lourteig sp. nov. 
Suffrutex 20-25 cm. altus, basi lignosus, crassus, tor- 
tuosus, in saxorum fissuris crescens, cano-malpighiaceo- 
pubescens et in caulibus juvenilibus etiam cum. pilis 
purpureo-hispido-glandulosis. Internodia quam folia 
minora, 2-4 mm. longa. Folia lanceolata vel linealia, 
obtusa, margine reflexa, 8-11 X 1-8 mm., subsessilia, pet- 
iolis crassis, plusminusve 0.6 mm. longis, nervo centrali 
lato, fusco, infra conspicuo, subtus densius adpresso-cana, 
malpighiaceo-pubescentia et margine (statu juvenili) 
cum ciliis longis, tenuibus et glandulosis, caducis. Flores 
decussati, in ramorum apice. Pedunculi 2—2.5 mm. longi, 
in parte mediana superiore bibracteolati. Bracteolae 
ovato-acuminatae, 0.5 mm. longae, pubescentes. Calyx 
5-5.5 mm. longus, malpighiaceo-pilosus (pilis plusmin- 
usve hirsutis) et copiose purpureo-hispido-glandulosus in 
parte inferiore; lobulis latis, acuminatis: appendicibus 
crassis, pubescentibus, lobulis aequalibus; calcare con- 
spicuo incurvato, obtuso; intus in nervis pubescens, sub 
staminibus lanosus. Petala sex, roseo-purpurea, 3.51.5 
mm., oblonga vel obovato-oblonga. Stamina 11, duo 
dorsalia brevissima, alia majora, calycis marginem attin- 
gentia, horum tria ventralia glabra, cetera lanosa. Pistil- 
lum 3.5 mm. longum, inclusum. Ovarium asymmetrico- 
semlovoideum, dense pubescens. Pistillum tenue, pubes- 
cens. Stigma subcapitatum. Discus complanato-ovoid- 
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