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1841, M. Berthoud-Coulon 173 (NY) ; sandy soil, savanna, vicinity of km 70, 

 3 Jun 1944, Maguire & Stahel 23629 (NY, VEN) ; Savanna II, Sanderij, 3 Jun 

 1944, Maguire & Stahel 23692 (NY) • Savanna No. 1, Tafelberg (Table Moun- 

 tain) ; alt. 1200 m ; 3 Aug 1944, Maguire 24212 (NY, VEN). BRITISH GUIANA. 

 Savannas, Kaieteur Plateau ; alt, 1200 m ; 1 May 1944, Maguire & Fanshawe 23129 

 (NY, VEN) ; Georgetown, 26 Nov 1919, A. S. Hitchcock 16947 (NY) ; frequent 

 in Kopinang Savanna, southern Pakaraima Mountains; alt. 835 m; 5 Sep 1961, 



B. & C. K. Maguire & G. Wilson-Browne 46110-A (NY) ; Kurupukari, 3 Oct 

 1937, A. C. Smith 2173 (NY) ; Jenman 2225 (NY). FRENCH GUIANA. "In 

 locis humidis & arenosis Aroura & Orapu, Julio, F. Aublet" photo of type of 

 Perama hirsuta at Brit. Mus. (NY). VENEZUELA. Anzoategui : Pariaguan, 

 March 1942, Alicia Hernandez 48 (VEN) ; Santome, 21 Aug 1942, Pittier 15087 

 (VEN) ; Santome, 9 Jun 1941, Pittier 14778 (VEN). Monagas : Santa Barbara 

 Camp; 4 Nov 1948, Maguire, Kunhardt, Jr., & Politi 27292 (NY). Bolivar: 

 Altiplanicie de Nuria, 23 Jan 1961, Steyermark 88714 (NY, VEN) ; Altiplanicie 

 de Nuria, 23 Jan 1961, Steyermark 88764 (NY, VEN) ; Cerro Marimarota, Rio 

 Parguaza; 4 Jan 1956, Wurdack & Monachino 41107 (NY) ; Gran Sabana, Santa 

 Elena, 3 Oct 1944, Steyermark 59189 (F, NY, VEN) ; Alto Paragua, 20 Aug 1943, 

 Cardona 833 (VEN) ; Cerro Perro, Alto Paragua, Julio 1943, Cardona 785 

 (VEN) ; El Dorado; alt. 150 m; 14 Apr 1957, Bernardi 6518 (NY) ; Sabana de 

 Triana, Rio Chicanan, 1 Sep 1961, Steyermark 89674; Rio Chibau, Rio Chicanan, 

 1 Sep 1962, Bassett Maguire, Julian A. Steyermark, & Celia K. Maguire 53551 

 (NY, VEN); Ciudad Piar; Apr 1954, Aristeguieta 2171 (VEN). Amazonas: 

 East Swamp, Esmeralda; alt. ca. 100 m; 19 Oct 1928, Tate 266 (F, NY) ; norte 

 de Merey, cerca del margen del Rio Atabapo; Sep 1960, Foldats 3867 (VEN) ; 

 Cerro Moriche, Rio Ventuari ; alt. 1250 m ; 15 Jan 1951, Maguire, Cowan, & 

 Wurdack 30938 (NY). BRAZIL. Para: Santarem, Amazon, Spruce (NY); 

 Santarem, Apr 1850, Spruce 664 (NY) ; Vigia, 18 Jul 1935, Drouet 2132 (G, NY, 

 U MO). Terr, do Rio Branco: Serra Tepequem; alt. 900 m; 25 Nov 1954, B. & 



C. K. Maguire 40047 (NY); Serra Pellala, Oct 1908, Vie 7636 (NY). Terr. 

 Amapa: Amapa, 3 Jun 1944, J. T. Baldwin, Jr. 4069 (NY). Bahia: Serra 

 Morsalina, Carrasco, Jul 1913, Lutzelburg 88 (NY) ; Lusehnath 75 (P). 



5b. Perama hirsuta var. stricta (Benth.) Brem. Rec. Trav. Bot. Neerl. 31: 308. 

 1934. Fig. 81, K-M. 



Perama stricta Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 3: 239. 1841. 



Distribution. Rare and scattered in the range of var. hirsuta in British Guiana, 

 southern Venezuela, and eastern Brazil. 



BRITISH GUIANA. Sand Creek, Rupununi River, Oct 1948, WB 280 (NY) ; 

 savanna, basin of Rupununi River, Wichabai, 26 Oct 1937, A. C. Smith 2302 

 (NY) ; same locality and date, A. C. Smith 2277 (NY) ; Waruni-Ituni savannahs, 

 along the Berbice-Rupununi Cattle trail, 20 May 1919, Abraham 135 (NY) ; 

 Schomburgk 100 (isotype of P. stricta Benth., NY) ; Pirara, 1841-2, Schomburgk 

 391 (P). VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Camarata; alt. 450 m; Mar 1939, G. G. 

 Simpson 25 (VEN). Amazonas: Esmeralda, Esmeralda Savana, near Orinoco 

 River; 21 Aug 1944, Steyermark 57766 (F). BRAZIL. Bahia: 1836, Blanchet 

 2424 (NY). Terr, do Rio Branco : Frechal, 5 Sep 1927, Tate 47 (NY). 



The photo of the type collection of Perama hirsuta Aubl. shows a taxon with 

 broad ovate, divaricate leaves and this is further emphasized by plate 18 accom- 

 panying Aublet's original description. Moreover, Aublet's description of the 



