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MEMOIKS OF THE NEW YOItK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



rotate, deeply o-partcd, the lobes 3 mm. long, narrowly ovate, 

 acute, membranaceous. Corolla rotate, deeply 5-parted, the 

 lobes 5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, lanceolate, acute. Ligules of the 

 crown half as long as the corolla-lobes, thin and membranaceous, 

 their breadth at the summit about equaling their length, nar- 

 rowed to the base, lightly 4-crenate and bearing from a notch in 

 the center an abruptly inflexed terminal ligule. Stamens shorter 

 than the crown, bearing short broad inflexed white terminal ap- 

 pendages. Corpuscle small, rounded, the pollinia oval, short 

 and broad. Follicle 8 cm. long, slender, long-acuminate, gla- 

 brous. 



Trinidad, 700 feet, M. Cardenas, March 8, 1921 {no. 9, 

 special). Species dedicated to Dr. Wm. M. Mann, the learned 

 and industrious entomologist of the Expedition. 



Gothofreda macroglossa 



Softly pubescent with spreading white hairs. Stems to 5 dm. 

 or more high, erect or ascending, slender, simple, terete. Peti- 

 oles 4 mm. long, slender. Blades to 4 cm. long and 1.5 cm. broad, 

 lanceolate with slightly cordate base and mucronate acute sum- 

 mit, entire, softly gray-tomentellate on both surfaces, the stout 

 red midrib prominent beneath, the secondaries 6 or 8 on each 

 side, crooked. Umbels terminal and axillary, solitary, simple, 

 rather dense, on peduncles much less than half the length of 

 their leaves. Pedicels 2 or 3 mm. long, subtended by setaceous 

 bracts. Calyx 5-parted almost to the base, the lobes regularly 

 attenuate from the narrow base. Corolla-tube very short, cra- 

 teriform, the lobes 6 nun. long, ligulate, acuminate from the base, 

 obtusish, recurved and twisted. Corona of 5 distinct ligules, 

 slightly adnate to the base of the stamen-tube, 3 or 4 mm. long, 

 linear and slightly wider near the summit, erect, not append- 

 aged. Anther appendages white, about 1 mm. long, oval, obtuse. 

 Styles 8 mm. long, united two thirds of their length, filiform. 

 Follicle 6 or 7 cm. long, narrowly lanceolate, slightly curved, 

 tomentellate. 



Keyes, 1,000 feet, H. H. Rushy, September 26, 1921 (no. 

 1324). 



Gothofreda consimilis 



Densely pilose, with divaricate white hairs. Stems to 5 dm. 

 high, erect or ascending, simple, slender, terete. Leaves sub- 

 sessile, to 4 cm. long and nearly 2 cm. wide, lance-oblong with 



