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membranaceaSj ealjeh tubum ad medium usque restie&Sy mar* 

 gtue central! libero, lacerata; OTanum glabnim. 



Cresfit in andibus Merideusibiis prope pagiint Bailadores, 

 altitudiiie 2000 melr. 



pMiflillora (GranadiUa DC.) nymphaeoideH Karst. 

 Friilfx scandenS} glaberrimns; foliis alternis petiolatis 

 coriaeeis ohiongis apice acntis^ margine mioute-serratis, 

 pennmerTiis , 13 cent longis, 4 — 5 rent. latrs, petiolo apice 

 biglandnloso cenlimelram longo ; stipulae lineares \petiolo 

 hreviores deciduae, Florcs albi specios!^ com cirrbo sitti- 

 plifi axiUares solilarii, pedunculo 4~5ceDl. longo iHsideli^ 

 te6, breve pedicellati, bracleis iribus herbaceis oralibus apire 

 crenatis, margine Tcrsue basin utrinqae biglandulosis, 3—5 

 cent, longjs fulti; ealycis tubus breris amplus^ limbus qiiiiiqne* 

 parlitus, Iaciuii9 lanceolatis^ obtusis, 4 ceul. lougis, dorso 

 iofra apicem nincrone obsessis , albis ; petala 5 '^aljcis 

 fanri inserta ejnsdem laciuiis allerna et siiiiilia, iis subaequa- 

 lia; corona fancis filamentosa^ petalis panllo brevior, pluri- 

 seriata^ ad basin rubro-annulata^ ciliis interjorifans brenoribas; 

 nrceolns tori meiubranaceus, margiiie pcripberico libero, fanci 

 approximato , fimbriato. 



Crescit ad silrarum andium Bogotensiam marginee prope 

 pagnm Pipiral, altit, 1000 metr. 



A P* nitida Kth. proxima praetcr alia differt corolla 

 alba et foliis acntis nee acnininatis. 



