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338 PLANTS FROJr NEW CALEDONIA.. 



mnltis plarifloris conipositain ordinah's ; hradels l'5-2'5 miiL long, ovnfls 

 obtusis acutisve ; ovario subgloljoso calyci iequilongo; calyce 1 nmi. long, 

 cnpulari 5-dcntato ; coroUce diluto croriilero tube lato subcvlindrico extas 

 dense i)ubcscentc intus infra fauces villoso G'5 nini. long, tricnto sup. in 

 lobos oblongos apice Incurvo-inerassatos intus ornnino extus fere onniino 

 glabris ; stam'niihus faucibus affixis oxsertis filainGntis 2 mm. long, quani 

 antlier^D longioribus ; stf/lo broviter exscrto glabro 7 mm. long. 



Touine; abundant in forest; 2000-3000 ft. 1974. 



}iLKiv P. Poissoniana S. Moore, comb. nov. [Uragoga Poissoniana Baill.), 

 but witb a different indumentum^ narrower leaves on shorter stalks, shorter 

 corolla \\\\.\\ lobes nearly glabrous outside instead of densely hairy like the 

 tube, and stamens inserted in the throat instead of beneath it. The blue 

 corollas, too, should be mentioned. 



PsvciiOTRTA DECLTEUXI0IDE8 S. Moore^ sp, nov. Fvutex metralis fero 

 ornnino glab(*r ; ramulis Y\x\\i\h diehotomis cortice cinereo cii'cumdatis inferno 



nudis necnon intervallis brcvibus prominentor cicatriciEeris supei'iie pauci- 

 foUatis; fuliis 3-5'5 x l'5-2'5 cm. obovatis vel obovato-hinceolatis obtusis vel 

 obtusissimis imabasi in pctiolum 5 nun. long, coartatis corfaceis supra ^labris 

 nitidisque subtus minutissimc lepidotis ; stipidis cupularibus ti'uncatis cilialis 

 mox dehiscentibns ; c?/??]/.s tcrminalibus paniculatis G x 4 cm. ter trichotomis 

 cymulis pluribus srepius 2-3-noris floribus sessilibus brevissimcve pedlcelhitis ; 

 hrarfeis circa 1 mm. long, subulatis pnberulis ; ovario turbinato calyci 

 ajijullongo -75 mm. long. ; aflgre cnpulari 5-doniato dentibus ciliatis; corolla 

 sordido all)a parva subrotata tubo 2'5 nun. long, c^dindrico extus puberulo 

 intus in faucilius villoso lobis oblongis obtusis tubo a^quilongis; sfani'mibus 

 faucibus aflixis subinclusis antheris obtusis 2'25 mm. long. ; stglo incluso 



2 nun. lono;. 



Presqu'ile Bogota ; serpentine scrub ; 1500 ft. 1325. 

 A distinct species with a fair amount of resemblance to some sjiecies of 

 DeclicuyKty whence the proposed trivial. 



P. LAXISSIMA S. Moore, sp. nov, Avhuscula 8-metralisj ?'(T^?/u//j? aliquanto 

 compressis corMce griseo-brunneo obductis puborulis niox glabris j foliis 

 11-in X 5"5-5'7 cm. petiolatis (pet. 3-3'5 cm. long.) ovato-oblongis projie 

 a[>icem ati(tnuatis apice obtusis basi I'otundatis levissimeque cordulatis mcm- 

 branaceis sn[)ra ghibris subiiis in cost is niinutissime puberulis coslis 

 la(cralil)us utrinque 13-11 png. inf. magis pronu'iieniil)US ; stqndis connalis 

 apice truncatis margine citiolaiis 1mm. long. ; injiorescentta peduiiculata 

 fere 20 x 11 cm. minute punernla laxissimc cymoso-panicnlata rainulis 

 lateralibus tor tricbotomis ramulo centrali plurics trichotomo cymulis 

 2-3-floris ; florihns parvis 5-meris flore centrali sessili floribus lateralibus 

 brevitcr pediceUatis ; hracteu cxiguis (circa I mm. long.) subidatis ; ovario 

 turbinato 1 mm. long, calycem cTq)ularem denticulatum excedcnte ; corolla 



