tor has indicated that the tree was more robust than the 
other representatives of the species which he examined 
and that there were visible differences in wood-texture. 
The leaves of Baldwin 3698 are larger and more broadly 
elliptic than is characteristic of the species. Furthermore, 
the fruit is green instead of the usual cherry-red. While 
it may be true that Baldwin 3698 does not represent a 
‘pure’ line of Cunuria crassipes, there are no good dis- 
tinguishing morphological characters to set it apart as a 
separate taxonomic entity, and little of a definitive na- 
ture may be stated regarding the possibility of admixture 
of genes—(perhaps) from C. Spruceana—until much 
more field work is carried out. It is interesting to note 
that Allen 3068 very closely approaches the type in the 
size and shape of the leaves. The leaves of this collection 
are somewhat smaller than those of the Spruce material ; 
those of the several Baldwin collections tend to be some- 
what larger. In no specimens of Cunuria crassipes are 
we able to find traces of large foliaceous stipules. It is 
probable that these do not occur in this species, or, if 
they do occur, they are extremely caducous. All infor- 
mation indicates that the buttress roots are much smaller 
in Cunuria crassipes than they are in C. Spruceana, and 
the former is generally a much smaller tree than the 
latter. 
The epithet Cunuria crassipes is being conserved, in 
conformity with Recommendation XIV of the Inter- 
national Rules of Botanical Nomenclature, over the ear- 
lier Clusiophyllum Sprucet. Were the indicated combi- 
nation to be made, a new name would enter into the 
taxonomic literature. This name would be unfortunate 
because of its resemblance to Cunuria Spruceana, and 
endless confusion would be the result. In this connec- 
tion, it should be noted that the name Clusiophyllum 
Spruce? was based upon Spruce $029 and 3474. Although 
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