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VENEZUELA. Amazonas: liana climbing to 15 m; in forest along north 

 escarpment, Cerro Sipapo (Paraque) ; alt. 1400 m; flower white; 23 Dec 1948, 

 Maguire & Politi 27895 (holotype NY) . 



In its short peduncles S. brevipes resembles 8. acuminata Standi, of Colombia. 

 In that species, however, the heads are fewer-flowered with 4-5 flowers, the 

 peduncle is much shorter, and the involucre is longer. 



Schradera cacuminis Standi. Field Mus. Bot. 4: 286. 1929 emendavit Steyermark 



An examination of the holotype specimen of 8. cacuminis in US and of the 

 fragment of the holotype deposited in F necessitates an emended description of 

 Standley's publication as follows: Costa media folii laminae subtus partim 

 pilosula aliter glabra, superficie inferiori albo-papillata vel puncticulata ; corollae 

 lobis 4 vel 5 obtusis 2.5 mm latis, denticulo cucullato reflexo triangulari ad basin 

 carinae ab apicem 3.5-4 mm ; staminibus 4 vel 5 in fauce insertis. 



The label on the holotype specimen states "tree," but it is likely that the 

 plant is a woody epiphytic liana as in the other mem hers of the genus. 



Schradera campii Standley ex Steyermark, sp. nov. 



Suffrutex volubilis epiphyticus ; stipulis non visis ; f oliis petiolatis, petiolis 

 15-35 mm longis glabris ; laminis coriaceis late vel anguste ellipticis vel oblongo- 

 ellipticis apice plerumque aeutis vel acuminatis interdum subobtusis basi acutis 

 vel subacutis vel obtusis 10-16 cm longis 4-9 cm latis utrinque glabris, subtus 

 costa media elevata, nervis lateralibus principalibus 9-11 tenuibus secundariis 

 12-16 tenuioribus, ab margine 3-6 mm anastomosin facientibus ; capitulis sub- 

 hemisphaericis ca. 5-floris 15-17 mm longis 13-20 mm latis; pedunculo solitario 

 ut vicletur laterali vel terminali 2.3-3.5 cm longo apice 4—8 mm lato glabro ; 

 involucro 6-8 mm alto 12-18 mm lato glabro ut videtur primo margine integro; 

 calyce hypanthioque urceolato-turbinatis 9 mm longis apice 4 mm latis glabris, 

 calyce apice truncato vel subtruncato, ab ovario ad 6 mm disjuncto ; corolla alba 

 (teste Steere d' Camp) hypocrateriformi, tubo 9.5-10 mm longo basi 2 mm lato 

 fauce 4 mm lata extus glabra intus apicem basi 2 mm lato fauce 4 mm lata extus 

 glabra intus apicem basinque versus glabro medio piloso, lobis 5 lineari-lanceolatis 

 apice subacutis 8-12 mm longis 1.75-2 mm latis glabris, denticulo cucullato re- 

 flexo breviter triangulari 0.3-0.4 mm longo ad basin carinae ab apicem 5.5-6.5 

 mm ; staminibus 5 inclusis in dimidia parte inferiore insertis, filamentis 1.5 mm 

 longis yifra basin loborum corollae 9 mm insertis ; antheris linearibus 5 mm 

 longis; stylo 5.5 mm longo superne 1.5 mm pilosulo aliter glabro; stigmatibus 

 2 linearibus 2.5-3 mm longis. 



ECUADOR. Prov. Oriente: flood plain of Rio Pastaza, south of Shell-Mera, 

 Parroquia Mera ; alt. 1100 m ; woody vine to 6 m, somewhat fleshy ; leaves 

 leathery, glaucous ; flowers white, fleshy at base ; somewhat succulent stems 

 rooting at intervals; 13 May 1944, W. C. Steere & W. H. Camp 8303 (holotype 

 F). Prov. Napo-Pastaza : above Finca Black, densely forested slopes along Rio 

 Pastaza, between Rio Topo at Topo and Mera ; alt. 1675 m ; epiphytic shrub ; 

 leaves thick, coriaceous, dark green above and shining; calyx and bract fleshy, 

 pale green ; corolla closed, narrow, creamy white ; 6 Nov 1943, Steyermark 54869 

 (paratype F, NY). 



This is the first species of the genus Schradera to be recorded from Ecuador. 

 It is characterized by the puberulous upper portion of the style, relatively few- 



