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'y. | foliis ovatis utrinque acutis, floribus majoribus. 
C. lutea Pavon Mss. C. colorata ejusd. Mss. 
}. foliis subrotundis basi rotundatis apice acutiusculis. 
‘Omnes habitant in montibus Lox in Regno Quitensi, et 
aliis regionibus montosis frigidis: Peruvie. @ etiam in Regno 
Noyo-granatensi inter Guaduas et Santa Fe de Bogota, ubi 
legit celeberrimus Mutis. afar ss 
This species varies extremely in the form of its leaves, so that 
no specific mark can be derived from their figure alone ; 1 am 
not inclined to believe even that the varieties I have marked 
are permanent, but I have thought best to separate them as 
they appeared among my specimens. Bonpland regarded the. 
notwithstanding their being found more or less numerous on, 
the leaves of almost every species of the genus. I have no 
hesitation in reducing to this species the C. lanceolata, nitida, 
glabra, and angustifolia of Ruiz and Pavon, as proved by the 
‘numerous specimens, beth in flower and fruit, I have received 
from the last-mentioned botanist; as also their unpublished 
lutea, colorata, cucumefolia, and stupea. A great part of these 
specimens are from the mountainous forests of Loxa, and in 
all probability collected and sent home by their pupil Don 
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noctiales; many 
tioned in’ the’ short ‘preface to this work, I submitted to the 
examination of M. Bonpland while in this country, who con- 
sidered them as identical with his C. Condaminea, and which — 
agrees exactly with those specimens I have more recently 
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