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5. Abolboda glomerata Maguire, sp. now Figure 3. 



llerbae perennes rhizomatibus horizontalibus ea. 6 mm diam. ; foliis numerosis, 

 planis, linearibus, 5-10 cm longis, 1-3 mm latis, ad basim vaginatis, apice acuto 

 triquetro; scapis 1-pluribus, 15-30 cm longis, ca. 1.2 mm diam.; bracteis vagi- 

 natis 2-jugatis subappositis, amplectantibus, oblongo-lanceolatis abrupte acutis 

 12-15 mm longis; inflorescentiis glomeratis, glomerulis e pluribns spiculis ag- 

 gregatis; bracteis subtendentibus oblongo-lanceolatis, exterioribns 10-12 mm 

 longis ca. 6 mm latis, scariosomarginatis obtusis 9-11-nervatis ; bracteis secon- 

 dariis ordine parvioribus; bracteis florum similibus 5-7 mm longis; sepalis ob- 

 lanceolatis, 6-7 mm longis, conduplicatis valde carinatis decussatis, apice acutiu- 

 sculo ; nec floribus nee capsulis visis. 



Type : perennial herb, fruiting only, frequent in marshy savanna, Sabana 

 Venado, left bank Cano Pimich'm above Puerto Pimichin, affluent Rio Guainia, 

 at 140 m alt,, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela, April 14, 1953, Maguire & 

 Wurdack 35593 (holotype NY). 



Known only from the type locality. No fertile flowering or fruiting material 

 was found, although the plants seen appeared to be perfectly normal. 



6. Abolboda linearifolia Maguire, sp. nov. Figure 3. 



Herbae perennes, rhizomate brevi ; foliis 4r-6, terminalibus, linearibus, 1.5-2.0 

 mm latis, 15-45 cm longis, ad basim dilatatis vaginatisque, apice rotundato vel 

 obtuso nec apiculato; scapo solitario, 30-45 cm longo, aliquantum compresso, 

 1.25-1.75 mm lato; bracteis 1-jugatis subappositis amplectantibus lanceolatis, 

 12-20 (25) mm longis; spica anguste elliptico-cylindrica vel cylindrica, 2.5-4.0 

 cm longa, 6-7 mm lata, 6-10-flora, bracteis floribusque strictis; bractea prima 

 saepe fertili ; bracteis naviculoideis sed non carinatis, induratis late oblanceo- 

 latis obtusiusculis scarioso-marginatis, 6-8 mm latis, 10-12 mm longis ; sepalis 2, 

 conduplicatis naviculatis acute et conspicue carinatis, obtusis late scarioso-margin- 

 atis; petalis 3, lobis serrato-crenulatis ; appendicibus stylorum*2, simplicibus; 

 antheris sagittatis 3 mm longis; capsulis oblongo-ellipticis 5.5-6.5 mm longis, 

 2.0-2.5 mm latis, latioribus supra, appendicibus erosis retusis ca. 1 mm longis; 

 seminibus numerosis oblique oblongis, 1.0-1.2 mm longis (0.8-1.0 in sicco), testa 

 exteriore hyalina papillosa, testa interiore firma rubella in 12-16 lineis oblique 

 Ycrticalibus alveolatis. 



•Type : perennial herb, inflorescence glaucous, flowers blue, frequent in open 

 marshy areas, Yapacana Savanna III, at 125 m alt, Amazonas, Venezuela, Dec 

 31, 1950, Maguire, Cowan & Wurdack 30468 (holotype NY). 



Paratypes: VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Yapacana Savanna III: Jan 7, 1951, Maguire, 

 Cowan 4- Wurdack 30789 ; Nov 20, 1953. Maguire, Wurdack # Bunting 36603 ; Yapacana Sa- 

 vanna II, Nov 20, 1953, Maguire, Wurdack $• Bunting 36622. Sabanita, 1 km above Pimichm, 

 Rio Guainia, Nov 24, 1953, Maguire, Wurdack 4' Bunting 36381; Sabana Hechimoni, Rio Siapa, 

 Casiquiare, Feb 9, 1953, Maguire, Wurdack $• Bunting 37642 ; Yavita, Rio Temi, Rio Atabapo, 

 Jan 28, 1942, L. Williams 14045 (F, US). 



7. Abolboda sprucei Malme, Ark. Bot. 25A 12 : 17. 1933. 

 Abolboda schultesii Idrobo & Smith, Caldasia 6: 246. 1954. 



Distribution: known only from savannas of the Rio Guainia- in both Vene- 

 zuela and Colombia. 



Specimens examined: ad Annum, Guainia v. Rio Negro, supra ostium fluminis Casiquiare, 

 Spruce 3456 (holotype K, isotypes S, P, photo NY). COLOMBIA: Puerto Colombia (oppo- 

 site Venezuelan town of Maroa), Schultes, Baker <$• Cabrera 18177 (holotype A. schultesii, 

 COL); 18182 (COL). VENEZUELA: perennial herb with conspicuous bracts subtending the 



