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AIEMOtaS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



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reticularis. Inflorescentiae 9 in foliorum axillis vel in foliorum delapsorum 

 axillis plerumque 5-6 (sed usque ad 12)-fasciculatae 1-florae; pedunculi (5-) 

 6-8 (-9) mm longi. Fructi 4-meri; calycis lobi singuli ea. 1 X 1.3 mm rotiindata ; 

 drupa 4-pyrena ellipsoideo-sphaeroidea 5-6 mm diam. i.s. irregulariter sulcata 

 stigmate prominulo 0.5 mm alto et 1-1.3 mm diam. coronata, pyrenis trigonis 

 4 mm longis. Plores $ et flores 9 ignoti. 



VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Cerro Yutaje, Rio Manapiare, occasional on northeast ridge 

 above Camp Yutaje; leaves very brittle and coriaceous; alt. 1500 m; 23 Feb 1953, Bassett 

 Maguire & Celia E. Maguire 35398 (holotype, NY). 



I. Joretoica has leaf blades 12-18.5 X 5-9 cm with manifestly reticulate 

 veins. Other Andean species (7. scopulorum H.B.K., 7. anonoides Loes., J. 

 obtusata Turez., 7. crassifolia Hook., I. crassifolioides Loes.) with leaves similar 

 to I. yutajewsis all have known solitary 9 inflorescences or solitary $ (and 

 thus by implication solitary 9 ) inflorescences, as well as (either or both) 

 other foliar and floral differences. From 7. iateana Steyermark (the holotype of 

 which has been examined), 7. yutajensis differs in -its smaller proportionately 

 wider leaves with the lateral veins beneath rounded-elevated rather than sharply 

 raised. Tate 424 was erroneously cited in the original description as a paratypc 

 of 7. tateana, but actually is the type number of 7. cuhnenieola Steyerm.. a quite 

 different species. 



Ilex maguirei Wurdack, sp. nov. Fig. 23, F-H. 



7. venezuelensi Steyerm. affinis sed foliis et drupis puberulis. 



Frutex 0.5-2 m. Ramuli novelli dense villosuli tarde glabrati. Folia 1.5-2.5 

 (-3.5) X 1-2 (-2.5) cm, breviter petiolata petiolo 2-4 mm longo villosulo. 

 elliptica usque ad ovato-elliptiea apice obtusa vel rotundata et minute apiculata 

 basi rotundata, margine i.s. revoluto integerrimo, coriacea subtus primum sparse 

 punctata punctis demum obscuris, primum supra et subtus puberula demum 

 costa subtus excepta plusminusve glabrata, costa media supra impressa subtus 

 elevata, nervis lateralibus supra non evolutis subtus primum obscure evolutis 

 demum obscuris. Inflorescentiae in foliorum axillis solitariae vel ad ligni novelli 

 basim singulatim congestae, S (1-) 3-florae, 9 1-florae, griseo-hirtellae ; flores 

 4-meri. Flores $ : pedunculus et pedicelli uterque plerumque ca. 3 mm longi; 

 calycis lobi 1.5 X 1-2 mm ovato-triangulares apice obtusi extus hirtelli ; petala 

 2.8 X 1.7 mm papilloso-ciliolata extus sparse papilloso-puberula basi 0.7 mm 

 coalita ; filamenta 1.5 mm longa ; antherae 0.8-0.9 mm longae ; pistillodium 1.5 

 mm diam. depresso-conicum sparse hirtellum. Flores 9 : pedunculus ca. 3 mm 

 longus; calycis lobi, petala, et filamenta ut in floribus 6 ; antherae 0.5 mm 

 longae; ovarium subovoideum dense hirtellum 4-loculare ; stylus 0.3 mm longus; 

 stigma ovoideo-capitatum .0.6 mm altum. Drupa submatura hirtella 6-7 X 5 

 mm late elliptica non sulcata stigmate prominulo 0.6-1 mm elevato coronata ; 

 pedunculus fructiferus 6-11 mm longus. 



VENEZUELA: Amazonas; Cerro de la Neblina, frequent on ■ south slope of cumbre 

 Camp Cano toward Canon Grande; alt. 1500-1700 m; 9, flowers white, fruit red-brown; 16 

 Jan 1954, Maguire, Wurdack $ Bunting 37331 (holotype, NY); west cumbre; alt. 1800 m; 

 $ ; Maguire, Wurdack $ Bunting 37014 (paratype) ; scrub forest near cumbre camp; alt. 

 1700 m: 9; Maguire, Wurdack Sr Bunting 37049 (paratype); west escarpment; alt. 1700- 

 1800 m; 9 ; Maguire, Wurdack Bunting 37079 (paratype). 



7. vcnezuelensis has sparse foliar pubescence restricted to the midvein of the 



