48 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
Apparently of the same species is Curran & Haman 742A from 
vicinity of La Boca, 1 May 1917, represented only by loose flowers 
with corolla-lobes as much as 4.5 em. long. There is no valid 
reason for changing the original spelling of the generic name used 
by both Tournefort and Linnaeus to Plumiera as is done by many 
writers, including K. Schumann in the Pflanzenfamilien. 
Marspenta (§ Verlotia) condensiflora Blake, sp. nov. Frutex _ 
volubilis. Caulis lentiginosus subtenuis (ad 3 mm. diametro) 
pallide brunneus; rami hornotini glabri pallide virides cortice 
suberoso-carnoso tecti. Folia opposita anguste elliptica utroque 
acuta obscure mucronulata integerrima tenuiter coriacea glaber- 
rima supra obscure viridia subtus pallidiora pennivenia venis 
lateralibus 5—6-jugis apice anastomosantibus inconspicuis 4.3-6.3 
em. longa 1.6-2.3 em. lata, in petiolis nudis glaberrimis 4-5 sane 
longis insidentia. Flores in racemis axillaribus et interaxillaribus 
brevissimis (axi crasso cicatricoso 4-12 mm. longo) densissime 
aggregati viridescentes; pedicelli clavati crassi costato-angulatl 
3mm. longi glabri; bracteolae minimae. Calycis 5-partiti 1.6 mm. 
longi segmenta inaequalia suborbicularia late rotundata dorso — 
obscure subglandulari-puberula margine ciliolata; glandulae 5 
parviusculae intersepalae. Corolla rotata 7.5 mm. lata; lobi 5 









rum breviora late oblonga apice deltoidea acutiuscula bas! 1° 
inter se connata usque ad medium gynostegio adnata 11 
abrupte contracta deinde ampliata et libera appressa apice inflers 
Antherarum appendices scariosae erectiusculae stigma paullulo 
superantes; pollinia erecta. Stigma apice late rotundatum-”— 
VENEZUELA: Camburi Chiquito, 9 June 1917, Curran & Haman 
836 (rrre in Gray Herb.). — Vern. name “ Lechero ” (i. ¢. mili) 
Almost unique in the genus in its very contracted infloreseenc® 
1 A new species of Marsdenia from Mexico may be described here, as follows 
Marspenia peraffinis Blake, sp. nov. Frutex volubilis. Caulis tenuissimi : 
cortice canescente glabrato vel retrorse hispidulo tectus. Folia opposita all 
nodiis saepius breviora ovata vel ovali-ovata acuminata vel solum ee 
acute cuneata integerrima supra viridia sparse (ad costam subdense) 2° oii 
hispidula vel subglabrata subtus vix pallidiora subdense pubescent 53 a. 
subpatentibus subglandulosis (ope microscopiae visis pluriloculatis) 34 o 
em. longa 1.2-2.4 em. lata) in petiolis anguste marginatis hispidulis ™ 
