76 New Species of South American Plants 



below the middle and then 6 mm. broad, contracting to 4.5 mm. 

 at the mouth, the teeth 2 mm. long, triangular, acute, recurved, 

 the style I or 2 mm. exserted. Stamens 10 or 11 mm. long, the 

 filaments at first connate, then separating, 3 mm. long, nearly 

 2 mm. wide, thin, attached above the broad base of the cells, 

 the stout awns nearly as long as the cells, abruptly inflexed at 

 the base. 



"A shrub to 5 feet, with deep-red flowers, in open lands. 

 Sierra del Libano, 6000 to 7000 feet, January 28." (Herbert 

 H. Smith, Colombia, No. 1722). 



Apparently the same as Hartwick's No. 786. 



Macleania arcuata. 



Calyx almost imperceptibly puberulent, the corollas not 

 seen ; otherwise glabrous. Branchlets very stout, terete, wrinkled. 

 Petioles nearly i cm. long, very stout, sub-terete, fleshy, strongly 

 rugose when dry. Blades 7 to 12 cm. long, 3 to 7 cm. broad, 

 ovate with rounded or sub-cordate base and obtuse or acutish 

 summit, the margin entire and revolute, very thick, pale-green, 

 the venation slenderly impressed above, sharply prominent 

 beneath, 3 or 4 principal secondaries on each side originating 

 below the middle, strongly decurrent on the midrib, sub-erect, 

 lightly curved, the upper ones faint, connecting with the upper 

 pair of the principal ones. Racemes in the upper axils and 

 terminal, few or many-flowered, shortly and stoutly peduncled, 

 the peduncles minutely bracted at the base. Pedicels very 

 stout, about 2 or 2.5 cm. long, deflexed at the base, then sharply 

 curved and erect, 2-bracteolate below the middle, the bractlets 

 small, ovate and acute. Calyx articulated to the pedicel, the 

 tube (in young fruit) 6 mm. long and 5 mm. broad, cupulate, 

 the limb 2 mm. long, 8 mm. broad, the short triangular teeth 

 acute. 



"A tree to 10 feet, on top of open ridge. Sierra del Libano, 

 6,000 feet, January 20." (Herbert H. Smith, No. 2789.) 



Macleania recurva. 



Upper portions of plant, inflorescence, flowers and lower 

 leaf-surfaces puberulent. Branches erect, stout, terete, leafy 

 to the summit. Petioles 3 to 6 mm. long, very stout, grooved 

 above, lightly carinate beneath at the upper portion. Blades 

 6 to 8 cm. long, 2.5 to 4 cm. broad, lance-ovate, with rounded 

 and very slightly produced base and obtuse summit, entire, 

 thick, pale-green, drying brownish, the principal veins slightly 

 prominent beneath, the principal secondaries 2 on each side, 

 originating below the middle and slightly decurrent upon the 

 midrib, strongly ascending, the smaller ones above about 5 or 

 6 on each side, faint, connecting by a loose reticulation with 



