superioribus laxioribus et gradatim brevioribus, floribus 
multis mox deciduis; bracteolae mox deciduae lanceola- 
tae, ad 6 mm. longae, ad 2 mm. latae; pedicelli ad 1.5 
mm. longi; calyx receptaculi inaequilateraliter cupuli- 
formis pariete circ. 0.85 mm. crasso extus dense pubes- 
cente; sepala tenui-carnosa oblonga vel ovata-oblonga, 
ad 4 mm. longa, 8-3.2 mm. lata, utrinque dense lanulosa 
comis paucis parvis rubescentibus corporibus mistis, mar- 
ginibus villosulis; petala in vivo lutea oblonga, 4—5 mm. 
longa, basi unguiculata villosa intus praeter margines 
(extus comis paucis basi) venis evidentibus; filamenta 
subulata, 4-7.5 mm. longa, 0.3-0.35 mm. basi lata, vil- 
losa basi comis solum intus dispositis, antheris cire. 1.3 
mm. longis; stipes ovaril 1.3-2.7 mm. longus, aureo- 
villosus, ovario ad 8 mm. longo, cire. 1.5 mm. lato, dense 
aureo-villoso stylo ad 4 mm. longo, ovulis 6-8; fructus 
non Visi. 
Tachigaha Schultesiana, named in honor of one of the 
collectors of the type material, is marked by multijugate 
leaves. Only two other species of the genus, T'achigalia 
polyphylla Poepp. & Endl. and 7". multijuga Benth., have 
numerous pairs of leaflets. The smaller flowers of the new 
species, with uniformly thick filaments of the stamens, 
suggest immediately a close relationship with Tachigalia 
polyphylla of Amazonian Brazil. 
A number of floral characters distinguish T'achigalia 
Schultesiana trom T. polyphylla: the receptacle-cup is 
cupuliform in outline rather than oblong-rotund, the 
hairs of the petals are subappresed, fewer, and do not 
extend to the margins, the anthers are longer, the stipe 
of the pistil is thicker and much longer at maturity, and 
the ovarian hairs are frequently fewer along the two longi- 
tudinal areas of the valves, thus giving the ovary a stri- 
ate appearance. 
Occasional petals show small and scattered glandular 
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