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BOTAXY OF THE GUAYAXA HIGHLANDS PART V 



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Type. Slender tree 6 m, Dabama forest in bottom of Arrowhead Basin, 

 Tafelberg (Table Mountain) Suriname, 515 m, 3 Sep 1944, Bassett Maguire 

 24616 (holotype, fl., y. fr. NY). 



Distribution. A slender tree to 6 m known only from the type locality. 

 SURINAME. Tafelberg (Table Mountain), high mixed Wallaba forest, km 25, 

 Maguire 24825 (fr. A, NY) . 



The species shows an apparent relationship with A. jenmani Mez from 

 Demerara, the type of which (Jenman 3949) I have not seen. Dr Kostermans 

 comments on the relationship between the latter and the Peruvian species 

 Endlicheria paradoxa Mez, based on Pearce s.n. a flowering specimen not avail- 

 able at this time. Xor have I seen the Dutch Guiana number from Brownsberg 

 (B.W. 3328), cited by Kostermans under the latter, but I strongly suspect that 

 this may belong to A. castanca, Lanjouw & Lindeman 2290, sterile material from 

 Dutch Guiana also referred to the Peruvian species, resembles and indeed may 

 be conspecific with the new species from Tafelberg. The bark of the twigs of both 

 yields a fragrance when bruised or cut. 



Maguire 24825 was reported from fruiting material only as possibly Aniba 

 or Ocotca, 1 * flowering material being not then available. 



Aniba percoriacea C. K. Allen, sp. now Fig. 31. 



Arbor ad 15 m alt. et 20 cm diam., gemmis ut videtur ovoideis dense minuteque 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis, ramulis juventute leviter sulcatis atro-ferrugineo-tomento- 

 sis, mox teretibus leviter striatis brunneo-tomentosis gradatim glabrescentibus. 

 Folia magna, alternata, petiolis robustis brunneo-tomentosis valde striatis ad 

 basim intumescentibus canaliculars ad 15 mm longis et 3^1 mm latis, laminis 

 percoriaceis utrinque glabris costis exceptis, supra olivaceo-viridibus subtus 

 pallidioribus brunnescentibus, ellipticis, (9-10-) 20-26 cm longis et (3.5-) 6-10 

 cm latis, ad basim acutis vel obtusis saepe margine leviter recurvatis, ad apicem 

 obtuse acuminatis, acumine ad 2 cm longo, vel obtusis acuto-obtusisve, penni- 

 nerviis, costa robusta aliquantum flavescenti, supra inconspicua subtus plana 

 ad basim leviter impressa conspicue elevata, nervis ±10-paribus supra tenuissimis 

 subtus ± succulentibus leviter elevatis, ad angulo 67-70° divergentibus, rete 

 venularum supra obscuro subtus succulenti leviter elevato. Inflorescentia axillaris 

 subterminalisve, robusta, ferrugineo-tomentosa, racemoso-paniculata, pauciflora, 

 ad 7 cm longa et 3 cm lata. Flores flavescentes fide coll., ad 10 mm longi, minute 

 pubescentes, pedicellis robustis ad 4 mm longis; perianthio (in gemma) ± 

 globoso, lobis subrotundatis ad 3 mm longis, quam tubo duplo brevioribus ; 

 staminibus fertilibus pubescentibus, ser I & II petaloideis ad 2.5 mm longis, 

 antheris late ovatis, locellis parvis apicali-introrsis, connectivo parvo obtuso 

 producto, filamentis obscuris quam antheris mergentibus triplo longioribus, ser 

 III ad 2 mm longis antheris subquadratis, locellis conspicuis quam filamentis 

 satis crassis leviter longioribus, biglandulosis, glandulis brevistipitatis, ser IV O ; 

 gynoecio dense pubescenti ad 5 mm longo, ovario ellipsoideo brevistipitato, stylo 



"Allen, C. K. Bull. Torrey Club 75: 317. 1948. 



Fig. 30. Aniba cinnamomiflora (Z, Zb-Zh, Maguire 4' Politi 28416; Z", Maguire 4' Politi 

 28241). Z, habit, flowering branchlet, X 0.5. Zb, flower, X 5. Ze', tepal, ser I, dorsal, x 10. 

 Zd, tepal, ser II, ventral, X 10. Ze, stamen, ser I & II, ventral, X 10. Ze', stamen, ser I & II, 

 dorsal, X 10. Zf, stamen, ser III, ventral, X 10. Zf, stamen, ser III, dorsal, X 10. Zg, stam- 

 inodium, ventral, X 10. Zg", staminodium, lateral, X 10. Zh, ovary, X 10. Z", fruit, X 0.5. 



