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sis vel subtruncatis 2-4 mm. longis caducis; pedunculis ca. 2 mm. longis persis- 

 tentibus, pedicellis ca. 8-15 (18) mm. longis tenuibus cum fructibus deciduis; 

 floribus flavis 12-14 mm. diam., sepalis lanceolatis 4-5 mm. longis obtusis 

 integris biglandularibus, maturis ampliatis 7-9 mm. longis chartaceis rubro- 

 venosis; petalis ca. 6 mm. longis unguibus ca. 1 mm. longis, laminis orbiculari- 

 ovatis, ca 5 mm. latis; staminibus 6, filamentis ca. 2.5 mm. longis ca, 0.5 mm. 

 crassis ad basim connatis hirsutisque intus, antheris ca. 1.75 mm. longis apice 

 2-spinuloso-aristato, aristis introrse nectantibus; ovario glabro biloculari tri- 

 stylari, stylis subulatis ca„ 2.5 mm longis subobtusis; drupis subglobosis ca. 

 2.5 mm. longis pericarpio indurato nonverrucoso; seminibus ca. 2 mm longis 

 lenticulari-obovatis, testa albida membranacea, cotyledonibus aequalibus carnosis 

 late oblongis lateraliter adpressis inflexis. 



TYPE: sparsely branched shrub 0.5-3.0 m. high, leaves glaucous above, 

 upper surface concave, stipules with red veins, petals yellow, one longer with 

 margins crimped, occasional in cumbre, Cerro Paru, West Escarpment, 2000 m. 

 alt., Feb. 2, 1951, Rio Paru, Rio Ventuari, Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, R. S. 

 Cowan & ]. /. Wurdack 31200; New York Botanical Garden. Paratypes: shrub 

 about 5 feet high with bright red enlarged sepals; in fruiting condition only, rare 

 on cumbre at 1600 m. alt., Serrania Paru, Rio Paru, Rio Ventuari, Amazonas, 

 Venezuela, Feb. 1939, Kathleen D. Phelps & C. B. Hitchcock 471; little-branched 

 shrub 0.5-3.0 m. high, flowers yellow, occasional, cumbre Cerro Paru, Cowan & 

 Wurdack 31112; shrub, young leaves with red veins, infrequent, cumbre of Cerro 

 Paru, Cowan & Wurdack 31168; shrub 1-3 m. high, occasional, cumbre Cerro Paru, 

 Cowan & Wurdack 31292. 



Lophanthera longifolia (Kunth) Griseb. 



Shrub or small tree, riverine species at Danta Falls, Cuao River, November 

 19, 1948, Maguire & Politi 21321, Recorded hitherto from the drainage of the Rio 

 Negro, Amazonas, Brazil; new for Venezuela. 



Pterandra flavescens Maguire, sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva; ramulis novellis dense rufo-sericeis; foliis oppositis, 

 laminis elliptico-lanceolatis vel ellipticis, vel elliptico-oblanceolatis (3) 4-7 

 (10) cm. longis, (1) 2-4 cm. latis, supra glabris nervis impressis prominulis 

 costaque exceptis pallidis sparse hirsutulis, subtus plus-minusve 8 jugis nervis 

 lateralibus costaque conspicue rufo-sericeis, apice obtuso apiculato, basi acuta, 

 petiolis 5-10 (15) mm. longis rufo-sericeis, stipulis ca. 4 mm. longis infra- 

 petiolaribus connatis apice excepto; floribus 1-3 in fasciculis axillaribus; 

 bracteis bracteolisque persistentibus subulato-lanceolatis ca. 2 mm. longis; 

 pedicellis 18-22 mm. longis gracilibus dense rufo-hirsutulis; corollis pallido- 

 flavescentibus ca. 12 mm. diam Q ; sepalis ca. 4 mm. longis ovatis valde hirsutulis 

 biglandularibus, glandibus albidis ca. 2 mm. longis; petalis subaequalibus 6-7 

 mm. longis, unguibus ca. 1 mm. longis extus hirsutulis intus glabris sed ad basim 

 subpilosis, laminis obovatis extus sparse rufo-sericeis marginibus glabris crispu- 

 latis, apice obtuso, basi acuta; staminibus 10, filamentis minusve liberis sub- 

 aequalibus teretibus ca. p 5 mm. diam. glabris ad basim intus brevipilosis; 

 antheris subrectangularibus ca. 1 mm. longis 1.5 mm. latis, thecarum marginibus 

 late alatis, alis ca. 0.4 mm. latis, connectivo ca. 0.2 mm. producto, ferme ad 

 90 angulos affixis; discis subpilosis; ovario dense hirsuto triloculari trilobato, 

 loculis uniovulatis, uno abortivo; stylis ca. 3 mm. longis subulatis glabris ven- 

 traliter subapicibus; fructibus tripartibus carpellis semiglobosis ca. 4 mm. 

 longis indehiscentibus, facie ventrali plana, sessiiibus oblique affixis, stylo ven- 

 traliter carpello medio affixo; toro pyramidali ca„ 2 mm. alto; seminibus 3-4 mm. 



