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one side, scabridly granular on the other, 4—4 lines long, half enveloped in scarlet flesh y 
funicles. i 
8. PESCHIERA GRANULOSA, nob, : ramis validiusculis, dichotomis, rugulosis ; ramulis tenuioribus, pallidis, 
striatis, ad nodos compressis; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, imo cuneatis, apice in acumen subbreve 
obtusulum constrictis, marginibus subretuse undulatis, tenuiter chartaceis, supra viridibus, costa 
sulcata, nervis patule divaricatis, sensim arcuatis et subimmersis, subtus paullo pallidioribus, opacis, 
granulatim subpruinosis, costa nervisque flavidis, prominulis; petiolis longiuscule tenuibus, canali- 
culatis, linea transversa nexis: racemis axillaribus, seepius valde depauperatis, pedunculo (seu 
ramulo novello) tenui, ter opposite bracteolatis ; bracteis linearibus, subfoliaceis, 1-7-floris ; pedicellis 
in axillis bractearum sepius abortivis aut in sinu ultimarum, 1-floris; pedicello bracteis calycique 
zequilongo; sepalis lanceolatis, pallide marginatis, erecto-patulis, intus squamula basali 4-5 lacinu- 
lata munitis; corolle tubo anguste cylindrico, imo latiore, glaberrimo, segmentis oblique ovatis, 
tubo ter brevioribus, sinistrorsum convolutis; staminibus inclusis, filamentis complanatis, circa 
basin tubi insertis; disco nullo; ovariis 2, ovatis, obtusis, sepalis dimidio brevioribus; stylo paullulo 
longiore; clavuncula et stigmatibus precedentium ; pedunculis fructiferis valde incrassatis, acute 
angulatis, stramineis: folliculis 2, oblongis, divarieatis, vix compressis, exigue granulatis, imo 
obtusis, dorso rectis, apice subreflexim breviter rostratis, ventre orbicularibus et sutura dehis- 
centibus; seminibus compresse ovatis, ventre canalieulatis, et hine in medio ab hilo funiculis crassis 
pulposis rubris suspensis. In prov. Rio de Janeiro: v. v. et sicc. in herb. meo (n. 2065, 4028), in 
flore et in fructu montibus Organensibus, in fructu immaturo (n. 4654) Monte Corcovado. 
A well-marked species, peculiar in the appearance of its leaves, which resemble those 
of Tabernemontana amygdalefolia: the axils of its branchlets are 1-13 in. apart; the 
leaves are somewhat heterophyllous, 31—4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, on petioles 7-9 lines 
long. In the Organ-Mountain plant the peduncle of the depauperated raceme is 1 in. 
long, bearing 3 pairs of bracts 4 lines apart, which are flowerless, and only a single flower 
is seen at the extremity between the last pair of bracts on a pedicel 2 lines long; sepals 
2 lines long; the tube of the corolla 6 lines long, the segments 2 lines long and broad ; 
follicles 13 in. long, including the rostrum, 3 in. broad; seeds 53 lines long, 33 lines 
broad, suspended by thick red coloured funicles. 
9. PESCHIERA CUSPIDATA, nob.: ramis dichotomis, teretibus, ramulisque pallidis, striatis, subfistulosis : 
foliis majuseulis, in paribus altero opposito multo minore, ovato-oblongis, imo subito acutis, apice 
in acumine longe lineari repeute cuspidatis, membranaceis, retuse undulatis, supra profunde 
viridibus, opacis, sub lente sparsim pilosulis, nervis tenuissimis semiimmersis, subtus pallide opacis, 
flavescentibus, in nervis fulvidis prominulis patentim hirsutulis, reticulatis; petiolis tenuibus sul- 
catis, pilosis, limbo 24plo brevioribus : racemis ad nodos supremos solitariis, folio dimidio brevioribus, 
puberulis; pedunculo elongato infra medium nudo, superne ramoso, ramis brevissimis subcrebris, 
bracteolatis, apice 2-floris, pedicellis zquilongis bracteolatis; sepalis lanceolatis, recurvulis ; corolle 
tubo longo, angustissime cylindrico, imo latiore, intus pilosulo, segmentis oblique oblongis, tubo 
triplo brevioribus; staminibus supra basin insertis; disco nullo apparente : folliculis 2, divaricatis. 
oblongis, sensim angustioribus, creberrime hamato-muricatis. In Nova Granada: v. s. in flore et 
fructu in hb. meo (n. 22029) Rio Magdalena (Weir 76). 
A species peculiar in its pilose branches, very cuspidate subpilose leaves, and in its 
inflorescence: each pair of leaves measure 4 and 74 in. long (including the acumen of 
9 lines), 24-34 in. broad, on petioles 2-4 lines long; in some of the axils they are some- 
