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ad basin 6-partitum, segmentis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis obtusis; 
stamina 8, filamentis ad 2.5 mm. longis; ovarii rodimentum. 
hispido-pilosum. — Curacao: Hofje Abau, near Mt. Christof- 
felberg, 26-27 Feb. 1917, H. M. Curran 189 (rypx in Gray Herb.). 
— Although only the staminate flowers of this plant are known, it 
seems sufficiently distinct in foliar characters to justify its descrip- 
tion as a new species. It is perhaps nearest to R. Cruegerii Griseb. 
ex Lindau, Notizbl. Berl. i. 214 (1896), which is known to me only 
from description. No species of the genus is recorded in Boldingh’s 
Flora of Curagao (1914). 
Ruprecutia (Euruprechtia) Hamanii Blake, sp. nov. Arbor 
7 m. alta ramosa. Rami tenues parum flexuosi striati subsordide 
puberuli pilis patentibus vel adscendentibus cortice cano tecti, 
vetustiores glabrati lenticellati, internodiis saepe 2-5.5 cm. longis. 
Folia alterna ovalia vel late et breviter ovata vel (an normaliter ?) 
suborbiculari-ovata acuta interdum obtusa basi cordata interdum 
subamplectentia firme chartacea valde repanda (dentibus paucis 
late rotundatis) ceterum integra supra ad costae basin et subtus in 
costa interdum etiam paullum in venis sordide patenti 
pennivenia (venis majoribus 9—11-jugis) supra obscure tenuiterque 
reticulata venis et venulis vix prominentibus subtus valde aperte- 
que reticulata venis et venulis albidis valde prominentibus venis 
curvatis apice anastomosantibus 6-11.5 cm. longa 3.5-8 em. lata; 
petioli validi dense subsordide puberuli pilis longis intermixtis 1.5— 
5 mm. longi; ochreae strigosae persistentes ad 2.5 mm. longae. 
Spicae (2 tantum visae) axillares et terminales breves (axi 1.5 cm. 
longo vel breviore breviter hispido-piloso) maturitate paniculas 
6.5-10 cm. longas latasque efficientes; pedicelli frugiferi patenti- 
pilosuli ad 5 mm. longi prope medium articulati. Flor. ¢: peri- 
anthium frugiferum 2.8-3 em. longum demum obscure ru 
in tubo turbinato 5 mm. longo dense breviterque pilosum; seg- 
menta 3 exteriora anguste ligulari-spathulata ad 2.5 cm. longa 4-6 
mm. lata 3-nervia et reticulata, 3 interiora lineari-subulata acutius- 
cula sparsissime ciliata in apice tubi adfixa 3mm. longa. Achenium 
obtuse trigonum acuminatum valde trisulcum, angulis rotundatis 
medio leviter sulcatis, supra hispido-pilosum 8 mm. longum 3.3 
mm. diametro; stigmata 3 subsessilia penicillato-fimbriata 1.8 
mm. longa. — VENEZUELA: Estacadita, 25 April 1917, Curran & 
Haman 766 (Tree in Gray Herb.). — Rather closely related to 
