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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



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Frutex volubilis ; stipulis non visis ; foliis petiolatis, petiolis 5-15 mm longis ; 

 laminis oblongo-oblanceolatis vel oblongo-obovatis vel oblongo-ellipticis apice 

 obtusis vel acutis basi acutis vel acuminatis, subrevolutis, 4.5-11 cm longis 1.2- 

 5.5 cm latis, nervis lateralibus utroque latere 8-11 subtus plus minusve promi- 

 nulis, in nervum collectivum ab margine 1-4 mm conjunctis, ultimis nervis ter- 

 tiariis demum tenuissime subreticulato-elevatis, superficie subtus minutissime 

 albo-papillata ; capitulis depresso-hemisphaericis 6-7-floris 13-20 mm altis 25-30 

 mm latis ; pedunculo solitario terminali 2-2.5 cm longo in sicco 2 mm lato vivo 4 

 mm lato glabro ; involucro brevi 2.5-6 mm alto 6-12 mm lato glabro apice integro ; 

 calyce hypanthioque tubulosis 12-14.5 mm longis apice 5-6 mm latis glabris ; calyce 

 apice primo margine truncato deinde irregulariter inaequaliterque lobato, lobis 

 suborbiculari-rhomboideis 1.5-3 mm altis 2.5-4.5 mm latis, ab ovario ad 8 mm 

 disjuncto; corolla alba (teste Steyermark & Agostini) hypocrateriformi 22-26 

 mm longa, tubo 13 mm longo basi 3 mm lato fauee 5.5 mm lata extus glabro intus 

 glabro superne papillato-pulverulenti ; lobis 5 lineari-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis 

 subacutis 11-14.5 mm longis 2.5 mm latis glabris, denticulo cucullato reflexo ad 

 basin carinae ab apicem 7-8 mm ; staminibus 5 exsertis, filamentis 3.5 mm longis 

 glabris in fauce insertis ; antheris 5 linearibus 5 mm "longis; stylo 5 mm longo 

 glabro ; stigmatibus 2 anguste oblongis 4 mm longis. 



TRINIDAD. Mt. Tocuche, Aug 1947, Botanic Garden Herbarium 673 (trac- 

 ing from holotype NY; holotype of Vrceolaria clusiaefolia, TRIN) ; same locality, 

 21 Jun 1906, William Leslie 9363 (holotype of Vrceolaria angustifolia, TRIN, 

 fragment of type NY). VENEZUELA. Estado Sucre: Peninsula de Paria: Cerro 

 Patao, norte de Puerto de Hierro, noreste de Guiria ; selva nublada en la cumbre 

 plana ; alt. 1020 m ; climbing high in tree ; stems dark purple ; leaves erect- 

 ascending, coriaceous, subrevolute, deep green above, pale green below ; peduncle 

 pale green, 4 mm diam ; involucre lobed, pale green ; corolla white, 5-lobed, lobes 

 recurved ; stamens 5 ; stigmas 2, pale green ; calyx pale green, greenish and white 

 above with subtruncate summit slightly slit to one side or almost 3-lobed un- 

 equally ; generally 7 flowers in one head, rarely 6 ; 19 Jul 1962, Julian A. Steyer- 

 mark & Getulio Agostini 91074 (NY, VEN). 



Schradera cuatrecasasii Standley ex Steyermark, sp. nov. 



Suffrutex volubilis; stipulis non visis; foliis petiolatis, petiolis 10-12 mm 

 longis glabris; laminis crassiusculis (teste Cuatrecasas) oblongo- vel ovato- 

 ellipticis apice abrupte acutis basi obtusis vel subacutis 6.5-8.3 cm longis 3-4 cm 

 latis utrinque glabris, nervis lateralibus utrinque prominentibus principalibus 

 6-7, nervis secundariis tertiariisque utrinque prominentibus laxe reticularis, in 

 nervum collectivum ab margine 3-5 mm conjunctis ; capitulis subhemisphaericis 

 ca. 5-floris 15 mm longis (altis) 2.3-3 cm latis; pedunculo solitario terminali 

 1.9-2 cm longo glabro; involucro 5 mm longo (alto) 12-13 mm lato glabro 

 margine 8-denticulato, dentibus deltoideo-subulatis 0.5 mm longis ; calyce hy- 

 panthioque tubuloso-campanulatis 8 mm longis apice 6.5-7 mm latis; calyce 

 superne 2-3-carinata, apice repando-denticulato, dentibus acutis 0.2-0.3 mm 

 longis, margine dense minute .papillato-ciliolato, extus inf erne ■ glabro superne 

 in parte dimidia superiore 2-2.5 mm dense cano-pulverulenti papillatoque carinis 

 moderatim hispidulo-ciliolatis ; corolla alba (teste Cuatrecasas) breviter hypo- 

 crateriformi 17 mm longa, tubo 10 mm longo basi 5 mm lato fauce paullo 

 ampliata 6 mm lata extus glabro intus supra basin 5 mm glabro fauce pilosula 

 aliter cum lineis pilosulis verticalibus instructis, lobis nardis vel cinereis (teste 



