88 DR. MAXWELL T. MASTERS ON THE 
12. P. anrRacta, sp. n. (§ DecatoBa), Mast. & André.—Pu- 
berula ; caule subangulato striato ; petiolis brevissimis (6 millim.), 
apice biglandulosis ; stipulis setaceis deciduis ; foliis coriaceis ocel- 
latis transverse oblongis, 3-nerviis, basi cordatis, apice truncato- 
bilobis, lobis divergentibus ovato-triangulis; pedunculis quam 
petioli vix longioribus; bracteis setaceis pinnatilobis deciduis ; 
floris tubo lato patelliformi, basi intruso ; sepalis oblongis ob- 
tusis; petalis conformibus minoribus ; coronz faucialis filis ligu- 
liformibus petaloideis petala sub:zequantibus; corona media præ- 
cedenti approximata carnosa annulari, apice deflexa; corona ad 
basin gynophori deficiente. 
* Rio dela Mona in decliv. occid. montis Chimborazo, Ecuador; 
flor. albidi vel luteoli, Ed. André n. 4066." 
Near to P. Vespertilio, L., especially in the foliage; but the 
arrangement of the corona is quite different. 
13. P. RUBRA, Linn., Mast. im Flor. Brasil. l. c. 589 (ubi 
folia per imprudentiam triloba descripta). 
“Tocaima, Nov. Granat., alt. 550 met.; flores albi; fructus 
spheric., Ed. André n. 1807." 
14. P. capsunaris, Linn., Mast. in Flor. Brasil. l.c. 589; 
Triana & Planchon, l. c. 158. 
“Rio de la Vieja prope Cartago, Nov. Granata, alt. 980 met., 
Martio,n. 2418; Piedra de Moler ad pedem occid. montis Quindio, 
Nov. Granat., alt. 994: met., Martio, Ed. André." 
M. André describes the flowers as pale green on the outside, 
the sepals white flushed with rose, the petals much smaller, white ; 
coronal threads white, violet at the base ; ovary pubescent green; 
fruit deep red, opening ultimately from above downwards by six 
valves, snow-white in the interior ; seeds pearly grey. 
15. P. zuNATA, Willd., Mast. in Flor. Brasil. l. c. 552. 
* El Salado, prope Guayaquil, Ecuador, Julio, in arboribus re- 
gionis arid? maritime. ^ Cartago, in valle flum. Cauca, Nov. 
Granat., alt. 990 met., Martio, n. 4143; flores albidi, extus viri- 
descentes, suavissimi, Hd. André." 
To this species probably also belong the following :—n. 78, 
gathered at La Guayra, Venezuela, November 1875, having 
leaves only, much resembling those of the Brazilian P. retusa ; but 
on other specimens of P. lunata in the Kew herbarium the upper 
