<i>DE MACROCARPAEAE GRISEBACH (EX GENTIANACEIS) SPECIEBUS NOVIS </i> VIII: FOUR NEW SPECIES FROM ECUADOR

Two new species, <i>Macrocarpaea claireae</i> and <i>M. quizhpei</i> (Gentianaceae: Helieae), are described from the Huancabamba region of southern Ecuador. <i>Macrocarpaea claireae</i> occurs around Valladolid, adjacent to P. N. Podocarpus, and <i>M. quizhpei</i> occurs in the Nangaritza watershed. <i>M. claireae</i> is closely related to <i>M. pringleana</i> and <i>M. sodiroana</i>, yet differs notably in its glaucous-green, campanulate-urceolate calyx. <i>Macrocarpaea quizhpei</i> has affinities to <i>M. dies-viridis</i>, but differs in having a large, diffusely branched, open thyrse to 1.3 m high.