36 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
vix pallidiora 2.8~-3.5 cm. longa 2.2-3.7 cm. lata; petioli supra 
suleati sparse pubescentes 2.5-4 mm. longi; stipulae lanceolato- 
subulatae brunneae scariosae persistentes 1-2 mm. longae. Flores 
in cymis axillaribus ca. 8-floris dispositi 5 mm. lati; pedunculus 
sparse pubescens ad 6 mm. longus, pedicellis paullo brevioribus; 
bracteae scariosae lanceolatae pubescentes 0.7 mm. longae vel 
breviores. Calycis tubus brevissimus subplanus disco late 5- 
lobato impletus, segmenta 5 triangulari-ovata acutiuscula 3-nervia 
et dense venuloso-reticulata 1-costata 2.3 mm. longa 2 mm. lata. 
Petala cochleato-saccata longe unguiculata stamina foventia 
sepalis breviora. Stamina 5, filamentis glabris subulatis, anthers 
didymis. Ovarium disco immersum parum exsertum glabrum 
2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Styli 2 paene vel usque ad basin 
liberi. Fructus immaturus 2-spermus basi disco cinctus. — 
VeNEZUELA: between Santa Ana and Morui, Paraguana, 8 April 
1917, Curran & Haman 560 (type in Gray Herb.). — A species 
well characterized by its round cordate leaves. 
Wixsrroemia Schrad. Goett. Gel. Anz. 1821. pt. 1. 710 (5 May 
1821). — Haemocharis Salisb. Paradis. Lond. i. sub t. 56 (1806), 
nomen. Lindleya Nees, Flora iv. pt. 1. 299 (21 May 1821). La 
placea HBK. Nov. Gen. v. 207. t. 461 (“ 1821 ”’ = 23 Feb. 1822): 
Cloaschima Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 139. t. 28 (1842). — 
It is somewhat singular that Otto Kuntze’s displacement of 
Laplacea, long the accepted designation of this genus, by Hae- 
mocharis has been accepted by practically all subsequent authors 
without a word of comment. Kuntze’s reason for this change 1 
given as follows (Rev. Gen. i. 62 (1891): ‘‘ Haemocharis Salisb. 
(1806) par. lond. sub No. 56 ex typo Gordonia Haematozylon 
Sw. = Wickstroemia Schrad. 5. Mai 1821 = Lindleya Nees 21. Mai 
1821 = Laplacea HBK. . . . 1821. BHgp. geben unrichtig ‘0-2. 
fiir Haemocharis Salisb. an; da eine bekannte Pflanzenart dazu 
citirt wird, ist es nur ein nomen seminudum und mit recht hat ihn 
Choisy (Mém. Ternstr.) verwendet; nur muss noch Laplacea, 
welches Choisy getrennt auffiihrt, damit vereinigt werden.” That 
Bentham and Hooker’s rejection of the name Haemocharis a8 ® 
nomen nudum was justified is shown by the following quotatioD — 
from Salisbury, which embraces his only use of the name: “I have 
given this genus [Lacathea Salisb.] a name from its wide receptacle, 
i 1 See Barnhart, Bull. Torr. Club xxix. 595 (1902). 


