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pilosa 3-nervia et paullum venosa; petala ovato-lanceolata venosa 
intus densissime longeque pilosa sepala subaequantia; staraina 
ca. 13, filamentis pilosis; glandulae 5 orbiculares.— VENEZUELA: 
between Coro and Alta Gracia, 1 May 1917, Curran & Haman 739 
(Type in Gray Herb.). 
Mayrenvs Curranii Blake, sp. nov. Arbor 3-5 m. alta valde 
ramosa, ramis novellis 4-costato-angulatis pallide viridibus glabris 
subpapillosis, hornotinis obscure viridibus, vetustioribus teretibus 
lenticellatis cortice fusco-cinereo tectis. Folia alterna disticha 
oblongo-ovalia vel ovalia utroque rotundata apice saepe retusa vel 
emarginata irregulariter obtuseque crenulata coriacea glaberrima 
utrinque reticulato-venosa venis (majoribus 9-10-jugis ad angulam 
ca. 40° abeuntibus apice curvato-anastomosantibus, intermediis 
brevioribus) et venulis utrinque prominulis supra lucentia subtus 
paullum obscuriora 3.8-7.5 em. longa 1.8-3.7 em. lata, in petiolis 
supra subcomplanatis anguste marginatis 2-4 mm. longis. Flores 
in cymis brevissimis 2-5-floris petiolos subaequantibus dispositi, 
expansi 2.5 mm. lati. Sepala 5 depresso-suborbicularia. Petala 
5 deltoideo-ovata obtusa sepala quadruplo superantia. Stamina 5, 
filamentis glabris crasse subulatis. Discus 10-undulatus ovarium 
breve basi cingens. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis 
erectis. Stylus brevissimus. Fructus glaber ellipsoideo-ovoideus 
stipitatus 14 mm. longus ad 7 mm. latus (stipite 2-3 mm. longo 
incluso) demum ad medium dehiscens 1-loculare, 2~—3-spermus, in 
pedicello demum 3 mm. longo. Semen olivaceo-nigrescens lucidum 
ad 7.5 mm. longum, arillo chartaceo-carnoso verisim. roseo paene 
omnino occultum.— VENEZUELA: common, Cerro Santa Ana, 
Paraguana Peninsula, 7 and 13 April 1917, Curran & Haman 529 
& 529A (Type no. 529A, in Gray Herb.).— Apparently well 
distinguished by the shape and nervation of the coriaceous leaves. 
ZizyPuus cyclocardia Blake, sp. nov. Arbor armata 8 m. alta 
2.5 dm. diam. intricate ramosa. Ramuli novelli valde flexuosi 
quadrangulares virides subsparse subappresseque pubescentes 
pilis basi fusco-glandularibus, hornotini incani glabri, vetustiores 
cortice fusco-canescente tecti; spini bini axillares tenuiter subulati 
patentes 2.2-3.5 cm. longi demum decidui.' Folia alterna orbicu- 
laria vel ovato-orbicularia apice rotundata vel retusa basi cordata 
3-sub-5-nervia venulis obscuris utrinque in venis pilis paucis 
praedita ceterum glabra subchartacea supra parum lucentia subtus 
