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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN [Vol. 8, No. 2 



Miconia ciliata (Rich.) DC. 



Shrub to 2.5 m. tall, petals pale pink, stamens purple, fruit blue, open scrub 

 vegetation, San Antonio— Cum an a Road pass, altitude about 1500 m., State of 

 Monagas, Maguire, Kunhardt & Politi 27258; British Honduras to Panama; Ja- 

 maica; southward to southern Brazil and Bolivia. 



Two other species of Miconia were collected, one from low altitudes on Cerro 

 Marahuaca, Maguire & Maguire 29180, the other from Cerro Sipapo, altitude 1350 

 m., Maguire & Politi 28511 ; both exhibit immature flowers only. 



Tococa guianensis Aubl. 



Shrub up to 3 m. tall, petals pale pink, frequent in lowland rain-forest near 

 Cerro Duida, Maguire & Maguire 29152; British Honduras and Panama; common at 

 low altitudes from the Guianas to Colombia, southward to Peru. 



Tococa macrophysca Spruce. 



Small shrub, woodland near Base Camp at low altitude, Cerro Sipapo, Maguire 

 & Politi 28062; endemic to southern Venezuela. 



Tococa oligantha Gl. 



Commonly a low shrub up to a meter tall but also noted as a tree 10 m. tall, 

 flowers pink or purple, from various stations on the summit of Cerro Sipapo but 

 usually represented by widely scattered individuals, Maguire & Politi 27542; 

 27542a; 27644; 27714; known also from high altitudes on Cerro Duida and Cerro 

 Paru. 



Maieta guianensis Aubl. 



Shrub with red fruit, lowland forest south of Culebra, north of Cerro Duida, 

 Maguire & Maguire 29148, French Guiana and northern Brazil to southern Colom- 

 bia, eastern Peru, and Bolivia. 



Myrmidone macrosperma Mart. 



Shrub to 1.5 m. tall, flowers scarlet, along creek near Base Camp, Maguire & 

 Politi 27470, 28753; upper Amazonas and southern Venezuela. 



Clidemia affinis (Naud.) Cogn. 



Shrub or small tree to 4 m. tall, Base Camp, near Cerro Sipapo, Maguire & 

 Politi 27451; Guianas and northern Brazil to Colombia and Peru. 



Clidemia aphanantha (Naud„) Sagot. 



Base Camp, Cerro Sipapo, Maguire & Politi 27456; Trinidad and Venezuela to 

 southeiti Brazil. 



Clidemia capitata Benth. 



Large shrub or small tree, frequent in mixed rain-forest at low altitudes, Base 

 Camp, Cerro Sipapo, Maguire & Politi 28291; infrequent shrub with white flowers, 

 streamside, east base of Cerro Culebra, altitude about 1350 m., Maguire & Maguire 

 29073; endemic to the mountains of southern Venezuela and British Guiana. 



Clidemia coriacea (Naud.) Cogn. 



Dry rocks, summit of Cerro Sipapo, altitude 1500-1800 m., Maguire & Politi 

 27532, 27 667 A, 28462; endemic to the Pacaraima Mountains. 



Clidemia capitellata (Bonpl.) Don. 



Subshrub to 2 m. tall, flowers greenish white, near Base Camp, Rfo Cuao, 

 Maguire & Politi 27364; southern Mexico to Bolivia. 



Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don. 



Shrub to 1.5 m. tall, flowers white, Santa Barbara Camp, State of Monagas, 

 Maguire, Kunhardt & Politi 27274; near Base Camp, Rio Cuao, Maguire & Politi 

 27365; widely distributed from Vera Cruz to Bolivia and southern Brazil. 



