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the (mature?) fruits 1.5 mm. long, the bracts of the inflorescence 
I mm. long, triangular-ovate; calyx persistent, atl y and 
broadly lobed, 2 mm. broad; fruit 6 mm. long, § m eee. 
obliquely oval, tipped by the very small stigma, purple. 
“A low bush with red fruit; Apolo, Mar. 6, 1902” (No. 35). 
RHAMNACEAE 
Gouania arene sp. nov. 
Densely cent, more or less ferruginous; branches and 
an ble. ieee widely spreading, purple; tendrils about 5 cm. 
long if unrolled, very strongly thickened above and then tapering, 
pubescent throughout; petioles 6-12 mm. long, rather slender; 
blades 6-8 cm. long, 3.5-5 cm. broad, ovate, cordate at the b e, 
m a 
paniculate, elongated, slender; fruits 5 mm. long and broad, the 
wings narrow and obtusish, densely ferruginous- eae seeds dark- 
brown, smooth, shining, ovoid, obtuse, 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad. 
““Mapiri, 1600 ft., Sept. 24, 19017’ (Wo. 775). 
OcHNACEAE 
Ouratea oblongifolia sp. 
Gl 
abrous; branchlets ee slender; stipules 5 mm. long, 
rigid, acuminate from the base, very acute, sharply nerved or 
costate; petioles 4 mm. long, very broad; blades 5-8 cm. long, 
5-7 cm. broad, eblong-oblenceole ts more or less rotund at the 
base, abruptly very short acuminate, serrate with very fine and 
sharp erect teeth, Sante the secondaries about 10 pairs, 
crowded at the base, very strongly ascending and connect ing 
almost at the edge, connec ca eee the sub-pectinate tertiaries, all 
shining, finely nerved, 8 mm. ane 
“5 ft. high, San Bucee ae 1500 ft.” (No. 371). 
MarcGRAVIACEAE 
Souroubea brachystachya sp. no 
Glabrous; branches stout, ve bark whitish; petioles coe 
7- m. long, 
4-5 cm. broad, obovate, obtuse at the base, rounded and Banree 
retuse at the sum mmit, the margin thinly revolute; racemes terminal, 
simple, about 5 cm. long; pedicels 8-12 mm. long, stout, erect or 
