Clusia globosa Maguire sp. nov., sect. Clusias- 
trum Planchon & Triana. 
Arbor parva; ramulis tenuibus, ca. 4mm. diam. ; foliis 
subsessilibus, 10-14 cm. longis, 4-6 cm. latis, oblanceo- 
latis, subcoriaceis, apice rotundo, basi acuto, costa prom- 
inenti, nervis prominulis, nervo indistincto collectivo, a 
margine ca. 0.5 mm. remoto; inflorescentia 3-flora, pe- 
dunculo 1-1.5 ecm. longo, pedicellis ca. 1 cm. longis; 
sepalis 3-jugis decussatis, exterioribus late reniformibus, 
ca. 4 mm. longis, interioribus 8 mm. longis, 6 mm. latis, 
oblongis; petalis non visis; ovario 10-12 loculari, loculo 
multiovulato; fructu globoso, 14-16 mm. alto; stigmat- 
ibus rotato-planis, 10-12 cuneiformibus, ca. 4 mm. longis, 
2 mm. latis, intramedio sessili, extramedio libero; apice 
capsulae 2 mm. diam. sine stigmate; floribus masculinis 
non Visis. 
Clusia globosa seems to be most closely related to C. 
cuneata Bentham of British Guiana. It differs most con- 
spicuously in its globose fruit with ten or twelve subses- 
sile, half-free, radiant stigmas. In Clusia cuneata, the 
fruit is oblong-ovate, and the sixteen free stigmas are 
borne on an elongate stylar base. 
Cotompia: Comisaria del Amazonas, trapecio amazénico, Boiauasst 
River. November 1945, R. E. Schultes 6790 (Tyrer in Herb. N.Y. 
Bot. Gard.). 
Clusia insignis Martius Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3 (1829- 
32) 164. 
Described from material collected at Mandos, Clusia 
insignis is rather common in the Rio Negro basin. It is 
registered for the flora of eastern Colombia through the 
collection cited below. 
Cotoms1a: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Negro, vicinity of Piedra del 
Cocui. “‘Enormous tree 75 feet tall, 18 in. in diameter, columnar. 
Wood reddish towards centre, yellow-white nearer surface, very hard. 
Leaves thick. Flowers extraordinarily showy, purple-red, 5 inches 
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