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LOBELIACE^. 
614. Lobelia Xalapensis, H.B. ct K., De Cand. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 372. Iii sunny places all 
over the Isthmus. 
615. Lobelia splendens, Willd., De Cand. Prodr. vol. vil. p. 381. On the banks of nvulets 
and livcrsj common in the neighbourhood of Panama. 
616. Lobelia laxiflora, H.B. et K., Be Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 383. Volcano of Chiriqui, 
Veraguas. 
VACCINIE^. 
617. Satyria Warszewiczii, Klotzsch, "Wlprs. Ann. vol. ii. p. 1081.— 5. c/owawMa, KL 1. c. ! 
Volcano of Chiriquij Veraguas (Bridges! Warszewicz ! Scemann!). 
Tliis shrub, climbing on trees, is occasionallj -10 feet high, and presents a most beautiful aspect ; the leaves 
are sometimes 5-8 inclies long, 3-;i-| across, but they are generally much smaller ; the flowers are in short 
racemes, and either appear in the asils of the leaves or more frequently on the old wood ; the pedicels, 
caljx, and corolla are scarlet. The number of flowers on each raceme varies. 
ProcUsia Veragucnsis, KL, was not collected within the limits of the province of A'eragiias, as the name 
would lead us to suppose, but in the neighbouring state of Costarica. 
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618. Thibaudia ^5^,9ce«s, H.B.K., Do Cand. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 562. Volcano of Chiriqui, 
Veraguas, in half-shady places. 
The geographical range of this plant extends over Bolivia (Pentland), Peru (M'Lcan), A'ew Granada 
(Purdie, Goudot), and Venezuela (Linden, no. 1). The bracts, calys, and corolla are a fine rose-colour, 
which ultimately fades into white. The leaves are obtuse or more frequently acuminate. 
619. Sophoclesia /«cCT</a, Seem.; glabcrrima, ramulis clongatis fiaccidis, foliis subsessilibus 
ovato-oblongis obtusis basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, pednnculis folio longioribus bibracteatis, 
bractcis altcrnis acutis, floribus tetrameris, calycis tubo glaberrimo, corolla tubnlosa subvcntrieosa 
(alba), bacea globosa (grisea) 4-loculari, scminibus 7i\\gn\vi\:\%.~Sphyrospermum flaccidum, Seem, 
olim ! Island of Cacagual, Daricn, growing on the trunks of trees. 
An elegant Httle evergreen shrub, with white flowers and sweet edible berries. It diifcrs from S. 
cordifoUa, Klotzsch, in having a glabrous calyx, from -S'. nummular iasfolia, KL, S. suUcandens, KL, and S. 
ovata, KL, in having tetramerous flowers. In habit it quite agrees witli tho other species, growing on the 
trunks of old trees, having slender rooting branches, coriaceous leaves, solitary peduncles, and wliite flowers. 
The range of the genus seems to be confined to the Eepublics of Venezuela, Ecuador, and New Granada. 
The locality in which S.flaccida has been found is remarkable, because all the other species are known to 
grow at an elevation of several thousand feet above the sea, in a temperate climate, wliilc S.Jlaccida was 
gathered in the low coast region, in one of the hottest. parts of the world, a most unusual spot for anv 
Vacciniew, making it probable that the seeds must have been carried thither by the violent rains, so preva- 
lent in Southern Daricn, and that the focus of this species will have to be looked for in the Cordillera. 
620. Macleania cordifoUa, Benth., Wlprs. Ecp. vol. vii. p. 415. Island of Cacagual, Darien, 
either terrestrial or epiphytal. 
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