sedesi Planchon & Triana; hence, it must be placed in 
the subsect. Hucriuva. I am unable, at this time, to 
recognize any close relatives of this fascinating little 
species. 
Brazit: Estado do Amazonas, path between headwaters of Ira- 
Igarapé and headwaters of Igarapé Abit, affluent of Rio Taraira. **Small 
treelet ; flowers white; very fragrant; in caatinga.’” Maki Indianname: 
pai-nan-ge. July 4-6, 1948, R. E. Schultes & F. Lopez 10192 (Tyrer 
in Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.). 
Clusia penduliflora Engler ex Martius in F1. Bras. 
12, pt. 1 (1888) 412, sect. Clusiastrum Planchon & 
Triana, subsect. Brachystemon Engler. 
Schultes 5521, the first collection of Clusia penduli- 
flora from Colombia, represents pistillate material in 
which the fruit is quite mature. The fruit was apparently 
fleshy, ‘‘red,’” probably ovoid and 2-8 cm. long. Its five 
small sessile stigmas are considerably disjunct, each stig- 
ma ovate, somewhat concave, 8 mm. long and 2 mm. 
broad. The lower 4 pairs of bracts are small and decus- 
sate, the inner 6-7 sepaloid bracts are imbricate, about 10 
mm. broad, 8 mm. long, rounded and broadly scarious. 
It is interesting to note that each of the three widely 
separated localities known for Clusia penduliflora is as- 
sociated with local occurrences of cretaceous sandstone 
or proterozoic granite savannas or caatingas. The floras 
of elevations along the Rio Macaya and at Sao Paulo de 
Olivenea have many elements in common with that at 
Ipanoré on the Rio Uaupés. 
Brazi.: ‘‘Prope Panuré [Ipanoré] ad Rio Uaupés, October 1852- 
January 18538, Spruce 2792 (Tyre) (Duvticare tyre in Herb. N.Y. 
Bot. Gard.).—Estado do Amazonas. Near Palmares, Sao Paulo de 
Olivenea. ‘Vine, terra firma, highland.’’ Sept. 11-Oct. 26, 1936, 
Krukoff 8324. 
CoLompia: Comisaria del Vaupés, vicinity of Cachivera del Diablo 
and mouth of Rio Macaya, alt. 300 m. “‘Vine with red fruit.’” May 
1943, R. E. Schultes 5521. 
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