110 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Lantana sp. 
Dry hills, La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, July 13. 
Lantana sp. 
San Julian, Robinson & Lyon, July 17, 
BIGNONIACEAE. 
Distictis robinsoni Johnston, sp. nov. 
Shrubby, climbing; stem striate; leaves opposite, 2 or 3-foliate, the middle 
leaflet often giving place to a tendril: leaves broadly lanceolate with obtuse 
base and attenuate or acuminate apex, the midrib sometimes projecting very 
slightly; margin entire: leaves membranaceous, not veiny, glabrous on both 
sides, from 2 cm. wide and 4 cm, long to 3.25 cm. wide and 8.5 cm. long: petiole 
1.5 to 5 em. long, often minutely pubescent ; petiolule 0.5 to 8 cm. long; disk- 
like glands often present at apex of petiole and apex of the pedunele; a pair 
of obovate stipule-like leaves at the base of the petiole, 3 mm. long ands1.5 mi. 
wide; inflorescence axillary, 2-flowered; peduncle 2 to 8 cm. long: pedicel 
0.5 cm. long; flower glabrous; calyx campanulate, truncate, 6 to T mm. long; 
corolla slender, cylindrical for a length of 1 to 1.5 cm., then expanding into a 
bell-shaped form, oblique or bending slightly to one side; corolla tube alto- 
gether 4 to 5 cm. long, 5-lobed, the lobes subequal; stamens 4, perfect, 1 stami- 
nodium equaling the stamens; anthers diverging, glabrous; disk very wide; 
fruit unknown. 
La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, July 15, 1900, 
Type specimen, no. 531779, U. S. National Herbarium. 
Tecoma chrysantha (Jacq.) DC. Prod. 9: 221. 1845. . 
Small tree in dry hills, La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, July 15, 1900; near 
Caracas, according to Jacquin, Hort. Schoenbr. 2:45. 
Further distribution, Colombia (H. H. Smith, no. 1140, 1898-1901 ). 
ACANTHACEAE. 
Stenandrium lyoni Johnston, sp. nov. 
Acaulescent; leaves subrosulate, petiolate, oval or elliptical-oval, scabrous 
on both sides and scatteringly pilose, lighter green on under side, with entire 
ciliate margin, rounded apex, and truncate base, 2.5 em. wide and 4 em. long; 
mid-vein and about 4 pairs of lateral veins prominent on under side: petiole 0.5 
to 1 cm. long; scape 2 to 10 cm. high; bracts 1-flowered, strigose-pubescent, 
narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 9 mm. long; bracteoles v, narrowly 
lanceolate, a little more than one-half the length of the calyx; calyx deeply 
5-cleft, lobes linear-lanceolate with acuminate apex, 4 mm. long; corolla 5-lobed ; 
lobes subequal, oval-elliptical; stamens 4, included; anthers 1-celled, the cells 
pubescent at apex; ovary ellipsoidal, glabrous; stigma fimbriate. 
San Julian, Robinson & Lyon, July 18, 1900, 
Type specimen, no, 581791, U. S. National Herbarium. 
RUBIACEAE. 
Hamelia patens Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. 16. 1762. 
La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, July 83: Colonia Tovar, Fendler, no. 591. 
1854-55. 
A shrub, half-climbing. 
tobinson and Lyon's specimen is nearly glabrous throughout except on young 
parts. Fendler’s specimen is pubescent throughout with the exception of the 
upper surface of the leaves. 
Distribution, tropical America. 
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