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A striking species with seemingly pendulous, large-fruited inf'ructescences, 

 the green fruit subtended by a red cupule, borne on somewhat slender, greyish 

 branchlets, contrasting with the blackish petioles of the shining, pale green, thin 

 leaves with conspicuous drip-tips. Because of the lack of flowering material, it is 

 not certain that the species belongs in Endlicheria. Possibly the nearest alliance 

 in this genus may be with Endlicheria pyriformis, treated above, which bears 

 greenish branchlets and leaves that are broader, more oblong, shorter, with at- 

 tenuate, obtuse tips usually not longer than 1 cm, and smaller fruit and cupule, 

 borne on greenish pedicels. It calls to mind, also, Endlicheria (Hubero daphne) 

 longicaudata (Ducke) Kostermans, and may belong to this group which has a 

 floral structure distinct from that of any known Endlicheria species, if indeed 

 it is correctly placed in that genus. The leaves of the latter, however, are unique 

 in that they are distinctly oblong and blunt at both ends, the exceptionally long, 

 caudate tip being subequal in width throughout its entire length. 



Endlicheria maguireana C. K Allen, sp. nov. Pig. 42. 



Arbor ad 12 m alt., ramulis teretibus, ad apiceni Leviter angulatis glabres- 

 centibusve, pnbescentibus leviter lucidis. Folia alternata, longe petiolata, petiolis 

 aliquantum robustis rubescentibus canaliculars, ad 2.1 mm longis et 2.5 mm 

 latis, laminis utrinque glabris, subtus minute conspicue denseque punctulatis, 

 aliquantum subcoriaceis, utrinque luteo-viridescentibus, ellipticis, ad basim acutis 

 subrotundatisve, ad apicem ± abrupte breviter obtuseque acuminatis, penni- 

 nerviis, costa crassa supra leviter elevata ad petiolum plana lateriorque, subtus 

 conspicue elevata utrinque pallide rubescente, nervis ad 7-paribus, pallide 

 rubescentibus gracilibus, supra ± planis subtus leviter elevatis, ad angulo 55° 

 divergentibus, rete venularuni utrinque inconspicuo. Inflorescentia axillaris, 

 fragilis, glabra vel sparse pubescens, late paniculata, ad "20 cm longa, longe 

 pedunculata, subumbellata, 2- vel 3-floribus rachidum longarum tenuiumque ad 

 apices, pedunculo ad 10 cm longo. Flores dioici, J ad 4—7 mm longi, longe pedicel- 

 late, pedicello gracili ad 4.5 mm longo ; perianthio tenui campanulato viridescenti- 

 albo, lobis ovatis, extus sparse intus densiori pubescentibus, ad apicem praecipue, 

 ad 1.3 mm longis, tubo quam lobis leviter breviore ; staminibus sterilibus ser I 

 & II ±1 mm longis, tenuiter membranaceis, antheris ovatis, connectivo locellos 

 rnagnos superanti, filamentis quam antheris brevioribus, ser III sterilibus? 

 obovatis ± truncatis, biglandulosis, glandulis stipitatis, ser IV ; gynoecio 

 glabrof ad 2.8 mm longo, ovario late ellipsoideo, stylo haud crasso quam ovario 

 breviore, stigmate patenti ± orbiculari, 3-lobato. Flores J*, infructescentia, et 

 fructus ignoti. 



Type. Tree 12 m, flowers greenish-white, occasional along banks of Canon 

 Grande River, SSE of Cumbre Camp, Cerro de la Neblina, Rio Yatua, Amazonas, 

 Venezuela, 1100-1150 m, 26 Dec 1957, Bassett Maguire, John J. Wurdack & 

 Celia K. Maguire 42521 (holotype, J fl. NY). 



Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the endemic sandstone 

 area of Cerro de la Neblina, of southern Venezuela. 



The yellow-green, perfectly elliptic leaves of this species are in strong con- 

 trast with the loosely flowered, exceedingly slender, tenuous inflorescences. Again, 

 it is difficult to relate this to any of the known species of the genus. The leaves 

 and habit of the inflorescences strongly suggest Aiouea, but the flowers are typical 

 of Endlicheria. 



