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nute, appressed pubescence of the lower leaflet surface and the lanceolate-oblong 

 leaflet blades. From the latter it may be separated on its much smaller flowers 

 and narrower leaflets. 



3. Aldina kunhardtiana Cowan, sp. nov. 



Arbor, aureofusca facie laminorum superiore excepta; folia imparipinnata, 

 (2-)3-4-jugata, petiolis 4.5-9.5 cm. longis, rachibus 8-16.5 cm. longis, petiolulis 

 6-12 mm. longis, laminis 7-16.5 cm. longis, 4.5-7 cm. latis, basalibus brevioribus 

 et lato-ovatis, ad basim rotundatis, ad apicem acutis, extremitate obtusa, margine 

 integro, supra glabris, facie inferiore pruinoso-lepidota et pubescenti, pilis fusco- 

 velutinis leviter in caespitis contortis, costa in facie superiore impressa sed infra 

 valde salienti, venis primariis in circa 10 paribus, in facie superiore planis sed 

 infra salientibus; inflorescentiae terminales, 15-27 cm. longae, adscendentes, 

 paniculatae, bracteis lato-ovatis, 1.5 mm. longis, bracteolis lato-ovatis, 2 mm. 

 longis, pedicellis ca. 3-4 mm. longis; alabastra obovoidea, calyx ca. 1.5 cm. 

 longus, plerumque in 2 partes recurvatas fissus, petala 5-6, oblonga, breviter 

 unguiculata, ca. 2 cm. longa, 0.8 cm. lata, glabra; stamina numerosa, filamentis 

 glabris, 1.5 cm. longis, filiformibus, antheris linearibus, 6-7 mm. longis; stigma 

 simplex, stylus porrectus, subulatus, 6.5 mm. longus, ovarium pilis pallido-fuscis 

 appressis vestitum, oblongum, 6 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, 4-ovulare, stipes 

 articulatus, crassus, ca. 6 mm. longus, pilis pallido-fuscis appressis; fructus 

 ignotus. 



TYPE: small tree in mixed forest, inflorescence and calyx brown, petals and 

 stamens white, Base Camp and Intermediate Camp, Cerro Sipapo, Territorio Ama- 

 zonas, Venezuela, January 21, 1949, Bassett Maguire & Louis Politi 28485; New 

 York Botanical Garden. 



A. kunhardtiana is very distinct by reason of its velvety, rich-brown-colored 

 indumentum. There are only two other groups, A. insignis var.insignis and A. pol- 

 yphylla, which have the several-jugate leaves, and the new species is easily sep- 

 arable from either on the character mentioned above. 



The specific epithet has been chosen in grateful acknowledgment of the very 

 considerable assistance provided by K. R. Kunhardt, Jr. for the Kunhardt Vene- 

 zuelan Expeditions of 1948-49. 



4. Aldina latifolia Spruce ex Benth. 

 4a. Aldina latifolia Spruce ex Benth. var. latifolia. 



Aldvia latifolia Spruce ex 3enth.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 15:(2) 12, as to type. 1870. 



Tree 6-17 m. tall, glabrous except for inflorescence; leaves (l-)3-5 _ foliolate, 

 the petioles 3.5-6.5 cm. long, nitid, the rachis 1.5-7.5 cm. long, nitid, the petiolu- 

 les 1-1.5 cm. long, transversely corrugate, the blades oblong, oblong-oval or 

 oblong-ovate, 8-12 cm. long, 3.5-7 cm. wide, the base rotund, the apex short- 

 acuminate, the tip acute or obtuse, above nitid, below distinctly or obscurely tes- 

 selate, the venation obscure above, below the principal veins barely prominulous; 

 inflorescence racemose or sparsely branched, densely appressed aureo-puberulent, 

 about 15 cm. long, the pedicels 2-4 mm. long, the mature buds about 1.5 cm. 

 long, ovoid; calyx about 1.5 cm. long, densely appressed-puberulent on outer sur- 

 face, glabrous on inner surface except crisped-villose hairs at tip, splitting into 

 3 reflexed parts; petals 4-5, oblanceolate, 15-20 mm. long, 6-7 mm. wide; stamens 

 glabrous, filaments about 15 mm. long, the anthers 4.8 mm. long, 0.7 mm. wide; 

 stigma simple, style glabrous, straight or porrectate at the extreme apex; ovary 

 oblong, 4-5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, densely appressed-puberulent, later glabres- 

 cent, 4-5-ovulate, the stipe 1-1.5 cm. long, appressed-puberulent, not glabres- 

 cent; "legumen ovoideo-subglobosum, sulco utrinque exaratum, subdidymum, 2 

 poll, diametro" (from original description). 



