NEw SPECIES OF SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS 71 
885, the leaf larger, especially the young ones and the petals 
nearly smooth." (Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, No. 1947 
No. 883 is in part this species, and is in fruit. The fruit is 
2 cm. long, and 1.5 cm. broad, inclusive of the expanded wings, 
the body 9 mm. long, elliptical, with the summit emarginate, 
glabrous, the spikes shorter than their leaves, recurved. e 
flowering specimen is the type. Of 883, Mr. Smith says "A 
high vine, rare in dry forest not far from sea-level. The speci- 
men with pointed leaves [here described| was collected in a 
ravine 3 miles northeast of Bonda, about 300 feet, February 3." 
Combretum oblongifolium, var. (?) 
incipal secon- 
ovary two-thirds of its length, the bracts wanting or caducous, 
and not seen. Calyx-limb urceolate in flower, 
t 
glandular on the back. Exserted portio 
as long as the calyx-tube, considerably tyl ; 
'À scandent shrub, to 30 or 40 feet. Common, locally in 
dry forests below 1 500 feet. Flowers adhere to drying papers 
$0 that it is difficult to preserve them well" (Herbert H. Smith, 
Colombia, 885.) 
A portion of 883 appears to be this 
fruits are 2 cm. long, by 1 cm. broad, 
elliptical, emarginate, the body 5 mm. broad. 
Says "collected in a ravine near the seashore, 
eoruary ro." 
Another specimen bearing the same number, but collected 
near Mamatoca, August 29, and here designated as 885-a, has 
the leaves oval, all shortly and bluntly pointed, bears lateral 
panicles, the petals longer and more unguiculate and the fila- 
ments stouter and rather shorter. It appears to be a form of 
C. oblongifolium. 
species, in fruit. The 
inclusive of the wings, 
Of this, Smith 
Playa Brava, 
