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lanceolata obtusa vel acutiuscula apice obscure callosa strigillosa 
vel hispidula. Corollae radii 5 flavae fertiles, lamina deltoideo- 
cuneata ad medium trilobata 5 mm. longa lataque dorso glabra; 
eae disci ca. 30 ut videtur albidae infra hispidulae 4.2 mm. longae 
(tubo indistincto 1.2 mm., dentibus 1 mm. longis). Paleae sub- 
scariosae acutae hispidulo-strigillosae 6.5 mm. longae. Achenia 
radii trigona obscure alata; ea disci nigra sparse mmuteque strigil- 
losa 5.5 mm. longa 4 mm. lata (alis albidis ciliolatis ad 0.7 mm. 
latis inclusis). Aristae ciliolatae ca. 2.7 mm. longae. — VENE- 
zuELA: Cerro Santa Ana, Paraguana Peninsula, 7 April 1917, 
Curran & Haman 517 (rypr in Gray Herb.). — The closest ally of 
this species is probably V. densifolia Blake of Colombia. 
IV. NEW PLANTS FROM OAXACA 
By 8. F. BLAKE 
THE new species here described were included in a small collec- 
tion of plants made in extreme southern Oaxaca, Mexico, in the 
spring of 1917 by Professor C. Conzatti and his assistants, Messrs. 
Reko and Makrinius, which was recently forwarded by Professor 
Conzatti to the Gray Herbarium for identification. 
INE Herrerae Conzatti & Blake, sp. nov. “ Frutex 3 m. 
altus ” dioicus. Folia (inferiora vel media) elliptico-lanceolata 
utroque acuta vel subacuminata prope apicem subabrupte brevi- 
terque contracta acuminata parum sinuata integra pergamentacea 
utrinque glaberrima viridia sicc. saepius obscurantia pennivenia 
(venis lateralibus majoribus 12-jugis apice curvato-anastomosanti- 
bus utrinque prominulis) 2.5-3.3 dm. longa 7.5-9.7 cm. lata, in 
petiolis nudis glaberrimis 2.5 cm. longis; suprema (eis in basi 
paniculae solum visis) similia sed multo minora (9-13 cm. longa 
34.5 em. lata, in petiolis 1-1.5 em. longis). Panicula ovoideo- 
pyramidalis 2.7 dm. longa 2.6 dm. lata, axi et ramis recte patenti- 
bus nigrescentibus glaberrimis, ramulis 5 em. longis vel minoribus, 
spicis 3-6 mm. longis 2-3 mm. ecrassis. Bracteae suborbiculares 
obtusae vel late rotundatae scariosae albidae 0.5 mm. longae 
lataeque basi breviter pilosae pilis albis intricate intertextis; 
bracteolae similes 1 mm. longae lataeque. Flores 1.5 mm. longae; 
sepala ovata obtusa obscure l-venia scariosa ca. 1 mm. longa, 
glabra vel basi piloso-lanata, stipite lanato-piloso pilis albis flores 
