in forest. FI. white, the standard purple lined; bloo¬ 
ming profusely. St. 10, monadelphoua, the tube open at 
base; ovary uniovulate; calyx subtruncate; wings and 
keal with long claws; fr. glabrous. Some animal or bird 
very foud of the seeds. 
'/ 7135 Malpighiacoae. 
La Quasera above Caracas, a climbing vine abundantly 
covered with yellow flowers. 
Ni c t agy n ac e ae. 
Catuche lower wood near Caracas. Small tree; fl. greenish 
brown. Calyx 3-lob or 3-sepal; cor tubular, plicate at 
tips; St. 6, hypogynous, free from coroll' 3 ; ovary 1-eollea 
1- ovulate, ovule basal; style simple, with 3 stigmas. 
Leaves opposite. 
/ 7137 - Trema. 
'■' :arac." ; . tro c in deep ravines, 
fl. grenish. 
Jr 7 1 38 Me last omac © a©. 
Cotisa above Caracas, in ravines. Low, clustered bush 
60 cm. high. Fl. purplish white. 
V 7139 - Steriphoma p&radoxum Capparidaceae. 
Cotiza above Caracas in a deep ravine. A shrub with 
arcuate stems .Calyx orange red; petals yellow; filaments 
greenish . Photos May 8. 1917. 
j/^7140 Mimosacsae. 
Sabana del ^lanco near C aracas i n bushes. Small tree 
with depressed crown. Calyx 5-lobed; corolla id., white 
