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green above, bright green beneath, nitid on both surfaces; pedicels stout, green to 

 red-tinged; hypanthium green to dull red; corolla dull reddish to deep crimson, pale 

 distaliy; hypanthium and corolla with scattered gland-hairs). 



The species has apparently not otherwise been reported from Ecuador, but the 

 cited specimen agrees excellently with Lehmann 2143 (US), from the type locality 

 in Cauca, Colombia, and with several specimens recently obtained by Dr. Cuatrecasas 

 in the Departments of Cauca and El Valle. 



Thibaudia jorgensenii A. C= Smith, sp. nov. 



Frutex parvus, ramulis gracilibus, junioribus obtuse angulatis pilis albidis 

 circiter 0.5 mm. longis indutis, demum teretibus glabrescentibus; stipulis intra- 

 petiolaribus subulatis circiter 2 mm. longis parce pilosis; petiolis subteretibus 

 rugulosis 2-4 mm. longis ut ramulis mox glabratis; laminis coriaceis in sicco 

 fuscis ovatis, 1.5-3 cm. longis, 0.8-1.5 cm. latis, basi leviter sedmanifeste cordatis, 

 apice obtusis, margine incrassatis et inconspicue crenulatis, supra copiose minute 

 albido-punctatis, subtus parce et inconspicue glanduloso-strigillosis, e basi ob- 

 scure 3-nerviis, costa supra subplana subtus paullo elevata, nervis aliis basalibus 

 et 1 vel 2 paribus e costa orientibus obscuris et immersis; inflorescentia apices 

 ramulorum versus axillari subfasciculata ut videtur pluriflora bracteis imbricatis 

 papyraceis pluribus suborbicularibus obscure piloso-marginatis maximis ad 7 mm. 

 longis basi circumdata; pedicellis subteretibus 1-2 mm. longis pilis albidis 0.3-0.5 

 mm. longis copiose patenti-pilosis, basi bibracteolatis, bracteolis lineari-oblongis 

 circiter 3 mm. longis margine ciliatis etiam parce glanduloso-pilosis caducis, 

 articulatione manifesto; calyce campanulato sub anthesi circiter 9 mm. longo et 

 apice diametro, tubo parvo haud 2 mm. longo ut pedicello copiose piloso, limbo 

 erecto-patente papyraceo utrinque glabro vel extus inferne parce piloso profunde 

 5-lobato, lobis ovatis circiter 5 mm. longis (post anthesin ad 8 mm. accrescentibus) 

 2.5-4 mm. latis imbricatis manifeste nervatis acutis pilos glandulosos circiter 

 0.5 mm. longos margine gerentibus; corolla tenuiter carnosa cylindrica circiter 

 10 mm. longa et 4 mm. diametro utroque paullo angustata, extus ut calycis tubo 

 copiose patenti-pilosa, lobis 5 deltoideis subacutis circiter 1 mm. longis; stamini- 

 bus 10 circiter 7 mm. longis, filamentis liberis ligulatis 2.5-3 mm. longis superne 

 angustatis et margine pilosis, antheris 4.5-5 mm. longis, thecis tubulos longitu- 

 dine subaequantibus basi inflexis et mucronulatis, rimis ovalibus circiter 1 mm. 

 longis; stylo gracili corollam subaequante, stigmate minute peltato. 



Loja: Hda. Anganuma, at headwaters of Rio Cachiyacu, on west slopes of 

 Cordillera Condor, about 46 km. south of Loja, 9,400 ft. elev., July 13-16, 1944, 

 H. Jorgensen & F. Prieto JP-47 (TYPE NY) (shrub, in sotobosque; leaves shining 

 and deep green above, paler beneath; calyx deep pink to red; corolla white). 



The available material of the new species is not entirely satisfactory, but one 

 good mature flower has been dissected. Because of its free filaments, the species 

 would be sought among those numbered 10 to 18 in my key of 1932 (Contr. U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. 28: 411), but its relationship is certainly with T. anomala A. C. Sm., 

 based on an Andre collection without detailed locality., From this, T. jorgensenii 

 differs in its leaf-blades with subcordate bases and its subsessile flowers with 

 free filaments; T. anomala has the indument of the flowers much denser, covering 

 even the calyx-limb, which in the new species is essentially glabrous. 



Cavendishia striata A. C. Smith, Jour. Arnold Arb. 27: 104. 1946. 



Napo-Pastaza: Valley of the Rio Pastaza and adjacent uplands, between Banos 

 and Mera, 3,500-5,000 ft. elev., Camp E-2391 (NY only) (spreading shrub, terres- 

 trial, up to 1 m. high; leaves pale green; bracts pinkish; flower-buds white). 

 Santiago-Zamora: Cordillera Cutucu, on banks of Rio Itzintza, 3,500 ft. elev., 



