(372) 
very acute at the apex, thin but rigid, dark-green, t the slender vena- 
panicle 4 cm. long, 6 cm. broad, the pedicels erect, thickish, 3-4 
b 
base, the lobes 3-4 mm. long, spreading; style slender, exserted 5 
mm., the lobes slender, twisted. (Vo. 2074, in part.) 
Palicourea attenuata sp. nov. 
Glabrous or the younger portions sparsely and minutely puberu- 
long, 3-7 cm. broad, eH neen acuminate at the base, attenuate 
oe reticulate between by the slender aad Peay ee 
ars very stout, 5-8 cm. long, ie aoa? pyramidal, obtuse, 
I-1.5 dm. long, 7-9 cm. broad, moderately dense, the branches 
spreading, but not at a eae angle, slightly dilated at the insertion, 
strongly angled, subtend y lance-linear bracts, the largest 7-8 
mm. long; pedicels eee none; flowers subulate-bracted, the 
bracts 1.5 mm. long; calyx campanulate, 1.5 mm g,I mm 
broad, the teeth minute, ovate, acute; corolla 5 mm. long, light- 
oe nerved, the lobes 1 mr , ovate; fruit 4 mm. long, 5 
. broad, green, ently nerved, reticulate. (No. 2017.) 
uell.-Arg.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 6: 244: 
(No. 2861.) 
? PsycHOTRIA RACEMOSA (Aubl.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 1: 966. (Vona- 
telia racemosa Aubl. Pl. Gui. : 186, d/. 72.) The simple 
inflorescence figured by Aublet may be due to poor development. 
The same as Rusby 1867. 
Sates ovalifolia sp. nov. 
Glabrous except for a yellow-gray, short, speed coarse pubescence 
on the principal veins of the lower leaf-su s, the corolla, calyx- 
lobes and young pedicels; le anise dark- ee terete or lightly 
angled, stoutish; stipules nearly 1 cm. lon mm. broad, oval or 
obovate, rounded at the apex, eae denticulate; petioles 2—-2.5 
cm. long (only the upper seen), stout, dark-colored, like the mid- 
ribs; blades 2 dm. long, 1 dm. broad, oval, abruptly very short- 
