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Cuatrecasas) 5 late laneeolato-oblongis subacutis 7 mm longis 3 mm latis extus 

 in alabastro cum marginibus papillatis aliter glabris intus dense minuteque 

 cano-papillatis transverse nigxdosis 3 denticulo eucullato reflexo subulato 1.5 mm 

 longo apice penieillato ad apicem ipsum insidenti ; staminibus 5, antheris exsertis 

 linear ibus 5 mm longis ; filamentis glabris 4.5-5 mm longis exsertis ad faucem 

 insertis; stylo 4 mm longo. in parte suprema 1.25 mm hirtello aliter glabro; 

 stigmatibus 2 linearibus 4 mm longis. 



COLOMBIA. Dept. El Valle : Costa del Pacifico, Rio Naya : brazo Aji, orilla 

 derecha en Calle Larga ; alt. 1-4 m ; enorme bejueo ; hoja erasiuseula verde ; caliz 

 verde blancpiecino ; corola blanea con lobulas sucios de lila o grisaceos ; 28 Feb 

 1943. J. Cuatrecasas 14292 (holotype F). 



This well-marked species is particularly characterized by the penicillate tip 

 of the cucullate inner appendage of the corolla-lobe, occurring just below the 

 apex, and by the ciliolate calyx with the uppermost outer portion papillate- 

 puberulent. Only in 8. suaveolens (Karst.) Steyerm. of Venezuela is the ap- 

 pendage situated at the apex of the corolla-lobe. The relatively large number of 

 recent novelties that have turned up from Colombia is due to the tremendous 

 botanical activity of Dr. Jose Cuatrecasas in the Pacific Coastal area of that 

 country. 



Schradera cubensis Steyermark, sp. now 



Planta ligneosa epiphytica ; stipulis non visis ; foliis petiolatis, petiolis 9-12 

 mm longis glabris ; laminis late oblongis apice rotundatis basi obtusis vel 

 rotundatis 3.5-6.8 cm longis 2-3.5 cm latis utrinque glabris, subtus costa media 

 elevata, nervis lateralibus principalibus 5-6 subprominulis ceteris fere obsoletis, 

 in nervum collectivum ab margine 2 mm conjunctis ; capitulis subhemisphaericis 

 3-4-floris ca. 25 mm longis 20-25 mm latis; pedunculo solitario terminali 3 cm 

 longo glabro ; involucro apice integro 5 mm alto glabro ; calyce hypanthioque 

 tubulosis 12 mm longis apice 7 mm latis glabris, calyce apice truncato vel sub- 

 truncato irregulariter subrepando, ab ovario ad 7 mm disjuncto ; corolla alba 

 (teste Ekman) hypocrateriformi 37 mm longa, tubo 21 mm longo basi 3 mm lato 

 fauce parce ampliata 5 mm lata, utrinque glabro ; lobis 6 lineari-lanceolatis 

 obtusis 17 mm longis 3 mm latis glabris, denticulo eucullato reflexo ad apicem 

 11 mm ; staminibus 6, filamentis 4—5 mm longis glabris infra basin loborum 

 corollae 5 mm insertis ; antheris linearibus 6.5 mm longis ; stylo 8-8.5 mm glabro ; 

 stigmatibus 2 lineari-oblongis 6 mm longis. 



CUBA. Prov. Oriente : fangales. Sierra Maestra. prope Nanacal, prope Alto 

 de Comejen; alt. ca. 1100 m; floribus sordide albis, odoratis; epiphytic; 7 Jul 

 1918, E. L. Ekman 9368 (holotype NY). 



This species is distinguished from the related Cuban 8. cepJialophora Griseb. 

 by the entirely glabrous corolla and shorter style. 



Schradera glabriflora Steyermark, sp. nov. Fig. 82, D-F. 



Suffrutex volubilis ; stipulis caducis ; foliis petiolatis, petiolis 1.5-3 cm longis 

 glabris ; laminis coriaceis supra atroviridibus subtus pallidioribus ovatis apice 

 subiter subacutis vel acutis basi obtusis vel rotundatis 11-15 cm longis 7-9 cm 

 latis glabris, nervis lateralibus utroque latere 12-14 subascendentibus vel 

 divaricatis, subtus manifeste tenuiter reticulatis puncticulatisque supra venulis 

 laxe reticulatis, ab margine 3-5 mm anastomosin facientibus ; capitulis 15-20- 



