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I'LAN'TS I'UOJl >'K\V CALEl)ONlA 



riTTOSPOUUM PANICULATUM Bi'ongn. & Gris, var, nov. Oomptonii Bnk. fiK 

 Frxttcx erectus circ. 4-pedalis; foUis Ihieari-oblanceolatis 10-12 cm. longis 

 17-20 mm. latis qnain lis typi multo mmonhus \ florihis subumbell;*tis ; 

 calyce 8 mm. longo; petalis albis +20 mm. lon^ls oblanceolatis calyco 



subtrI[)Io loiigioribus ; ovario pilis palentibus vestito. 



Mt. Panie; forest; 1500 ft. 



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noLss. 



1778. 



Small, erect, \YOO(ly, 



Simple stem. Loaves iii succe&.sive zones. Petals pure ^vhiteJ claws erect, 

 limbs spreading, Sweot-scented. Petioles 15-20 mm. 



P. PANICULATUM Pron^^Ti. & Grisj var. nov. odopatisstmum Pnk. fil. 



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21 cm. lungisj 



35-42 nim. latis, petiolo 20-25 mm, longo siiffultis ; florilnis racemosis 

 mnjiisculis odoratissimis; petalis +32 mm, longis flavescenti-albis calyco 

 sub 1-plo lonoioribus. 



Presqu'ile Bogota; slirub forest \\ii\\ Spermolepis; 1500 ft. Serpenllne. 

 1.'k-57, Loaves in groups, separated by internodes oE several incbcs. 

 Flowers yellowish white. Petals rolled back. Fihuncnts wbite. Very 

 sweet-scented. Calyx 10 mm. long, 



P. fuagpaxs Scldecliter. IL Tchiem ; rocks in river course; 100 ft. 

 2000, Scarce. Tree 25 ft., copiously branched, giving dense shade. Cidyx 



grcon. Corolla white. 



Petals rolled back. Sweet strouL^ scent. Perliaps 



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identical with ]\ suherosum Panclier. 



P. PEXDULiFLOUOi Bak. fil.j sp. nov. Fvntex ramulis t(U'etibus ; folhs 



alternis membranaceis 7-13 cm. longis 25-40 mm. latis oblanceolatis bine 



inde interdum margino dentatis interdum integrls apice ipso obtnsis, basi in 



pt'tiolum 5-8 mm. longuin atlenuatis, suporne costa impressa subtu.-: pro- 



minente, nervis lateralibus tenuibas marginem versus furcatis et inter se 



conjungentibus ; forihis albis axillaribiis dependentibus solitariis Y(d binis, 



pediceUis gracilibus ; ralfjci^ segmcntis brevibus ; petalis 4 coalitis albis n])ico 



reflexis +7 mm. longis; stamlnihtis 4 petalis brevioribus; ovarlo glal)ro^ 

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coiunnuiri. 



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Mt- Mou; serpentine forest; 1500 ft. 460. 



Shrubj 



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hit 



e lianunifT 



owers. Corolla wbite^ with col erent petals. Noticeal>]e on account of tlie 



mcnd^ranous alternate oblaneeolate leaves and pendulous white solitary or 

 subsolitarv flowers. 



p. ECHIXATUM Bi-ongn. & Gris. lonambi ; frequent in forest; 2000- 



3000 ft. 1499. Shrub or sniiill tree 20 ft. Leaves tbin, undulate at 



margins. Flowers in dense clusters. Calyx russet, ('orolla wblte, its 

 se^finents reflexed. Sweet scent. 



PORTULACA OLEIIACEA L. 



P0UTULACEJ3. 



Mt. Mou ; rock crevice, old plantation area ; 



1000 ft. 520. Widely distributed. 



