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4. Manettia panamenis, Duch. et Walp. in Linnea, xxiii. p. 753. 
PanaMAa (Duchassaing). 
5. Manettia reclinata, Linn. Mant. p. 553; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 362. 
Maxico. ‘ 
6. Manettia zimapanica, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 30. 
Ramis gracilibus teretibus, junioribus puberulis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato- lanceolatis acumi- 
natis acutis sparse puberulis glabrescentibus venis lateralibus apicem versus excurrentibus, © 
pedunculis terminalibus 3-5-floris, floribus pedicellatis, calycis lobis elongatis lineari-sulcatis 
obscure serrulatis, corolla tubulosa. 
Frutex erectus ?, ramis teretibus, gracilibus, junioribus puberulis. Folia breviter petiolata, sub- 
membranacea, ovato-lanceolata, 24—4-pollicaria, longe acuminata, acuta, subtus preecipue 
puberula, demum glabrescentia, venis lateralibus conspicuis, apicem versus excurrentibus, 
petiolo 1-2 lin. longo; stipule late, breves, persistentes. Flores corymbosi, glabri, pedicellati ; 
corymbi terminales, 3-5-flori, breviter pedunculati, pedicellis gracilibus, 5-9 lin. longis; 
bracteze minutz, subulate ; calycis lobi lineares, subulati, 6-8 lin. longi, tubo brevi, hemi- 
spheerico; corollz tubus fere rectus sesquipollicaris, limbus lobis ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 2-3 
lin. longis ; stamina breviter exserta; ovarium multiovulatum, placentis erectis. 
Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 203). Hb. Kew. 
7. Manettia, sp. 
GuatemaLa (Priedrichsthal). Hb. Kew. 
6. ALSEIS. 
Alseis, Schott in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. p. 404; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 38. 
Two South-American species besides A. blackiana. , | 
1. Alseis blackiana, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars alt. p.30. (Tab. XXXVIL) 
Glabrescens, ramis teretibus, foliis leviter puberulis et subtus in axillis venarum barbatis obovato- 
oblongis utrinque attenuatis obtusiusculis, floribus hermaphroditis dimorphis supremis 
staminibus inclusis, calyce subinzequaliter 5-dentato, dentibus triangularibus acutis vel obtu- 
siusculis, corolla glabrescente breviter 5-dentata, dentibus rotundatis, filamentis basi ad 
medium squamuloso-barbatis, ovario puberulo multiovulato. 
Arbor 40-50-pedalis, ramis teretibus, glabris. Folia petiolata, fere membranacea, obovato-oblonga, 
suprema 3-4-pollicaria, utrinque attenuata, obtusiuscula, sparse puberula, et subtus in axillis 
venarum lateralium parallelarum conspicuarum barbata, petiolo semipollicari ; stipulze lanceo- 
lato-subulate, 4-5 lin. longe, cito decidue. Flores hermaphroditi, bracteati ; bracteze subu- 
late, deciduz; calyx subinequaliter 5-dentatus, dentibus triangularibus, acutis vel obtusius- 
culis’; corolla glabrescens, breviter 5-dentata, dentibus rotundatis ; stamina florum inferiorum 
longe exserta, superiorum inclusa; filamenta sursum usque ad medium squamuloso-barbata ; 
anthere dorso affixe ; ovarium puberulum, multiovulatum. 
Panama, in dense woods (Hayes, 665). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XXXVII. 
Fig. 1, a flower from the lower part of the inflorescence; 2, the same laid open, showing the hairy 
filaments ; 3, ovary and calyx ; 4, a flower from the upper part of the inflorescence ; 5, a section 
of an ovary showing the pendulous placentas. All enlarged. 
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