5. Mendoncia cordata Leonard, sp. nov. FIGURE 4 Suffrutex volubilis, caulibus quadrangularibus, dense pilosis, pilis patentibus, brunneis; lamina foliorum magna, membranacea, crasse reticulata, elliptico-ovata, abrupte acuminata, caudata, basi cordata, dense pilosa, pilis brunneis; petioli dense pilosi; flores axillares fas- ciculati; pedicelli tenues, pilosi; bracteae magnae, ovato-ellipticae, apice rotudatae vel obtusae, caudatae, dense pilosae; drupa oblonga, compressa, pilosa. Suffruticose; stem subquadrangular, densely pilose, the hairs spreading, brown, 4 to 8 mm. long; leaf blades ovate to elliptic-ovate, 12 to 20 cm. long, 8 to 14 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate, the tips of the upper leaves terminating in cauda up to 14 mm. long, the bases of all of the leaves strongly cordate, both surfaces densely brown- pilose, the hairs ascending, 1.5 mm. long, the lower surface minutely punctate, the costa and lateral veins (4 or 5 pairs) obscure above and prominent beneath, the veinlets of the lower leaves forming coarse conspicuous reticulations on the lower surface; petioles 2 to 3 cm. long, densely pilose, the hairs similar to those of the stem in color and length; flowers axillary, 1 to several in each axil; pedicels about 3.5 cm. long, slender, 0.75 mm. broad at base, gradually enlarged to 1.5 mm. at tip, densely pilose, the hairs spreading, similar in color and length to those of the stems; bracts ovate-elliptic, 3.5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at apex and tipped by a cauda 5 to 6 mm. long, shallowly cordate at base, both surfaces pilose, the hairs spreading or ascending, those on the inner surface 0.25 mm. long, those of the outer surface a mixture of small hairs 0.25 to 1.5 mm. long and coarser ones up to 5 mm. long, the latter more abundant on the costa, tip, and mucro, the costa prominent and the veinlets reticu- late; corolla not seen; calyx annular, subhyaline, 1.5 mm. high, equalling the disc; drupe (immature) oblong, flattened, 2 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, 3 mm. thick, pilose, the hairs spreading, 1 mm. long, con- fined chiefly to the margins. Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, No. 1853784, collected in forest at La Planta on the right bank of the Río Anchicayá, Depart- ment of El Valle, Colombia, altitude 200 to 350 meters, September 27, 1943, by J. Cuatrecasas (No. 15216). An isotype is also in the U. S. National Herbarium, No. 1853785. Mendoncia cordata is related to M. speciosa, but it is easily recog- nized by its cordate leaf blades and long, brown, spreading hairs on stems, pedicels, leaves, and bracts. The flowers of the upper portions of the plant seem to be erect, but older ones of the basal parts droop on recurved pedicels. Cuatrecasas gives the following color notes: "Ramos hojosas verde amarillentas, pálidas en el envés. Brácteas verde amarillento claro con venas verdes."