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Nectandra Guanaiensis sp. nov. 
Inflorescence finely tomentellate, otherwise glabrous; branchlets 
stout, ascending; petiole (but one seen) 2 cm. long, stout; blade 
e than 3 
cave, mostly longer than the buds which ne! partly ese 
inner series narrower, slightly shorter, erect, darker; ovary 1.5 mm 
broad, truncate, in a cup-shaped cavity, tipped } by the very small 
styles: glands oblong. 
““A tree 8 inches in diameter and 35 feet high; Rio Guanai, 3500 
ft., Aug. 11, 1902” (No. 1598) 
Species near NV. rugosa Nees. 
CUNONIACEAE 
Weinmannia builata sp. nov. 
Coarsely ferruginous-tomentose or pilose, except the upper leaf- 
surfaces; much branched, the branchlets one slender, suberect, 
blackish, very densely leafy; leaves 2-4 cm. long on very short 
petioles, the internodes 3-4 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, obovate; 
leaflets 9-13, 5-8 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, the lateral elliptical, 
thick, the mid-rib and 4-6 pairs of nearly divaricate secondaries 
the gree ing upper 
margin strongly revolute; terminal leaflet similar, or slightly 
narrowed below; spikes 2-2.5 cm. long; capsules short-pedicelled, 
broadly ovoid, about 2-2.5 mm. long. (Flowers not seen. 
“A bush, 10 ft. high; Cargadira, 8000 ft., July 29, 1902” (No. 
1572). 
Late obtusifolia sp. nov. 
Young portions puberulent with diverging hairs; branches 
thickish but weak, flexuous, eerie eases oe m. ae, 
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internodes of ra rachis 14-16 mm. ian oblenceslce, ne greatest 
breadth 5-6 mm.; leaflets 3-5, the lateral sessile, 3-4 cm. long, 
10-20 mm. bred “oblong-ovate, obtuse, the base broadly eer 
bluntly serrate, thickish, pale and slightly shining, the slender 
venation coarsely reticulate, lightly prominent beneath, the sec- 
ondaries about 10-14 pairs, diverging at an angle of about 4 
degrees; terminal leaflet somewhat larger, more narrowly cuneate; 
spikes short- peduncled, 7-10 cm. long, 8-10 mm. broad, inter- 
