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sessilia; capitula terminalia congesta, 2 paribus foliorum (internodiis 4 vel 5 nun 

 longis) suffulta ; bracteae capitula subtendentes ovatae, acuminatae, apice minusve 

 curvatae, usque ad 3.5 cm longae, 1.8 mm latae; bracteae flores subtendentes 

 subulatae, usque ad 17 mm longae, 0.75 mm latae, ciliatae, intus glabrae, extus 

 pilosae, pilis albis, usque ad 1.5 mm longis, patulis vel ascendentibus, costa 

 prominenti ; bracteolae 14 mm longae, ceteroqui bracteis similes ; calycis segmenta 

 anguste lanceolata, 8-9 mm longa, 1 mm lata, ciliata, apice graciliter acuminata, 

 intus glabra, extus pilosa, pilis albis, patulis vel ascendentibus, usque ad 2 mm 

 longos; corolla matura deest; lobi (immaturi) antherarum superpositi, recti, 

 paralleli, oblongi, apice utrinque rotundati; eapsulae clavatae, 11 mm longae, 

 5 mm latae, 4 mm crassae, obtusae puberulae, apice pilis erectis vel patulis, basi 

 retrorsis, stipitibus sterilibus capsularum candidis, planis, basi 2 mm latis, apice 

 5 mm latis ; semina 2 vel 4, sphaerica, fuliginea, 2-2.5 mm diam. 



VENEZUELA: Bolivar: occasional on Cerro Negro Peron and E-\V crystalline range on 

 right bank of river just below El Carmen (about 50 km from river mouth), Rio Paraguaza, alt. 

 120-350 m; fruit green; 27 Dec 1955, Jl J. Wurdack $ J. V. Monachino 40985 (type, US). 



Fig. 34. Chaetochlamys wurdacUi Leonard (WurdacTc # Monachino 40985). a, tip of plant, 

 X 0.5; b, petiole of one of the lower leaves, X 0.5; c, portion of leaf blade (upper surface 

 enlarged to show hairs and cystoliths), X 5; d, same of lower surface to show cystoliths, X 5; 

 e, bract, X 3 ; f , one of a pair of bractlets, X 3 ; g, calyx segment, X 3 ; h, portion of seg- 

 ment enlarged to show hairs and cystoliths, X 7.5; i, portion of the calyx segment yet more 

 enlarged to show cystoliths, X 50; j, hair from a calyx segment, X 30; k, capsule valve, X 2; 

 1, portion of capsule enlarged to show pubescence, X 44 ; m, seed, X 5 ; n, retinaculum, X 2.5 ; 

 o, anther (immature), X 7.5. 



