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menta 5 mm longa; antherae lineares, 2,5 mm longae. Stylus (ramis 

 inclusis) 4 mm longus; rami 2—2,5 mm longi. Nux anguste obovoidea 

 1 mm lata, 0,75 mm diametro, sulcato-rugosa, cellulis extimis longitu- 

 dinaliter oblongis, albostraminea nisi rostro nigro. — Colombie: Andes 

 centrales; taillis au-dessous du Cafetal La Camelia pres Angelopolis, dep. 

 Antioquia, alt. environ, 1600 m; Mayor 618. fl. et fr., IX. — The affi- 

 nity of this plant is with D. cUiala Vahl from which it differs by the 

 more robust habit, by each head having many congested spikelets, and 

 by the smaller nuts. 



3. Physurus Nlayoriana Kranzlin, 1. c, p. 355. — Caulis basi tantum 

 repens, radices pro planta tenui longiusculae. Caulis cum inflorescentia 

 ad 15 cm altus, tenuis, ad flores usque foliatus. Poliorum vaginae 

 breves, amplae, subito in petiolum brevem contractae, laminae albo- 

 punctatae, cordato-ovatae, acutae, 1,5 ad 3,5 cm longae, basi 1 ad 1,2 cm 

 latae, subtus 3-nerviae. Folia suprema inflorescentiam attingentia, scapus 

 proprius nullus. Spica densiuscula ovata pauci-pluriflora, bracteae ovatae, 

 acuminatae, ovaria non aequantes. Sepalum »dorsale ovatum acutum, 

 cum petalis similibus arete conglutinatum; sepala lateralia latiora, ob- 

 longa, medio saepius paululum constricta, obtusa, omnia 7 mm longa. 

 Labelli hypochilium late oblongum, profunde concavum, extus paulum 

 incrassatum, intus lineis 2 crassioribus munitum, epichilium late obo- 

 vatum vel obcordatum, antice leviter emarginatum, anteposito lobulo 

 intermedio triangulo, acuto; calcar breve, saccatum, valde ampliatum, a 

 facie ad tergum compressum, subtus retusum, ovarium longe non aequans, 

 brevius quam cetera phylla. Gynostemium crassissimum pro flore mag- 

 num 2 / 3 sepalorum aequans. — Flores viridi-albi. Floret exeunte Au- 

 gusto. — Colombie: Andes centrales; entre le Cafetal La Camelia pres 

 Angelopolis et le Rio Amago, dep. Antioquia, alt. 1200-1400 m; Mayor 

 327. — Eine gewisse Ahnlichkeit mit Ph. debilis Lindl. ist unverkennbar. 

 Die elegante kleine Pflanze hat aber so viel Apartes, dass ich mich doch 

 entschlossen habe, eine nov. spec, zu wagen. 



4. Peperomia macrotricha C. de Candolle, 1. c, p. 358. — Foliis 

 alternis longe petiolatis, limbis subreniformi-rotundis basi cordatis lobis 

 conniventibus, utrinque longe pilosis, 9-nerviis; petiolis pedunculisque 

 aequilongis longe pilosis; spicis glabris limbos aequantibus, filiformibus, 

 densifloris, bracteae pelta orbiculari centro pedicellata; antheris rotun- 

 datis; ovario emerso ovato superne subattenuato et summo apice stigma- 

 tifero, stigmate 2-lobo lobis rotundis; bacca globosa sine pseudo-cupula, 

 glandulis asperata. — Planta rhizomatica. Folia omnia e rhizomate orta. 

 Limbi in sicco membranacei, creberrime pellucido-punctati, 5,5 cm longi 

 6 cm lati, pilis 2 mm longis. Petioli circiter 8,5 cm longi. Spicae 1 mm 

 crassae. — Colombie: Bord du Cauca. Paso de Concordia (Puerto de 

 los Pobres), dep. Antioquia, alt. 720 m; Mayor 158, fl. 6. IX. 



5. Dalea coerulea (L. f.) Schinz et Thellung. 1. c. p. 370 (comb, 

 nov.). - Galega coerulea L. f. Suppl. (1781), 355. - D. Mutmi Kunth 

 Mim. (1819-24), 161, t. 47. 



