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Benjamina Peruviana (Planch.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 103. 
(Dictyoloma Peruviana Planch. in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. 5: 
583). Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1385) 
= Rusby’s 738 and Spruce’s 3888. 
OCHNACEAE 
CESPEDESIA EXCELSA sp. n. 
Glabrous, arborescent, the branchlets stout, terete ; stipules 6— 
8 cm. long, I cm. broad, oblong-spatulate with rounde apex, the 
margin above slightly crumpled-crenate; petioles .75—1 
long, 8 mm. broad, semi-cylindrical, the upper side hollow with 
very acute edges; blades 5-7.5 dm. long, 2-2.5 dm. broad, obovate- 
spatulate with regularly rounded apex, sinuate-serrate, the very 
small teeth strongly inflexed, scarcely mucronate; coriaceous, rigid, 
the primaries 35 to 45 pairs, parallel, salehi connected by very 
numerous straight secondaries which meet at about the middle 
point; panicle 2.5-3 dm. long, exclusive “ol the stout peduncle, 
which is two-thirds as long, sparsely branched, and EDEN 
elal I cm. long, stout; calyx saucer-shaped, about 7 m 
broad, mostly lobed to about the middle, the lobes broad sia 
rounded, the tube lightly costate; bud 1.25—1.5 cm. long, slightly 
and obtusely pointed; petals deep yellow, broadly obovate with 
rounded crumpled margin, thick ; stamens shorter than the corolla, 
pistil a little longer, the ovary slightly falcate; fruit not seen. 
Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1723). Distributed 
as 1658 or 1658a. 
MELIACEAE 
GuanEA RusBvr (Britton). ( Sycocarpus Rusbyi Britton, Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club, 14: 143). 
Since referred to G. trichiloides L., but the latter species is 
really a West Indian shrub. Specimens of Guarea in herbaria are 
very badly named, and the limits of the species are difficult to 
trace. This species is nearest to G. Audéletii, but differs especially 
in the denseness and stoutness of the more compound inflores- 
cence, the shorter and broader bud, and the deeper thicker more 
wooly, erect calyx, which closely clasps the base of the corolla. It 
appears intermediate between G. Audleti and G. purgans. 
Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.—June, 1892 (1 373) = =" 
Rusby’s 463 and 1296. 
MOSCHOXYLON PACHYPODUM sp. n. 
Flowering branchlets very thick, tomentose; petioles 4 or 5 
