90 TERNSTREMIACEZA. 
dispersed over the eastern side of Tropical America, from South Brazil through Guiana, 
Venezuela, and New Granada, to Nicaragua; and two or three species extend to Cuba 
and Jamaica. Dr. Wittmack (Fl. Bras. fasc. lxxxi. p. 258) enumerates fifteen species. 
1. Marcgravia affinis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 3. (Tab. VI. 
fige. 7-12.) | 
Glabra, ramis gracilibus angulatis lenticellatis, foliis brevissime petiolatis longe acuminatis, 
umbellis 10-15-floris, floribus minimis, amphoris parvis. 
Frutex glaber, epiphyticus, ramis fertilibus gracilibus angulatis, lenticellis albis conspersis. 
Folia fertilium ramorum fere sessilia, subcoriacea, lanceolata, 2-8 poll. longa, caudato-acumi- 
nata, minute cuspidata, reticulata, tota minute pellucido-punctata, costa media utrinque elevata. 
Umbelle pendeutes, 10-15-flore, pedicellis gracilibus glabris, 9-12 lin. longis, patentibus, 3-5 
interioribus sterilibus bracteis cucullatis adnatis. Amphore, seu bractee cucullate, 3-5, parvee, 
ad 2 lin. profunde, dorso flores steriles non gerentes. Flores viridi, 14 lin. longi; sepala 
concava, rotundata; corolla calyptrata, conica, obtusa; stamina ad 12, inequalia ; ovarium 
sulcatum, stylo brevi. 
Costa Rica, without any locality (Endres, 185). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. VI. Fiae. 7-12. 
Fig. 7, a flowering branch, of the natural size; 8, an enlarged bract; 9, an enlarged flower ; 10, a 
vertical section of the same; 11, an ovary; 12, a cross section of the same. 
Closely allied to M. caudata, Planch. et Tr., a native of Colombia. Possibly it may 
be the same ; for, excepting in dimensions, their description includes nearly all the cha- 
racteristics of the present plant. P. caudata is described as having leaves 4-6 inches 
long ; but nothing is said of angular branches or unusually small flowers. 
2. Marcgravia nepenthoides, Seem. (Tab. VI. figg. 1-6.) 
Glabra, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis breviter petiolatis, floribus numerosis in umbellas racemosas 
terminales pendentes dispositis, amphoris maximis. / 
Frutexr glaber, scandens, 20 ped. altus, ramulis'pendentibus. Folia fertilium ramorum breviter petio- 
lata, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, 4-6-poll., acute acuminata, integerrima, venis Inconspicuis. 
Umbelle pendentes, 20-25-flore, pedicellis furfuraceis lenticellatis ultrapollicaribus, fertilibus 
patentibus infra calycem bibracteolatis, 5-6, interioribus longioribus, sterilibus rectis, bracteis 
cucullatis adnatis. Amphore, seu bractee cucullate, mellifere, ad 1 poll. profunde, dorso 
flores steriles gerentes. Flores nutantes, sepalis late rotundatis, corolla calyptrata ¢ conica.— 
Journ. Bot. viii. (1870) p. 245. 
Nicaraeua, frequent in the Chontales mountains, about the Javali Mine, and at the 
summit of Pefia Blanca, about 2500 feet above the level of the sea (Seemann). Hb. 
Kew. | | | | 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. VI. Fiee. 1-6. 
Fig. 1, flowering branch, slightly reduced ; 2, a flower, enlarged ; 3, a longitudinal section of the 
same; 4, a stamen ; 5, an ovary; 6, across section of the same. 
