NOTES ON NEW AND NOTEWORTHY PUNTS. LIX Harold N. Moldenke CARYOPTERIS NEPALENSIS var. PARVIFOLIA Moldenke, var. nov. Haec varietas a forma typica speciei laminis foliorum k — 7 cm. longis 3.2 — U.5 cm. latis recedit. This variety differs from the typical form of the species in having its mature leaves only k — 7 cm. long and 3«2 — h.$ cm. wide. The type of the variety was collected by William T. Gillis ( no. llltOo ) in cultivation at the United States Department of Agricul-ture Plant Introduction Station at Miami, Dade County, Florida [Plant Introd. 28^370, M-20161] on July 1U, 1972, and is deposited in my personal herbarium at Plainfield, New Jersey. The plant was grown from seed collected by John Creech and Francis DeVos ( no. 1212 ) from along a path in Rakhu, Nepal, at an altitude of 0000 feet. The corollas are described as pink. DURANTA REPENS var. LOPEZ-PAIACII Moldenke, var. nov. Haec varietas a forma speciei typica laminis foliorum ellipti-cis vel oblanceolatis 2—5 cm. longis 7 — 12 mm. latis integerri-mis vel subintegris recedit. This variety differs from the typical form of the species in having its leaf-blades uniformly (both during anthesis and in the fruiting stage) narrow-elliptic or somewhat oblanceolate, 2 — 5 cm. long, 7 — 12 mm. wide, gradually narrowed to the acute apex, cuneate-attenuate or cuneate-acuminate at the base, entire or sub-entire with a very few obscure antrorse serrations, lightly puber-ulous on both surfaces. The type of the variety was collected by L. Ruiz-Teran and M. Lopez-Figueiras ( no. 1923) in the vicinity of San Antonio, about 5 km. below El Portachuela (El Ramal), in the Cordillera de Los Andes, at an altitude of 1820 meters, in the district of Sucre, M6rida, Venezuela, on May 28, 1971, and is deposited in the Brit-ton Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden. The collectors describe the plant as an "Arbusto de Urn., con acantoclados . Corolas moradas. Drupas amarillo anaranjadas a anaranjadas". LANTANA GLANDULOSISSIMA f . ALBIFLORA Moldenke, f . nov. Haec forma a forma typica speciei corollis albis recedit. This form differs from the typical form of the species in hav-ing creamy-white corollas. The type of the form was collected by E . Contreras ( no. 9718 ) in a clearing north of the village bordering the Rio Machaquila, El Peten, Guatemala, on March 13, 1970, and is deposited in the Lundell Herbarium at the University of Texas. SYNGONANTHUS GLANDULOSUS var. EPAPILLOSUS Moldenke, var. nov. Haec varietas a forma typica speciei pilis plerumque non capi-177
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