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amplifications of the original description may be noted: leaf-blades up to 13.5 cm. 

 long, sometimes as narrow as 1.5 cm.; rachis of inflorescence sometimes insig- 

 nificant, only 2 mm. long; pedicels varying from 5 to 13 mm. in length; calyx some- 

 times shorter than previously described, only 7 mm. long, the wings more obvious 

 (about 1 mm. broad); corolla-lobes as much as 11 mm. in length; filaments connate 

 toward base rather than completely free. 



Ceratostema prietoi A. C. Smith, sp. nov. 



Frutex epiphyticus ubique praeter filamentas glaber, ramulis gracilibus teretibus 

 fuse is cinerascentibus; petiolis subteretibus rugulosis 3-5 mm. longis; laminis in 

 sicco subcoriaceis vel papyraceis fusco-viridibus elliptico-lanceolatis, 10-17 cm. 

 longis, 3-6 cm. latis, basi anguste rotundatis, in acuminem gracilem 1-2 cm. 

 longum gradatim angustatis, margine integris et anguste recurvatis, 5(vel 7-)- 

 nerviis, nervis e basi orientibus vel interioribus interdum ad 1-2 cm. concurrenti- 

 bus, costa nervisque principalibus supra leviter impressis subtus elevatis, rete 

 venularum utrinque subimmerso vel prominulo; inflorescentiis e ramulis infra folia 

 orientibus racemosis 3-12-floris, rhachi subtereti 0.5-3 cm. longa breviter pedun- 

 culata, bracteis sub floribus deltoideis circiter 1 mm. longis mox caducis; pedicellis 

 teretibus 13-20 mm. longis superne incrassatis, basim versus bracteolis 2 deltoideo- 

 subulatis circiter 0.7 mm. longis caducis ornatis, articulatione conspicuo; calyce 

 sub anthesi 7-9 mm. longo et apice diametro, tubo cupuliformi circiter 5 mm. longo 

 ruguloso haud angulato, limbo subererecto papyraceo quam tubo breviore 5-dentato, 

 dentibus apiculatis 0.5-1 mm. longis, sinibus complanatis; disco carnoso annulari- 

 pulvinato; corolla carnosa cylindrica 45-53 mm. longa, basim versus 7-9 mm. 

 diametro, superne angustata, profunde 5-lobata, lobis de It oideo- lance olatis circi- 

 ter 15 mm. longis et basi 3 mm. latis; staminibus 10 corollam fere aequantibus, 

 filamentis liberis ligulatis 7-9 mm. longis ubique pa Hide puberulis, antheris 

 circiter 40 mm. longis, thecis 9-11 mm. longis basi obtusis, tubulis quam thecis 

 multo longioribus gracillimis per poros obliquos circiter 0.5 mm. longos dehiscen- 

 tibus; stylo filiformi leviter exserto, stigmate minuto. 



Canar: Near El Corazon, between S. Vicente and Rosario, 3,500 ft. elev., Sept. 

 6-10, 1944, F. Prieto CP-13 (TYPE US 1,988,905; dupl. NY) (high-growing epi- 

 phyte; leaves dull on both surfaces and not markedly 'Veiny" when fresh; corolla 

 pale rosy pink, the lobes bright green). Valley of rio de Canar at Abadel, below 

 town of Galleturo, 6,000 ft. elev., Prieto CP-28 (epiphyte, the branches drooping, 

 to 2 m. long; leaves dark green above, pale below, dull on both surfaces; corolla 

 deep pink, the tips of lobes green); same locality, 4,400 ft. elev., Prieto CP-34 

 (epiphytic shrub; corolla crimson, the lobes green). 



This very distinct new species resembles G. charianthum in general aspect 

 and like that species has a calyx-limb with minute teeth and flattened sinuses. 

 It differs obviously in its smooth rather than winged "calyx-tube, its differently 

 shaped and longer corolla with narrower lobes, its longer stamens, and its leaf- 

 blades with the principal nerves oriented essentially from the base. 



Oreanthes glanduliferus A. C. Smith, sp. nov. 



Frutex epiphyticus, ramulis gracillimis obtuse angulatis subfuscis pallide 

 puberulis et interdum parce glanduloso-hispidulis, mox glabrescentibus ciner- 

 ascentibus; stipulis inconspicuis intrapetiolaribus oblongis obtusis circiter 1 

 mm. longis saepe ramulos adnatis; petiolis subteretibus rugulosis 1.5-3 mm. longis 

 glanduloso-hispidulis (pilis 0.3-0.7 mm. longis) etiam puberulis mox glabratis; 

 laminis in sicco coriaceis (in vivo subsucculentis et inf latis) elliptico-ovatis, 

 2.5-4.2 cm. longis, 1.3-2.3 cm. latis (apices ramulorum versus interdum 15 x 8 

 mm.), basi late obtusis vel subrotundatis, apice obtusis, margine siccitate sub- 



