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acutata, apice in cuspidem brevem aeutam obtusiusculam sensim contracta, 8-13 

 cm longa, 3-4 cm lata ; costa supra conspicue impressa, rubescens ; nervi laterales 

 et venularum reticulum densissimum utrinque conspicue prominentes. Flores 

 in axillis foliorum delapsorum glomerati, fere sessiles ; pedunculi brevissimi, 

 post florationem ad 2 mm excrescentes, bracteolis minutis biseriatis retundatis 

 aureo-sericeis dense instructi. Sepala rotundato-ovata, obtusiuscula, extus dense 

 breviterque serieea, ca. 2.5 mm longa et lata. Petala oblanceolata, 12-14 mm 

 longa, 5-7 mm lata, ad marginem brevissime ciliata. Stamina numerosa, flavida, 

 apice recurvata, 3-4 mm longa. Pistilla numerosa, clavato-cylindrica, dense 

 tomentella, ovulo basali unico erecto instructa. (Fructus ignotus.) 



A T ENEZUELA : Merida : munieipio El Vigia, selva pluvial submontana, alt. 150-200 m, 

 5 Feb 1955, Bernardi 1923 [' 1 Exemplares medietas de mas de 50 Ms. eon 7/3 del tronco libre 

 de ramas"] (type NY). 



This species is particularly characterized by the rigid leaves rounded at the 

 base. In this resped it most closely approaches O. leucodermis (Spruce) Warm., 

 which also belongs to the Venezuelan flora. The new species proposed here is 

 distinguished from the latter by a different nervation. The midrib is depressed 

 on the upper side and the vein network is extremely close and elevated on both 

 sides of the leaf. 



Guatteria bernardi R. E. Fr., sp. nov. 



Arbor; ramuli novelli cortice nigro obtecti et pilis divaricatis sat densis 

 vestiti; internodia ca. 1 cm longa. Foliorum petiolus 2-3 mm longus, hirsutus; 

 lamina 5-10 cm longa, 1.5-2.5 cm lata, membranaceo-rigida, exsiccata obscura, 

 supra glabra, subtus pilis brevibus adpressis ± dense vestita, anguste lanceolata, 

 basin versus angustata et apice in cuspidem 1-1.5 cm longum acutum contracta. 

 Flores in axillis foliorum solitarii vel raro bini ; pedicelli rigidi, usque ad 1.5 cm 

 longi, vulgo recurvati, pilis patentibus rufis vestiti et primo bractea foliacea ad 

 1 cm longa mox caduca instructi. Sepala rotundata, acuta, mox valde recurvata, 

 4-5 mm longa. Petala erecta, tomentella, oblanceolata, demum 15-20 mm longa, 

 marginibus valde recurvatis. Stamina 1 mm longa. Monocarpia numerosa, 

 ovoidea, glabra, castanea, acuta, 9-10 mm longa, stipitibus rigidis, 4-7 mm 

 longis sustenta. Semen ovoideum, glaberrimum, ca. 8 mm longum. 



VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Calzeta de la Botella, 14 Apr 1957, Bernardi 6534 (type NY, 

 cotype S). 



This species agrees with some forms of G. schomburgkiana, but differs from 

 that species especially in its stipitate monocarps ; the flowers have longer pedicels 

 and the petals also are notably longer. Furthermore, the new species here de- 

 scribed resembles G. flavovirens R. E. Fr. (also known from Venezuela) which, 

 however, differs in its conspicuously prolonged leaf apices, shorter peduncles, 

 and shorter petals. 



Annona gigantophylla (R. E. Fr.) R. E. Fr., comb. nov. 



Xylopia gigantophylla K. E. Fr. Ark. Bot. II. 3: 605. 1956. 



A recent fruiting collection of this species {Maguire, Wurdack, & Maguire 

 42060- A, from the slope forest of Cerro de la Neblina) has revealed the typical 

 fleshy fruit of the genus Annona. 



