Plantae novae andinae imprimis Weberbauerianae. II. 575 
vato-elliptica, supra medium latiora quam infra, obsoletissime et appresse 
serrulata vel subintegra, basi angustissime acuta, apice rotundata vel obtusa 
vel subacuta, plerumque sub lente obsolete et brevissime apiculata, 1,2— 
2,5 cm longa et 0,35 — 0,7 em lata, subconcolora, costa et nervis lateralibus 
paucis sub angulo angusto obviis supra et subtus prominulis vel obsoletis, 
reticulo insconspicuo. Flores in foliorum axillis fasciculati, 5-meri, parvi, 
i. v. viriduli, sub anthesi circ. 2 mm diam., pedicellis brevissimis, circ. 4 mm 
longis, glabris. Sepala rotundata, sub lente + denticulato-subciliata, vix 
0,5 mm longa et lata. Petala late ovato-suborbicularia, paullulum obliqua, 
circ. vel vix 4,5 mm longa et 4 mm lata. Stamina in disci crassius- 
culi pentagoni angulis inserta, sepalis paullulo vel vix longiora, filamentis 
subsubulatis pallidis, antheris eis paene subaequilongis, latioribus quam 
longioribus, didymis, subreniformibus, i. s. brunneis. Ovarium conicum, 
stigmate capitato, pallido, obsolete vel vix bilobulato coronatum, basi disco 
immersum, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis erectis. 
Peru: in dep. Cuzco, supra Urubamba, in fruticeto parum denso ad 
rivulum in 3200—3300 m altitud. (WeBerBAUER n. 4915 — flor. Jun.). 
M. boariae Molin., foliis apice longius et sensim angustatis ab hac specie rece- 
denti, proxime affinis. 
16. H. Harms et Th. Loesener: Staphyleaceae andinae. 
Turpinia heterophylla (Ruiz et Pav.) Harms et Loes. 
Staphylea heterophylla Ruiz et Pav. Flor. Peruv. et Chil. IH, p. 29 
—+ tab. 253. 
Columbia: in silvaticis densis circa Poblaron ot Paisbamba supra 
Popayán sitis in 4800—2200 m altitud. (Lenmann n. 7918). 
47. A. W. Hill: Nototriche (Malvaceae). 
Note on the genus Nototriche Turez. with an amended diagnosis 
and descriptions of new species by A. W. Hill (M. A.), Fellow of King's 
College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Botany. 
Amongst the rosette- and cushion-forming plants of the High Andes, 
there are two well-defined groups of Malvaceae, which are distinguished 
from other members of this order by their apparently acaulescent habit 
and thick, woody, underground caudex. 
In the one case the flowers are provided with involucres and are 
born in the axils of the basal leaves; such plants are quite typical mem- 
bers of the genus Malvastrum of Asa Gray. The other group, which is 
also the larger, is distinguished especially by the adnation of the peduncles 
and stipules to the petioles and by the absence of the involucral bracts 
or epicalyx. The earliest described species of these groups were placed 
under the genus Sida. 
