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cata persistentia, incano-tomentosa, in fructu conniventia, 5 lin. longa. 

 Bacca sicca, placentis 5 in cavitate valde prominentibus. 

 Hab. Among rocks along streams near Tarapoto, in Eastern Peru, 

 R. Spruce, n. 4897. 



14. B. inc AN a. Foliis (subpollicaribus) oblongis denticulatis obtu- 

 siusculis penninerviis utrinque incanis, floribus longiuscule pedicel- 

 latis in racemo abbreviato paucis. — Pineda incana, Ruiz et Pav. Prod. 

 Fl. Per. et Chil. p. 76. Christannia salicifolia, Presl Rel. Hamk. ii. 

 p. 91. t. 67. 



Hab. Peru, Ruiz and Pavon; in the mountains of Huanuco, Hcenke; 

 near San Rafael, Matthews, n. 891. 



Var. ? Jamesoni. Foliis crassioribus glabris siccitate nigricantibus, venis 

 prater oostam inconspicuis, pedicellis parum brevioribus. Foliorum 

 forma et flores incano-tomentosi omnino B. incance. 



Hab. Ecuador, near Ofia, and between Cuenca and Loxa, Jameson. 



I have only seen two small specimens, and cannot therefore judge of the 

 constancy of the characters derived from the leaves. Jameson describes it 

 as a small tree. B. incana is said to be a shrub. 



15. B. dioica, sp. n. Foliis elliptico-oblongis lanceolatisve acumina- 

 tis remote dentatis 3-nerviis subcoriaceis glabris v. subtus pubescen- 

 tibus, floribus dioicis in racemo abbreviato 2-4.— Folia 2-3-pollicaria. 

 Racemi folio breviores, terminales, tomentosi, rhachi brevissimo ; pedi- 

 cellis 3-4 lin. longis. Sepala 3, valvata, ovata, 2 lin. longa, tomen- 

 tosa. Petala majora, imbricata, extus glabriuscula, intus sericeo- 

 tomentosa. Stamina numerosissima. Stylus simplex. Placentae 3. 



Hab. Near Vera Cruz, Mexico, Linden, n. 31 ; Galeotti, n. 7019. 



16. B. domingensis, sp. n. Foliis ovatis obtusis subtrinervhs coria- 

 ceis subtus scabro-puberulis, pedicellis in racemo brevissimo paucis, 

 floribus hermaphroditis.— Folia 2-3-pollicaria, saspius late ovata, re- 

 mote glanduloso-denticulata; petiolo brevi. Pedicelli ad axillas folio- 

 rum vetustiorum v. ad nodos defloratos 2-5-ni, singuli 3-5 lin. longi, 

 uniflori, puberuli. Sepala 3-4, late ovata, valvata, coriacea, extus 

 tomentella. Petala totidem paulo tenuiora et longiora, imbricata, 

 extus tomentella et cum sepalis persistentia. Stylus stamina jcquans. 

 Placenta? 3, ovulis pluriseriatis. 



Hab. St. Domingo, Schomburgk, n. 79. 



