L. Diels: Heliciae novae descriptae. 591 
6. Inga Sodiroi Harms, spec. nov. (Sect. Diadema). 
Arbor procera, ramulis puberulis glabrescentibus; folia petiolata, 
petiolo cire. 0,8—1,5 cm longo, rhachi cum petiolo 2,5—8 cm longa, 
puberula, ad paria inferiora glandula parva instructa, + angulata, 
foliola 2—3-juga, brevissime petiolulata ^ vel subsessilia, ovalia 
usque oblonga vel obovata, basi saepe obliqua obtusa vel acuta, apice 
breviter vel brevissime abrupte acuminata, crassiuscula, chartacea, nervis 
supra impressis, subtus prominulis, supra subglabra vel glabra nitidula, 
subtus parce puberula vel subglabra, 7—11 cm longa, 4—6 cm lata; 
pedunculi axillares, saepe gemini, pubescentes vel puberuli, circ. 4—6 cm 
longi, apice capitulum densum gerentes; flores brevissime pedicellati 
(pedicello circ. 1 mm vel paullo ultra longo), calyx breviter denticulatus, 
1—2 mm longus, subglaber; corolla infundibuliformis, apice 5-dentata, 
parce puberula vel subglabra, 7—8 mm longa; staminum tubus breviter 
exsertus. 
Ecuador: Prov. Chimborazo, prope Chillanes (Sodiro no. 401, 
Sept. 1881). 
1. Inga tenuirama Harms, spec. nov. 
Arbor ad 16 m alta, floribus roseis (ex Eggers); ramuli tenues glabri 
vel subglabri (juveniles parce puberuli); folia petiolata, petiolo circ, 
1—2 cm longo, rhachi cum petiolo 6—9 cm longa, tenui, parce puberula 
vel subglabra, nuda (haud alata), ad paria foliolorum glandula scutelli- 
formi parva vel majuscula praedita, foliola 3-juga, breviter sed distincte 
petiolulata (petiolulo puberulo vel glabro, circ. ad 2 mm longo), lanceolata 
vel oblongo-lanceolata vel oblonga vel ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-ob- 
lanceolata, basi saepe obliqua acuta vel obtusiuscula, apice sensim acu- 
minata vel acuta, 5—14 cm longa, 2—4,5 cm lata; spicae axillares, soli- 
tariae vel geminae, pedunculatae, elongatae vel breves, pluriflorae, rhachi 
cum pedunculo 3,5—8 cm longa, puberula vel glabra, tenui, parte flori- 
fera 1—3 cm longa, flores sessiles, calyx infundibuliformi-tubulosus, 
5-lobus, striatus, glaber vel subglaber, 4 mm longus; corolla exserta, 
5-lcba, adpresse subsericeo-pubescens, circ. 8—9 mm longa. 
Ecuador: Wälder bei El Recreo (Eggers no. 15464, Jan. 1897). 
Die Art dürfte in die Sektion Bourgonia gehören, in der sie sich 
durch verhältnismässig langen Kelch auszeichnet. 
CIX. Heliciae novae descriptae. 
Von L. Diels. 
(Originaldiagnosen.) 
1. Helicia stricta Diels, spec. nov. ; 
Frutex 2 m vel arbor ad 15 m alta. Folia subcoriacea, in utraque 
facie glabra, sicca subtus pallidiora subviolascentia, late lanceolata vel 
ovato-elliptica, in petiolum 1—2 cm longum sensim angustata, apice 
