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spicuis liberis ligulatis glabris circiter 1 mm. longis, antheris 6.5-7 mm. longis, 

 thecis 1.5-1.8 mm. longis basi obscure mucronulatis, tubulis quam thecis triplo 

 longioribus perrimas elongatas dehi seen ti bus; stylo filiformi corollam subaequante, 

 stigmate minuto. 



Santiago-Zamora: Cordillera Cutucu, east-trending slope from top of ridge down 

 toward the Itzintza, 4,800-5,800 ft. elev., Nov. 17-Dec. 5, 1944, Camp E-1366 

 (TYPE US 1,989,018; dupl. NY) (high-growing epiphyte, a semi-vine; leaves dark 

 green above, pale beneath). Same locality, ridge just south and west of Rio Itzintza, 

 4,500 to 5,900 ft. elev., Camp E-1330, E-1342 (high-growing epiphytes, brought 

 down by storm; leaves shining on both sides). 



The closest relative of the new species appears to be T. schultzeae Sleumer 

 (Bot. Jahrb. 71: 393. 1941), which also occurs in the "Oriente" of Ecuador. From 

 this, To cutucuensis differs in its somewhat larger leaves and inflorescences, 

 and especially in its larger calyx with elongate lobes and sharp sinuses, its winged 

 corolla, and its differently proportioned anthers, of which the thecae are much 

 shorter and the tubules proportionately longer. The occurrence of a winged corolla 

 in ThemisLoclesia has otherwise been noted in the Colombian T. pterota A. C. 

 Smith (Jour. Arnold Arb. 27: 103. 1946), which has broader and deeply cordate 

 leaf-blades, a minutely denticulate calyx-limb, and a more strongly urceolate 

 corolla. 



Themistoclesia campii A. C. Smith, sp. nov. 



Frutex ad 1.5 m. alms, ramulis gracilibus subteretibus fusco-cinereis albido- 

 puberulis vel fusco-hispidulis ac etiam squamis parvis irregularibus nigrescentibus 

 leprosis, demum glabratis; petiolis subteretibus 2-3 mm. longis primo minute 

 hispidulis demum glabrescentibus; laminis subcoriaceis in sicco fuscis ovato- 

 ellipticis, 2-3.7 cm. longis, 1-2 cm. latis, basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, ad 

 apicem breviter acuminatum callosum gradatim angustatis, margine leviter in- 

 crassatis et recurvatis, supra pallide puberulis mox glabratis, subtus squamis 

 parvis nigris leprosis etiam praecipue costa parce fusco-hispidulis, costa supra 

 leviter impressa subtus valde elevata, nervis lateralibus utrinsecus plerumque 2 e 

 basi orientibus supra leviter impressis vel utrinque ut rete venularum immersis; 

 inflorescentia axillari breviter racemosa 3-10-flora bracteis pluribus papyraceis 

 ovatis subacutis 1-2 mm. longis basi circumdata, rhachi gracili 5-10 mm. longa 

 pilis pallidis 0.2-0.3 mm. longis minute hispidula, bracteis sub floribus ut eis 

 basi inflorescentiae; pedicellis gracilibus sub anthesi 7-11 mm. longis ut rhachi 

 hispidulis etiam nigro-leprosis, medium versus bibracteolatis, bracteolis circiter 



I. 5 mm. longis; calyce sub anthesi circiter 5 mm. longo et apice 4 mm. diametro 

 ut pedicello hispidulo et leproso, tubo circiter 3 mm. longo manifeste 5-angulato, 

 limbo suberecto papyraceo intus glabro quam tubo breviore 5-lobato, lobis late 

 deltoideis cuspidatis circiter 1 mm. longis, sinibus obtusis; disco annul ari-pulvinato 

 hispidulo; corolla carnosa subcylindrica sub anthesi 7.5-8 mm. longa, basim versus 

 3.5-4 mm. diametro superne angustata, extus pilis stramineis circiter 0.5 mm. longis 

 hispidula, lobis 5 deltoideis subacutis 1-1.5 mm. longis; staminibus 10 simili- 

 bus quam corolla brevioribus, filamentis liberis gracilibus pallidis ligulatis 

 circiter 2 mm. longis pilis paucis circiter 0.5 mm. longis hispidulis, antheris 

 4.5-5.5 mm. longis, thecis 1.5-2 mm. longis basi subacutis, tubulis quam thecis 

 longioribus per rimas circiter 1 mm. longas dehiscentibus; stylo tereti corollam 

 subaequante, stigmate minuto. 



Azuay: "Oriente" Border, Paramo del Castillo and surrounding forested areas 

 (crest of the eastern cordillera on the trail between Sevilla de Oro and Mendez), 



II, 000-11,350 ft. elev., Dec. 17, 1944, Camp E-1640 (TYPE US 1.989,027; dupl. 

 NY) (east of El Pan; shrub 0.5 m. high, terrestrial; leaves deep green above, pale 



