42 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
tibus; pedicelli ultimi brunneo-pubescentes ad 2 mm. longi. Calyx 
(clausus) subglobosus extus dense rufescenter stellato-pilosulus ad 
4.5 mm. diametro; calycis expansi segmenta 5 ovata obtusa 
imbricata ad 6 mm. longa; 2 extima crasso-herbacea 5-nervia 
extus ubique rufescenter stellato-pilosula, tertium anguste scarioso- 
marginatum in uno margine dense ciliolatum, 2 intima margine 
lato scarioso lineato donata apice breviter comosa marginibus 
dense ciliolata. Petala 5 flava obovata parum obliqua apice 
rotundata in unguem cuneate angustata lineata intus densissime 
longeque comosa pilis albis laxis 8 mm. longa 4 mm. lata (ungue 
1.5 mm. longo incluso). Glandulae suborbiculares e apice sub- 
truncato abrupte apiculatae extus flavido-comosae ad 1.8 mm. 
longae. Stamina pentadelphia: podium basi excepta dense pilo- 
sum pilis inferioribus flavis superioribus albis 2.8 mm. longum; 
antheris in fasciculo ca. 65; filamenta partialia basi sparse pilosa. 
Ovarium glabrum 5-loculare. Styli basi liberi glabri. — VENE 
ZUELA: very common tree, San Felipe to Tachira, 16 May 1917, 
Curran & Haman 1010 (type in Gray Herb.); between La Guaira 
and Rio Grande, 12 June 1917, Curran & Haman 9835. — Vern. 
name “ Onotillo.”” — The short dense ciliolation of the inner sepals 
appears to characterize this species. The genus as a whole, how- 
ever, is rather badly in need of a thorough revision. 
HECATOSTEMON Blake, gen. nov. Flacourtiacearum Cased- 
riae affine, a qua staminibus ca. 100 sub-3-seriatis valde imbricatis 
distinguitur. Calycis tubus nullus, segmenta 5 ovalia subherbaceo- 
subpetaloidea valde imbricata persistentia. Petala nulla. Stamné 
ca. 100 valde imbricata 3-seriata basi calycis extra discum inserta 
stylum parum superantia basi non connata, filamentis tenuibus, 
antheris oblongo-ovalibus apice rotundatis prope basin adfixis, 
connectivo non producto; segmenta disci (“ staminodia ”) nume 
rosa 1-seriata libera glanduliformia apice pilosa. Ovarium liberum 
ovoideum dense pilosum basi paullum contractum in stylum pa 
longiorem glabrum attenuatum 1-loculare, stigmate parvo capitato; 
placentae 3 parietales, ovulis numerosis. Fructus maturus deest: 
— Arbor parva plus minusve puberula, foliis alternis ovalibus 
pellucido-punctatis appresse serrulatis subchartaceis reticulatis, 
stipulis parvis, floribus mediocribus in axillis eymoso-fasciculats 
fasciculis breviter pedunculatis ca. 4-floris. 
