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2. Wimmeria confusa, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1; p. 6. 
Wimmeria pallida, Radlk. 
Glabra, ramis erectis rigidis, foliis subsessilibus vix coriaceis lineari-lanceolatis ovatis obovatisve 
obtusis vel subacutis calloso-crenatis, ramulorum lateralium brevissimorum crebris, pedunculis 
axillaribus subtrifloris, floribus 5-6 lin. diametro. . _ 
Frutex (?) glaber, ramis erectis teretibus rigidis, ramulis lateralibus floriferis seepissime brevibus. 
Folia precipue in ramulis brevibus lateralibus crebra vel fere fasciculata, vix petiolata, sed 
deorsum valde attenuata, subcoriacea, lineari-lanceolata, elliptica, ovata vel obovata in eodem 
ramulo 6-lin. ad bipollicaria, obtusa vel acuta, calloso-crenulata. Flores 5-6 lin. diametro, in 
cymas pedunculatas axillares subtrifloras foliis breviores dispositi, pedunculis pedicellisque gra- 
cilibus subzequilongis, pedicellis basi parvibracteolatis ; sepala brevia, late rotundata, integra, 
non membranacea; petala obovata, staminibus xquilonga. Ovarium glabrum, pyramidato- 
trialatum, 3-loculare, loculis pluriovulatis, stylo brevi, stigmate obscure trilobo. Fructus 
ignotus.—W. concolor, Hook. Ic. Pl. iv. t. 356, nec Ch. et Schl. 
SouTH Mexico, Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 41). Hb. Kew. 
Mr. Bentham originally determined these specimens to be W. concolor; but after- 
wards, in a note in Hb. Kew., recorded that he believed this to be an error, and that 
Hartweg’s plant belonged to a new species. We have not seen authentic specimens of 
W. concolor; but, according to the description, it differs from the present species in 
having slender flexible branches, distinctly petiolate leaves with an inflexed margin, and 
in the flowers being scarcely 3 lines in diameter. 
3. Wimmeria discolor, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, vi. p- 428. 
Soura Mexico, Vera Cruz (Linden, 801), Mirador, 3000 feet (Heller), Orizaba (Bot- 
tert, 877), in woods, Papantla (Schiede & Deppe). Hb. Kew. | 
4. Wimmeria persicifolia, Radlk. in Sitzungsb. Miinch. Akad. 1878, p. 379. 
SoutH Mexico, Kjutla (Liebmann). | 
5. Wimmeria pubescens, Radlk. in Sitzungsb. Miinch. Akad. 1878, p. 378. 
SoutH Mexico, Consoquitla (Liebmann). 
Tribe HIPPOCRATEA. 
[Bentham and Hooker, J. ¢., refer all the species of this tribe to the two genera 
Hippocratea and Salacia, both having a wide range of distribution in tropical countries ; 
but Mr. Miers (Linn. Trans. xxviii.) makes no fewer than sixteen genera, besides largely 
Increasing the number of species. Planchon and Triana (Ann. Sc. Nat. série 5, vol. xvi. 
p. 370 &c.) propose another genus. There can be no doubt, we think, with complete 
material, characters will be found for some new genera; but not being able to decide 
upon the merits of what has been done by the writers named, we keep the species in 
the genera as we find them at Kew, with the names under which they have been pub- 
lished by Miers and others. ] | 
