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Media fere inter R. pubescentem et leucophyllam.”—DC. Prodr. iv. p. 409.  Arachnothryx 
elongata, Planch. in Fl. des Serres, v. p. 442. 
SourH Mexico, Acapulco (Henke). 
8. Rondeletia gracilis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars tertia, p. 53. 
Glabrescens, ramulis gracilibus, foliis membranaceis graciliter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque 
attenuatis fere omnino glabris, floribus parvis tetrameris parce arachnoideo-pubescentibus sub- 
sessilibus capitellatis, capitellis breviter pedunculatis in racemos terminales dispositis, calycis 
lobis lineari-lanceolatis inzequalibus, corolle lobis undulatis, ore nudo, capsula minus lineam 
diametro. 
Frutex, ramulis gracilibus, teretibus, cito glabrescentibus. Folia membranacea, graciliter petiolata, 
oblongo-lanceolata, 4-6-pollicaria, utrinque attenuata, apice obtusiuscula, supra glaberrima, 
nitida, subtus cito glabrescentia et demum glaberrima, venis lateralibus distantibus, latiusculis, 
prominulis ; petiolus circiter semipollicaris ; stipule e basi latiore acuminate, acutz, 13-2 lineas 
long. Flores parvi (4-5 lineas longi), parce arachnoideo-pubescentes, tetrameri, subsessiles, 
capitellati; capitella 2-6-flora, breviter pedunculata, in racemos terminales 4-6 poll. longes 
disposita ; calycis lobi parvi, lineari-lanceolati, ineequales; corollz tubus gracilis, lobi breves, 
rotundati, undulati, os nudum. Capsula minus quam lineam diametro ; semina non visa. 
GuatemaLa, Alta Vera Paz, 3600 feet (Tiirckheim, 404). Hb. Kew. 
9. Rondeletia gratissima, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 25. 
Glabrescens, ramis teretibus crassiusculis, foliis valde coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis breviter acuminatis 
mucronulatis, floribus leviter puberulis pentameris pedicellatis cymoso-corymbosis, corymbis 
amplis terminalibus hemisphericis, calycis lobis minutis inzequalibus, corolle tubo fere cylin- 
drico intus hirsuto, lobis parvis rotundatis planis farinaceis, ore dense villoso-barbato. 
Frutex, preter flores, glaber (“ glabrescens, ramulis tantum inflorescentiz, ramis petiolis floribusque 
puberulis,” Planchon, loc. inf. cit.). Folia petiolata, oblongo-elliptica, 2-23-pollicaria, mucro- 
nulata, basi rotundata, valde coriacea, opaca, glabra, petiolo crasso, circiter 2 lin. longo; stipulz 
triangulari-subulate, 2-3 lin. longe. Flores roseo-albi, intus flavi, pentameri, extus leviter 
puberuli, pedicellati, cymoso-corymbosi; corymbi terminales, densi, hemispherici, 2-4 poll. 
diametro, bracteis minutissimis suffulti; calycis rubescentis lobi inzequales, minus quam 3 lin. 
longi; corollz tubus gracilis, fere cylindricus, circiter 6 lin. longus, extus puberulus, intus 
hirsutus, limbus lobis rotundatis, 1 lin. diametro, farinaceis, os dense barbato-villosum ; 
ovarium 4 lin. diametro, ovulis numerosissimis.—Rogiera gratissima, Planch. in FI. des Serres, 
t. 1570, 1571; R. elegantissima, Regel, Gartenflora, t. 490. 
SoutH Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght). 
Our description was drawn up from a cultivated specimen, in which the styles 
were less than half the length of the tube of the corolla, and the stamens inserted 
near the mouth. 
10. Rondeletia intermedia, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 26. 
Foliis glabrescentibus breviter petiolatis ovato-ellipticis acuminatis obtusis vel subacutis, stipulis 
amplis reflexis, floribus pentameris cano-pubescentibus laxe cymoso-corymbosis breviter pedi- 
cellatis, calycis lobis ovato-oblongis subacutis, corolle tubo subcylindrico intus squamuloso- 
villoso, lobis rotundatis, ore squamuloso-villoso. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus aut supremis quadrangulatis et puberulis. Folva breviter petiolata, ovato- 
elliptica vel fere rotundata, 3-4-pollicaria, obtusa vel subacuta, basi rotundata vel leviter 
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