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19. Rondeletia panamensis, DC. (Char. reform.) 
Ramis teretibus junioribus villosis, foliis amplis ovato-oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve sparse puberulis 
minute reticulato-venosis, floribus pentameris villosis breviter pedicellatis trichotomo-cymosis, 
calycis lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, corolle tubo cylindrico, lobis orbicularibus, ore annulo 
cincto, capsula villosa lobis calycinis coronata, seminibus numerosis alatis. 
Frutex 12-15-pedalis (8. Hayes), ramis crassiusculis, junioribus tamen villosis. Folia petiolata, 
subcoriacea, ovato-lanceolata vel ovato-oblonga, sepe 3-5-pollicaria, interdum longiora, utrinque 
attenuata, obtusiuscula, juniora puberula, sed cito glabra, minute insigniterque reticulato- 
venosa, petiolo 2-3 lin. longo ; stipule triangulargs, acute, 2-3 lin. longe, patentes, persistentes. 
Flores villosi, pentameri, breviter pedicellati, cymoso-aggregati; cymz dense, trichotome, 
bracteis amplis munite; calycis lobi lanceolati, acuti, 2-3 lin. longi; corolle tubus sursum 
leviter dilatatus, 5-6 lin. longus, crassiusculus, extus villosus, intus glaber, limbus lobis orbi- 
cularibus planis, glabris, os annulo cinctum. Capsula villosa, subglobosa, circiter 3 lin. 
diametro, calycis lobis coronata; semina numerosa, alata.—DC. Prodr. iv. p. 408. 
Panama (S. Hayes, 183), Darien (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
Seemann (Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 136) reduces #. eriantha, Benth., to this; but it 
differs widely in the venation of the leaves, in the calyx-lobes, seeds, &c. 
20. Rondeletia roezlii, Hemsley. 
“ Foliis oblongis (1-4 poll. longis) acuminatis chartaceis (haud crassis) ; laciniis calycinis lanceo- 
lato-linearibus acutiusculis tubo sesquilongioribus; corolle tubo sursum leviter et sensim 
amplhiato; filamentis supra tubi corollini medium insertis, quam anthere e fauce semiexsertz 
paululum longioribus; polline flavescenti-albido; stylo dimidium tubi parum superante ; 
divisuris stigmaticis linearibus.”—Rogiera roezlii, Planch. in FI. des Serres, v. p. 442. R. 
elegans, Planch. l.c. ‘ Foliis et inflorescentia R. roezlii; divisuris calycinis tubo brevioribus ; 
filamentis medio tubi corollini insertis ; stylo exserto; divisuris stigmaticis lmearibus.” 
GUATEMALA. 
21. Rondeletia scabra, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 29. 
Ramis teretibus junioribus hispido-pilosis, foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque attenuatis acutis supra 
scabridis subtus precipue in nervis lateralibus prominentibus hispido-pilosis, floribus tetra- 
meris strigillosis breviter pedicellatis in cymas breviter pedunculatas subtrifloras dispositis, 
calycis laciniis lanceolato-subulatis corolle zquilongis, corolle tubo cylindrico, lobis rotundatis 
undulatis, ore nudo. 
Frutex vel arbor, ramis teretibus, junioribus hispido-pilosis. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, ovato- 
oblonga, 3-4-pollicaria, utrinque attenuata, acuta, supra scabrida, subtus precipue in nervis 
lateralibus conspicuis piloso-hispida, petiolo 3-6 lin. longo; stipule lanceolato-subulate, 
3-4 lin. longe. Flores tetrameri, strigillosi, breviter pedicellati, in cymas breviter peduncu- 
latas subtrifloras dispositi ; calycis lobi lanceolato-subulati, circiter 6 lin. longi, extus intusque 
strigillosi; corollze tubus cylindricus, extus strigilloso-pilosus, intus puberulus, 6 lin. longus, 
limbus lobis rotundatis, undulatis, os nudum; ovarium multiovulatum. Capsula a nobis 
ignota. 
SoutH Mexico, Sierra de San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 926). Hb. Kew. 
This is near F. pilosa, differing in its shortly pedunculate cymes &c. 
