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5. Stems densely villous-pilose; leaves with obvious but narrowly 

 winged petiole 1.0-1.5 cm. long, primary veins 6-7 pairs, incon- 

 spicuous, tegether with secondary veins moderately reticulate; 

 achenes puberulent; known only from Cerro 1 luachamacari. 



10. Gongylolepis huacbamacari. 



lu Gongylolepis bracteata Maguire, sp. nov. 



Arbor parva glabra ad 10 m. alta; ramis glabris crassis, internodiis 0.5-L0 

 cm. longis; foliis alternis congestis (8) 10-18 cm. longis (3) 4-6 cm. latis, oblan- 

 ceolatis vel elliptico-oblanceolatis chartaceis, nervis lateralibus prominulis mox 

 anastomosis, venulosis reticularis, apice obtuso vel rotundato, basi angustata, 

 petiolis 8-15 mm. longis alatis; pedunculis 10-15 cm. longis terminalibus vel 

 axillaribus, bracteis 3-5-foliatis sessilibus subamplexicaulibus ovatis (2) 3-6 

 cm. longis 2.0-3.5 cm. latis obtusis, capitulum propinque subtendentibus; capi- 

 tulo late campanulato 3.5-4.5 cm. alto, phyllaribus valde gradatis, exterioribus 

 orbiculari-ovato-oblongis 12-15 mm. longis 10-12 mm. latis, interioribus elliptico- 

 oblongis vel oblongis 30-35 mm. longis (5) 8-10 mm. latis; receptaculo piano vel 

 aliquantum convexo glabro epaleaceo; floribus numerosis, corollis bilabiatis gla- 

 bris, lobo posteriori lineari 14-16 mm. longo 3-4 mm. lato minute 3-dentato, lobis 

 anterioribus anguste linearibus 14-16 mm. longis ca : 1.0-1.2 mm. latis, tubo 15-16 

 mm. longo; antheris connatis 15-18 mm. longis, appendicum apicibus ca. 3 mm. 

 longis, appendicibus caudatis linearibus obtusis ca. 5 mm. longis adjacentibus 

 2-3 mm. connatis, filamentis ca. 10 mm. longis in orificio tubi affixis; pappo 

 ca. 2 mm. longo sordido, setis fragilibus minute barbellatis; stylo ca. 3 cm. 

 longo, ramulis ca. 2 mm. longis subtruncatis obscure trilobatis glabris; achaeniis 

 ca. 15 mm. longis anguste 10-costatis glabris vel sparse granulans, annulo 

 brevissimo. 



TYPE: small slender tree to 8 m. high, heads solitary, flowers whitish-purple, 

 leaves pale green, occasional in thickets along base of terrace, Campo Grande, 

 Cerro Sipapo, 1500 m. alt., Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, December 12, 1948, Bas- 

 sett Maguire & Louis Politi 27604; New York Botanical Garden. Paratypes: Cerro 

 Sipapo, Maguire & Politi: tree 10 m. high, frequent, escarpment breaks Campo 

 Grande, 1500 m. alt., 27560; tree 5 m. tall, frequent, terraces, southwest slopes 

 Peak I, 1800 m. alt., 27657; small tree, frequent, lower Camp Savanna, Cano 

 Negro drainage, 1500 m. alt., 27903. 



Gongylolepis bracteata seems to be the sole representative of the genus to 

 occur on Cerro Sipapo, but is a conspicuous feature of open scrub savanna thick- 

 ets ancf terraces. 



2. Gongylolepis pedunculata Maguire, sp. nov. 



Arbor parva ad 12 m. alta; ramis 8-12 mm. crassis, internodiis 5-8 mm. 

 longis juvenilibus dense longo-albo-pilosis; foliis alternis congestis (10) 

 15-20 (25) cm, longis 5.5-8.0 cm. latis (foliis ramorum sterilium maximis 40 

 cm, longis 14 cm. latis) oblanceolatis obtusis sessilibus chartaceis, nervis 

 lateralibus prominulis mox anastomosis ad margines non extendentibus, venulis 

 reticulatis; monocephala; pedunculis glabris terminalibus 5-15 cm. longis 4-5 

 mm„ crassis ebracteatis vel 1-2 bracteis subfoliaceis 4 cm. longis vel brac- 

 teolis reductis; capitulis campanulatis 3-5-4.5 cm. longis 4-6 cm. latis> phyl- 

 laribus 5-6-seriatis valde gradatis, exterioribus ovatis late obtusis 10-12 mm. 

 longis 10-15 mm. latis, interioribus oblongis 3.0-3.5 cm. longis 5-8 mm. la- 

 tis, apice rotundato, omnino punctatis subinduratis marginibus scariosis; re- 

 ceptaculo plano-convexo glabro epaleaceo 15-18 mm. diam.; floribus 50-75; 

 corollis purpurellis glabris bilabiatis, lobo posteriori lineari 18-20 mm. longo 

 4 mm. lato minute 3-dentato, lobis anterioribus anguste linearibus 16-18 mm. 



