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spicse 3-4 cm. longse, 8mm. latae ; peduncuH 2 mm. longi ; 

 bracteol^e longiores ; stamina sub 5, exserta, petala longiores; 



fructus ignotus. Junction of the Beni and Madre de Dies 



(2442). Apparently nearest to L. polita, 

 Hirtclla Americana^ Aubl. Guian. I. 247. Guanai, 2,000 ft. 



(702); Mapiri, 5,000 ft. (704). Junction of the Beni and 



Madre de Dios (i 37 1). A widely diffused and variable species. 

 Hirtella bullata^ Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 216. Reis, 



1,500 ft. (703). The same as Spruce No. 3084, Herb. Kew. 



Hirtella Burchetxii, spec. nova. Flores in paniculas an- 

 gustas dispositi; panicuhii rufo-villosae, angusta;, axillares 

 terminalibusque, 12-20 cm. longnc ; ramulis rufo-villosis ; 

 foliis ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis, utrinque niti- 

 dis, supra laevis, subtus ad nervos parce villosis; pedunculis 

 2mm. longis calicibusque dense villosis. Beni River (1^22). 



The same asBurchell's Nos. 6331, 6416 and 6571, Herb. Kew. 



Nearest to the preceding species. 

 Hirtella triandra, S\v. Prodr. 57. Reis, 1,500 ft. (1448). 

 Hirtella bracteata, Mart. & Zucc. Abhand. Akad. Munch, x. 



384? Guanai, 2,000 ft. (2492). Specimens insufficient for 



certain determination. 

 CoiiCpia glaucescens^ Spruce in Mart. Flor. Bras. xiv. (2) 49. Falls 



of Madeira, Brazil (2678). 

 PriDiiis salicifolia, HBK. Nov. Gen. iv. 241. Near La Paz, 



10,000 ft. ( 480) . 



Quillaja Saponaria, MoL Chil. 354. Sorata, 8,000 ft. (728). 



Rtibus megallococciis^ Focke, Abhand. Nat. GeselL Bremen, iv. 

 157. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. (470 and 472). The same as Man- 

 don's 662. 



Rubus Bolivieusis, Focke, 1. c. 158. Same locality (468), Dis- 

 tributed as /v. Scllozvii, C. & S.? The same as Mandon*s 



656. 

 Rubus Bogoteusis, HBK. 1. c. vi- 220. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. (474). 



Possibly this may be an extreme form of R. floribtindus. 

 Rubus roseus, Poir. Diet. vi. 237. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. (473 and 



469). The same as Mandon's Nos. 659 in part and 661. 

 RubiTTglaucus, Benth. PI. Hartw. 173. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (471). 



Rubus RuSBYI, spec. nova. Ascendens; tomentosus; foha m- 

 tegra, petiolata, serrata, utrinque tomentosa ; stipulis latis, 



