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VENEZUELA: Amazonas: frequent, moist woodland' trail, Danta (Tapir) Fall, Rio 

 Cuao, Rio Orinoco; perennial; flowers pale purple; 19 Nov 1948, Bassett Maguire 4' Louis 

 Politi 87825 (type, US); same place and date, Bassett Maguire # Louis Politi 37332a (para 

 type, US). 



The corollas were too immature to permit measurement. 



Justicia hylaea Leonard, sp. nov. Fig. 36. 



Herba usque ad 1.5 m altam, caulibus subquadrangularibus, leviter 4-suleatis, 

 nitidis, bifariam hirtellis, pilis retrorse eurvatis. 0.5 mm longis, cystolithis paral- 

 lels, usque ad 0.32 mm longos ; lamina foliorum oblonga, usque ad 16 cm longam 

 et 4.5 em latam, breviter acuminata, basi angustata, firma, scabrida, Integra, 

 parce hirtella, pilis eurvatis, 0.25 mm longis, costa et venis lateralibus (10-12 

 paribus) subtus prominentibus, supra aliquanto obscuris, cystolithis pluribus et 

 conspicuis, usque ad 0.3 mm longos; petioli circa 5 mm longi, parce hirtelli; 

 paniculae terminales, usque ad 7 cm longas et 2 cm latas, densae, floribus sursum 

 contiguis; pedunculi usque ad 5.5 cm longos, subquadrangulares, aliquanto 

 hirsuti, pilis retrorse eurvatis, circa 0.4 mm longis, rhachi et rhachillis dense 

 hirsutis, pilis retrorse eurvatis, circa 0.4 mm longis; bracteae subulatae, usque 

 ad 11 mm longas et 1 mm latas, carinatae, parce puberulae et ciliatae; brae- 

 teolae similes sed minores; calycis segmenta 5, lanceolata, graciliter acuminata, 

 1 cm longa et 1 mm lata, parce et minute puberula et ciliata, trinervata ; corolla 

 pallida caesia, 15 mm longa, glabra vel apiee parce pubescens, pilis patulis, 0.2 



Fig. 36. Justicia hylaea Leonard {Maguire, WurdacTc $ Bunting 36152). a, node and 

 leaf, X 1; b, portion of leaf blade (upper surface) enlarged to show cystoliths and hairs, X 2; 

 c, inflorescence, X 1 ; d, portion of rachis enlarged to show pubescence, X 9; e, bract and 

 bractlets, X 2; f, portion of bract enlarged to show pubescence, X 7; g, calyx, X 2.5; h, 

 portion of calyx enlarged to show pubescence, X 3.5; i, same, more enlarged, X ca. 60; k, 

 anther, X 8. 



