486 ME* J. G. BAKEK ON THE 



GoMPiiocALYX HERNiAKTOiDES, BaJc€7\ Spccies sola. 



A much-brancbed diffuse annual^ ^\'ith the habit of a large Her- 

 niaria^ glabrous in all its parts. Stems slender, ^~1 ft. long ; 

 branches ereeto-patent. Leaves ojiposite, subse^^sile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, \~ in. long, moderately firm in texture, l- 

 nerved, green and glabrous on both surfaces ; stipules short, 

 membranous, connate, persistent, slightly toothed. Flowers 

 axillary, l-Snate, subsessile. Flower-calyx obconic, yV in- long, 

 with 7-8 teeth, each decarreut as a strong rib to the base of the 

 tube. Corolla-tube ^in. long ; segments i~| as long as the tube. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla-segments. Style reaching to 

 the throat of the corolla-tube, branched from balfway down. 

 Capsule y^TT in. diam., crowned by the rigid spreading calyx-seg- 

 ments.— iJaro;^ 4585 ! 4782 ! 



Lecoxtea famxosa, n.sp. 



"Voluhllis, ramulis gracilibus subtiliter pubescentibus, stipnlis deltoiJeis, 

 foliis longe petiolatis subcoriaceis cordato-ovatis acutis facie viridibus 

 tenuiter pubescentibtis dorso dense persistenter albo-incanls, cymis axil- 

 laribus longe pedunculatis foliis map^nis bracteatis, bracteoHs lincaribus, 

 calyce dense pubescente, tubo oblongo segmentis elongatis linearibus, 

 fructu ovoideo compresso lucido pubescente. 



A woody climber, with slender terete stems. Leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, shallowly cordate at the base, cuspidate, densely clothed 

 beneath with thin white tomentum ; petiole an inch long. Cymes 

 overtopping the leaves, bracteated by a pair of reduced petioled 

 leaves. Calyx-segments \ in. long. Corolla not seen. Fruit 

 i in. long, crowned by the persistent calyx-segments. — Baron 

 4932! 



Ver^^O'ia STENOCLINOIDES, U. SD. 



Fruticosa, ramulis albido-incanis, foliis breviter petiolatis coriaceis 

 obloiigis obtusis integris facie viridibus dorso albo-iucanis, capitulis tri- 

 floris dense corj-mboso-panieulatis, involucro infundibulari bracteis paucis 

 pallide brunneis adpressis scariosis, exteriori1)us gradatim brevioribus, 

 achenio glabro, pappo albido flexuoso. 



Branchlets very slender, woody, coated with white tomentum. 

 Leaves l-lj in. long, firm in texture, cuneate at the base, bright 

 green above, Avhite beneath, with fine immersed veins. Panicle 

 3-4 in, long and broad; branches densely corymbose, the lower 

 springing from the axils of large leaves. Involucre Jl- in. long ; 

 bracts few, drab; outer ovate; inner lanceolate. Corolla and 

 pappus ^ in. long. — Baron 3737 ! 



