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similibus, setosis; intus a tergo staminum dense lanato-pubescens atque in 

 omnibus nervis. Petala 6, purpurea, obovata aut oblonga, spathulata (3.5-5 x 2-3 

 mm) interdum nervo centrali pilosa, dorsalia latiora. Stamina 11, inclusa, ad 

 medium longitudinis calycis inserta, duobus dorsalibus brevissimis, episepalicis 

 majoribus, tribus ventralibus glabris, caeteris lanato-pubescentibus. Ovarium 

 semiovoideum, asymmetricum, parvum (±1 mm), pubescens. Ovula 2-3. Stylus 

 crassus, inclusus (1-1.25 mm), pubescens. Stigma subcapitatum. Discus carnosus, 

 crassus, subhorizontalis aut ascendens (±0.6 mm), obscure lobulatus. Semina 

 suborbicularia, castanea (1.5-1.6 mm), leviter marginata, foveolata. 



TYPUS: VENEZUELA: Territorio Amazonas, north Savanna, Cerro Sipapo 

 (Paraque), alt. 1400 m, 17 December 1948, Bassett Maguire & L. Politi 27765 (NY). 



Additional collections: Bassett Maguire & L. Politi 28217, 27646, also from Cerro 

 Sipapo. 



The name, derived from the Greek, refers to the peculiar disposition of the 

 leaves. 



4. Cuphea cataractarum Koehne. 



Rio Cunucunuma, Rib Orinoco, Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, Maguire, Cowan 

 & W/urdack 29496, 30348; Curran 176. Known only from the region of the Rib 

 Cunucunuma. 



The stems, leaves, and calyx are all covered with very fine and quite appressed 

 malpighiaceous hairs which are whitish. 



7. Cuphea anisoclada Lourt., sp. nov. (Fig. 69.) 



Suffrutex sublignosus (50-60 cm altus), pubescens, glabrescens. Radices 

 ramosae, fibrosae. Rhizoma sublignosum. Caules complures, rufescentes, erecti 

 aut ± decumbentes (± 2 mm diam., 5 mm ad basim), ad apicem ramosi, pilis canoso- 

 malpighiaceis, ramis valde inaequalibus, plus minusve adpressis, et paucis pilis 

 simplicibus vestiti. Internodia (ad 18 mm longa) quam folia breviora. Folia decus- 

 sata, subsessilia (petiolis crassis, usque ad 1 mm longis), ascendentia, elliptica 

 aut oblonga (15-23x4-7 mm), coriacea, acuta, mucronata, vix cordata, nervis 

 supra conspicuis, centrali subtus prominenti, margine deorsum vix replicato (nunc 

 ciliato); pubescentia in ambobus paginis canoso-malpighiacea, supra nervo in 

 pagina inferiore copiosior, glabrescens. F lores alternati. Bracteolae ovatae aut 

 suborbiculatae (0.6-1 mm), pubescentes et ciliatae. 



Calyx calcaratus (11-12 mm), calcari rotundato, incurvato, fauce paullo ampli- 

 ato, dense hirsuto-glanduloso- et malpighiaceo-pubescens, appendicibus inter- 

 sepalicis quam lobuli brevioribus; intus a tergo staminum lanato-pubescens et 

 infra stamina pubescens in nervis, magis basim versus. Petala 6, lutea (?), 

 oblongo aut obovato-subspathulata (5-6 x 2-2.5 mm) duo ventralia majora (±7x3 

 mm), obtusa. Stamina 11, duobus dorsualibus brevissimis, inclusa, aut vix calyci 



FIG. 69. Cuphea anisoclada Lourt. A, leaf, X 1; 3, calyx, X 3; C, the same opened, 

 x 2; D, petal, X 3; E, pistil with the disk, X 3; F, seed, dorsal view, X 3; F , the same, 

 ventral view. A-D from Bassett Maguire 33644; E-F from Cardona 1783. 



