Blake — Plants of Venezuela and Curacao 47 
mm. latus; cotyledones aequales ovales basi inaequaliter cordatae 
radiculam multiplo superantes. — VeNEzUELA: Cabo Blanco, 11 
June 1917, Curran & Haman 938, 940, 954, 955; Camburi Chiquito, 
alt. 150 m., 9 June 1917, Curran & Haman 840, 923; between La 
Guaira and Rio Grande, common on lower slopes, 12 June 1917, 
Curran & Haman 970 (type in Gray Herb.); Paraguana Penin- 
sula, 12 April 1917, Curran & Haman 586. — Vern. name “ Amar- 
goso.” — Apparently nearest A. Vargasii A.DC., of Venezuela, 
which is described as with corolla “ utrinque pilosa,” ete. 
PiumerRiA cochleata Blake, sp. nov. Arbor parva erecta. 
Rami ad apicem crassi (ad 1 cm. diametro) novelli breviter paten- 
terque hispido-pilosi pilis albidis vetustiores glabrati cortice griseo 
tecti. Folia (nondum matura) ad apicem ramorum conferta 
cochleiformia vel obovato-spathulata apice acuta integra, lamina 
orbiculari vel orbiculari-ovata 3-4 em. longa 3-3.8 em. lata, in 
basem anguste cuneatam 4—5 cm. longam abrupte vel sensim con- 
tracta, supra saturate viridia glabra vel in costa sparse pilosa subtus 
pallidiora in costa et venis majoribus densissime breviter patenter- 
que sordido-pilosa in venulis sparse pilosis, pennivenia venis 
23-24-jugis angulam 65-80° cum costa formantibus ut venulis 
distinctis non prominentibus apice arcuato-anastomosantibus, 5~9 
cm. longa 3-3.8 cm. lata, juventate duplicata, maturitate verisim. 
explanata; petioli dense patenter pilosuli 34 mm. longi, basi 
glandulis 2 parvis donati. Flores albidissimi numerosi in apice 
pedunculi sparse hispido-pilosi_ vel glabrati nudi 3. 8-5. 2 em. longi 
campanulati segmenta 5 late quadrata truncata sparse ciliolata 
ceterum glabra intus eglandulosa. Corolla 5.5 em. longa 6.5 cm. 
lata extus glaberrima intus e statione staminum usque ad apicem 
faucium dense pilosa, infra stamina puberula; tubus (cum faucibus 
vix distinctis) ad 2 em. longus prope basi parum ampliatus deinde 
contractus supra angustissime infundibularis; limbi lobi 5 rhom- 
bico-obovati apice obtusi 3.5 cm. longi 2 cm. lati. Discus annularis 
brevis. Anthera oblongo-ovata minute apiculata 2.2 mm. longa; 
filamenta ca. 1 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. supra basin corollae inserta. 
Pistillum 2.5 mm. longum. — VeNezveLA: between Coro and 
_ Alta Gracia, 1 May 1917, Curran & Haman 742 (Tyre in Gray 
Herb.). — Distinguished especially by its characteristic leaves. — 
