46 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
longis. Sepala 5 inaequalia imbricata orbicularia vel ovato- 
orbicularia rotundata irregulariter erosula glabra rufescentia ca. 
1.5 mm. longa. Fructus immaturus ellipsoideo-obovoideus viridis 
glaber apice subtruncatus stylo usque ad 4 mm. longo persistente 
apiculatus 1-locularis 1-spermus.— VeNEzuELA: Mt, Santa 
Ana, Paraguana Peninsula, 7 April 1917, Curran & Haman 534 
(rype in Gray Herb.). — A species nearly resembling in all com- 
parable characters B. reclinata Vent., but with much less venose 
leaves and of very different range. 
AspiposPEeRMA lucentivenium Blake, sp. nov. Arbor 5-7 m. 
alta 1.3 dm. diametro ramosa. Rami conspicuiter lentiginos! _ 
hornotini griseo-olivacei subsparse appresseque puberuli vetus- 
tiores glabri cortice canescente tecti. Folia alterna ovalia (ea ad 
apices ramulorum interdum anguste oblongo-ovata vel -lanceolata) 
interdum paullum obovata apice rotundata interdum retusa rare 
obtusa basi rotundata rare cuneata integerrima pro genere ten 
parum coriacea vel subchartaceo-coriacea supra lucida pennivenla 
conspicuiter venosa (venis majoribus ca. 15-jugis angulam saeplus 
45~-70° cum costa formantibus cum intermediis et venulis reticu- 
lato-anastomosantibus paullum prominulis), infra pallida vel 
glaucescentia similiter reticulata venulis minus prominulis in costa 
minutissime appresso-puberula vel glaberrima, venis et venulis 
translucentibus (3.5-)6-10 em. longa (1.8-)3-4.2 cm. lata; petioli 
minutissime puberuli nudi supra parum excavati 4-8 mm. Jong}. 
Paniculae axillares subpyramidales minute appresso-puberulae 
1.5-3 cm. longae 1.5-4.3 em. latae (pedunculo saepius 1~1.0, 
longo incluso), ramis late patentibus, floribus sessilibus fase 
latis, fasciculis sparsis; bracteae deltoideae acutiusculae ciliatae 
ad 1 mm. longae. Calycis 2 mm. longi tubus brevis, segmenta 6 
ovata vel triangulari-ovata imbricata obtusa dorso plus minusv — 
appresso-puberula margine ciliolata intus eglandulosa. Corolla oy 
5-dentata dentibus ovatis obtusiusculis (in , alabastro) tubulosa a 
extus glaberrima intus ad insertionem staminum annulo pilosulo 
cincta. Antherae ovatae acuminatae. Ovaria (conjunctim vise : 
globosa supra pubescentia. Discus vix ullus. Stylus oa ae 
subaequans. Stigma ellipsoideum, apiculo piloso vix DUM™ 
donatum. Carpella dua patentia compressa in latere J-costat® 
punctis albidis notata 4-sperma 3 em. longa ad 1.4 cm. - ‘ 4 / 

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Semina 2.5-3 em. longa; embryo viridis 1.2-1.5 cm. longus 

