( 339) 
I-1.5 dm. oe the leaflets 4 or 5 pairs, ae Use their petiol- 
ules 2-3 mm. long, very stout, the term ong; blades 
udd 
6-10 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad, very lax, the rachis strongly angled ; 
pedicels very short and stout; buds 1.5-2 mm. long, rounded at the 
apex; calyx saucer-shaped, 1.5 mm. broad, closely investing the 
base of the corolla, the lobes broadly ovate; petals 1.5 mm. long, 
Imm. broad, oval; stamens 1.5 mm. long, the tube completely 
divided, densely white-pilose, the segments entire at the apex; 
anther nearly a third the length of the filament; ovary 1 mm. long 
and broad, ovate; style short and thick; stigma large, oe 
wie saucer- shaped, closely enclosing the base of the ovary. 
0.) Species dedicated to Dr. H. Harms, who has kindly inde 
peat its affinity to Z. multéflora. 
ILICINEAE 
?ILEX AMYGDALIFOLIA Rusby, Mem. Torrey Club 3°: 14. ‘‘ A tree 
20-25 ft. high, growing in black forest-mould, on the mountain 
side.” Above Coripata, Yungas, April 18,1894. (Vo. 2229.) 
The same as specimens collected by Spruce at Tarapota. 
CELASTRACEAE 
? MAYTENUS VERTICILLATA (R. & P.} DC. Prodr. 2: 10. (Ce- 
lastrus verticillatus R. & P. Fl. Per. 3: 6.) (Wo. 1774.) 
MayTENUus sp., apparently undescribed, but only empty capsules 
remain. (Vo. 792 
Salacia rotundifolia sp. nov. 
Glabrous; branches slender, the old portions dark-purple and 
strongly ues the younger portions green and smooth; peti- 
oles oe vl stoutish, broadly channeled above; blades 
5-6 cm. = cm. broad, oval to rotund, obtuse at the 
base, ee eee uptly, very shortly and obtusely pointed at the apex, 
obscurely sinuate, thickish, pale-green, the venation very slightly 
prominent bove, more so underneath, the secondaries about 10 
pairs, the veins coarsely and pee! reticulate; peduncles of the 
mes 1.5-2 cm. long ; cymes 3-4 c road, loose, much branched, 
the branches a at vee aie ‘practed with very small, ovate 
bracts; pedicels 1-1.5 mm. long, very stout; calyx 2 mm ae d, 
very shallow, Tobed half-way or more, the lobes very broad, rounded, 
the sinuses acute; petals 1.5 mm. long, nearly rotund, thick ; 
