34 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
subulatis 2-5 mm. longis suffulti; pedicelli 1.5-5 mm. longi; calyx 
mm. altus 7.5-11 mm. diametro ad medium 5-lobatus dense 
stellato-pilosus, tubo subhemisphaerico, lobis late deltoideis 
obtusissimis valde reduplicatis quoque linea brunnea mediana 
praedito, rudimentis petalorum 3 subulatis apice bilobatis vel 
saepissime nullis; ovarium late trigonum depresso-subglobosum 
stellato-pilosum, capsula submatura 5.5 mm. crassa; styli ad 
medium connati, partibus liberis infra medium 4-partitis, lobis 
2-lobatis. Flores 5 subdense racemosi, in pedicellis 2.5-3 mm. 
longis, aperti ad 5.5 mm. lati; sepala 5 paene ad basin disjuncta 
extus stellato-pilosa ovata acutiuscula; petala ovata basi parum 
angustata obtusa intus infra apicem dense pilosa extus glabra 
sepala paullo superantia ca. 3 mm. longa; stamina 15, filamentis 
pilosis 3-3.6 mm. longis; glandulae 5 petalis alternantes; recep- 
taculum pilosum.— VenrzuELa: between La Guaira and Rio 
Grande, 12 June 1917, Curran & Haman 974 (rypp in Gray 
Herb.). — Local name “ Sala-sala.”’ 
Croton (Eleuteria) heliaster Blake, sp. nov. Frutex vel arbor 
ramosa. Rami novelli dense canescenter vel brunnescenter 
depresso-stellato-pilosi, vetustiores subglabrati cortice fusco fisso 
_ tecti. Folia alterna rarius subopposita ovalia apice rotundata 
rarius obtusa obscure mucronulata basi rotundata integerrima 
subtus pennivenia (venis 6-7-jugis subprominulis angulam 45-15” 
cum costa formantibus, venulis nullis) supra obscure viridia dense 
subdepresso-stellato-pilosi (pilis partialibus numerosis diametro s 
clavulae abbreviatae centralis aequalibus) subtus densissime 
subargenteo-canescenterque subdepresso-stellato-pilosa (pilis pay 
eis brunneis adjectis) 1.5-2 cm. longa 8-13.5 mm. lata; petioli : 
supra sulcati densissime subdepresso-stellato-pilosi 2-3.5 MM 
longi; stipulae filiformi-subulatae stellato-pilosae ad 1.9 mM 
longae deciduae. Racemi ramos et ramulos terminantes 4-5 C@- 
longi sublaxiflori basi paullum ramosi foeminei ceterum meal 
haud interrupti. Flor. 9 pauci ad 6 mm. lati: pedicelli 3 ™™ — 
longi; sepala 5 imbricata ovalia vel ovata acutiuscula 1-costata 
dense subdepresso-stellato-pilosa; petala 5 lanceolato-ovata aU — 
tiuscula sepala paullo superantia; glandulae subulatae; oval] 
stellato-pilosum; styli 3 pilosi ad basin distincti paene usque : 
basin 2-partiti, lobis iterum paene ad medium bilobatis. Flor. 
ad 4mm. lati: sepala 5 late ovate acuta dense subdepresso-stellato- : 
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