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loiii--, 4 to 5 Jinn, wide, ohloii^-, acute, eiliate, f>Teeii, thin. Sepals 

 long-pilose, the largest 2 cnh long, narrowly lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, the others a little shorter, lance-linear with long- 

 attenuate sununit. Corolla nearly 5 cnu long, pubescent, yellow, 

 the erect upper lip 1.5 cul long, the lower a little longer, spread- 

 ing, nearly eciually o-lohed, the lobes very sliort, rounded at the 

 sununit. Stannous nearly equaling the upper lip, the filaments 

 attached at the base of the corolla, dilated at the base, two of 

 them attached together. Anthers of the two longer stamens 

 muticous at the base, the others caudate, the tails ending in 

 white, curved, sac-like glands. Style terminating in a slender, 

 divergent white tip. 



This very peculiar species was collected by myself at Reyes, 

 1,000 feet, in June, 1886, and distributed as ''Aphelandra sp. 

 ( f )." It w^as again collected at the cataracts of the Bopi River, 

 1,800 feet, 0. E. White, August 8, 1921 {no. 442). It is quite dis- 

 tinct from every other species by its peculiar foliage and espe- 

 cially in its glandular-caudate stamens, in allusion to which it is 

 named. 



Schaueria azaleaeflora 



Roughly grayish-hairy throughout, the hairs extremely short. 

 Branchlets slender, woody, terete, striate. Petioles 3 to 5 mm. 

 long, slender, the blades 4 to 8 cm. long, 1 to 2.5 cul broad, in- 

 equilaterally oblong and short-acuminate at both ends, very 

 thin, grayish-green, scabrescent, the slender venation not promi- 

 nent, or slightly so beneath, the secondaries about 5 on each side, 

 ascending, lightly curved, the remaining venation obscure. 

 Spikes mostly simple at the ends of the branchlets, short and 

 dense, the flowers creamy-yellow, showy, 4 to 5 cm. long, the 

 minute bracts subulate. Calyx-tube scarcely any, saucer-shaped, 

 the lobes 3 or 4 muL long. Tube of corolla somewhat longer than 

 the lips, infundibular, the lower third abruptly contracted and 

 its base very abruptly dilated. Upper lip erect, entire, concave, 

 the lower a little longer, strongly recurved, 3-lobed, the lobes 

 about a third of its length, olilong, obtuse, 3-nerved. Stamens a 

 little shorter tlian the upper lip, attached near the middle of the 

 tube. Anther-cells parallel, equal, sagittate, the lobes about as 

 long- as the body, lightly curved at the ends. Style a little ex- 

 ceeding the stamens, obtuse. Disk cupulate, lightly lobed. 



Covendo, 1,800 feet, 0. E. White, August 23, 1921 {no. 990). 



