32 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
R. colorata J. D. Sm. (! Bot. Gaz. xlvii. 260 (1909)), which has 
smaller less pubescent fruiting calyx and leaves glabrous on both 
sides and with the ultimate veinlets much more prominent beneath. 
ATRIPLEX oestophora Blake, sp. nov. Frutex monoicus 0.6 m. 
altus adscendens ramosus, caule albido glabro cum lineis e foliis 
decurrentibus costato. Folia alterna obovata supra medium lat- 
issima apice retusa obscure obtuseque mucronulata basi cuneata 
integerrima albida vel canescenter densissimeque lepidoto-furfur- 
acea utrinque concoloria costa subprominente venis lateralibus 
2—5-jugis obscurissimis 1.5-3.1 em. longa 7-13 mm. lata, in petiolos 
1.5-3 mm. longos obscure marginatos angustata. Spicae ramos et 
caules terminantes infra foliaceae supra nudae interruptae demum 
11 cm. longae 7-10 mm. diametro (foliis exclusis), floribus 5 et ¢ 
intermixtis saepius 4-6 in fasciculis. Flor. 4: perianthium 
depressum 1.7 mm. latum infra medium 5-lobum, lobis deltoideis 
obtusis incurvatis; stamina 5 breviora glabra, filamentis basi 0 
annulum connatis. Flor. ¢: bractearum subcanescenter lepidoto- 
furfuracearum theca sessilis crasso-cylindrica demum infra coriacea 
apice umbonata ad 3 mm. longa, disco bilobo lobis (partibus libenis 
bractearum) deltoideis obtusis integris 3-nerviis et reticulato- 
venosis erectis basi subcordatis ad 2.5 mm. altis 5 mm. latis demum 
plane patentibus discum 5-6 mm. diam. efficientibus. Semen 
verticale 1.8 mm. altum pallidum lucens, radicula adscendente. — 
VENEZUELA: “shrub 2 ft. high,” Vela de Coro, 1 April 191%, 
Curran & Haman 451 (ryrE in Gray Herb.). — Named from the ~ 
resemblance of the submature fruits with erect bract-margins to 
arrow-heads. 
Bavuinia (Pauletia) mollicella Blake, sp. nov. Arbor armata | 
5 m. alta 1.3 dm. diametro. Rami vetustiores crassi paullum 
flexuosi patenti-puberuli cortice brunnescenti-canescente tect, 
spinis stipularibus saepius solitariis firmis acuminatis basi paul- 
lulum decurrentibus recurvatis rare antrorsum curvatis 5-6 mm- 
longis; rami novelli dense molliterque sordido-puberuli pilis 
subpatentibus aliis paucis longioribus intermixtis, spinis bis 
saepius subaequalibus puberulis. Folia alterna simplicia quadrato- 
suborbicularia apice leviter (per 1/10-1/5 longitudinis) bilobata 
lobis late rotundatis, basi truncata vel leviter cordata apiece 
mucrone 1.5-3 mm. longo donata margine integra 9-nervia 
subtus parum reticulato-venosa, supra obscure viridia molliter sed 


