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12. Lasgcuea roLrosa, nob.: Amblyanthera foliosa, Müll. in Linn. xxx. p. 427. Prope Mexico (Gies- 
brecht) : non vidi. 
A species, according to Müller, resembling the preceding: its branches are 18 in. 
long, with terete glabrous remote branchlets densely foliaceous ; leaves subsessile, erect, 
obovate, cordate at the base, gradually acuminate, membranaceous, dusky, subglabrous 
above, with 6-8 pairs of divergent prominulent nerves subarcuately conjoined, reticu- 
lately veined, hirtellous along the nerves, puberulous on the margins, 32-42 in. long, 
13-1} in. broad, on petioles 12 line long; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves and 
concealed by them, glabrous, with many small flowers upon a short peduncle, on pedicels 
4 lines long, supported by acuminate linear-lanceolate bracts 3] lines long; sepals 
linear or triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate on the margins, 31-32 lines long, 
with 4-8 inner subulate scales; corolla in the whole 93 lines long, its tube narrowed 
at the base for two thirds of its length, widening above; its segments rhomboidally 
obovate, short; anthers short; disk half-cleft into 5 obtuse lobes, as long as the ovoid 
glabrous ovaries. 
13. LASEGUEA PUBIPLORA, nob. : erecta, ramulis compressis, puberulis: foliis elliptico-oblongis, imo sub- 
acutis, apice in acumen breve constrictis, chartaceis, marginibus revolutis, utrinque sparse puberulis, 
supra viridibus, ad costam sulcatis, nervis impressis, subtus flavescentibus, opacis, nervis vix pro- 
minulis, venis valde reticulatis ; petiolis limbo 5plo brevioribus : racemis axillaribus, crebre spi- 
catifloris, undique pilis mollibus longis sparsim puberulis, bracteis spathulato-lanceolatis, imbricatis, 
erectis, membranaceis ; pedicellis brevioribus ; sepalis acutissime linearibus, membranaceis ; corolle 
tubo quam calyx triplo longiore, apice paullo ampliato, extus dense niveo-piloso, intus glabro; 
segmentis membranaceis, oblique rotundatis, dextrorsum convolutis, margine exteriore pilosis ; sta- 
minibus supra medium tubi inclusis; filamentis brevibus, pilosis ; antheris linearibus, apiculatis, 
imo breviter obtuse bilobis; disco 5-lobo, lobis obtusis, ovariis 2 pilosis zquilongo. In Antillis : 
v. 3. in herb. Mus. Brit. Jamaica (Dr. Wright, sub Echites suberecta). 
Leaves 14-13 in. long, 7-9 lines broad, on petioles 3-4 lines long; raceme 4 in. long : 
bracts 4 lines long, 1 line broad, 5-6 lines distant; pedicels 4 lines long; sepals 34 lines 
long, 4 line broad ; tube of corolla 9 lines long; segments 3 lines long and broad. 
14. Laseguza Penttanprana, A. DC. Ann. Sc. Nat. 3° sér. i. p. 262; Walp. Rep. vi. p. 478. In Bolivia, 
ad Illimani : non vidi. 
A scandent species, allied to the two preceding: branches glabrous below, puberulous 
above; leaves ovate or acutely ovate, glabrous above, incano-pubescent beneath, 2 in. 
long, 1-13 in. broad, on petioles 6-10 lines long; bracts of raceme 4 lines long ; pedicels 
5 lines long; sepals 6 lines long, less than 1 line broad. 
15. LaskGUEA Hooxznr, Müll. Fl. Bras. xxvi. p. 136 : Parsonsia ? bracteata, Hook. Arn. Journ. Bot. i. 
P. 287 ; A. DC. Le p. 402. In Brasilia, prov. Rio Grande do Sul (Tweedie 88). 
A strong climbing plant, with acutely ovate-cordate leaves, pubescent beneath, 2-3 in. 
long, on short petioles; racemes axillary, 8 in. long, spicately flowered ; flowers approxi- 
mate, numerous, on short pedicels, which are hidden by as many imbricating po 
bracts; sepals lanceolate, as long as the bracts; tube of corolla of the same length; seg- 
