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violacea praecipue subtus, 2-4 cm. longa, 6- 11 mm, lata. 



Pedicelli 2-3 mm, longi, ebracteolati. Calyx purpurascens, 



tubo 4 mm. longo, lobis rigidiusculis, 2 mm. longis. Mapiri, 

 2,500 ft (26x6). 



TiBOUCHiNA: sect. nov. Octomeris, Cogn. 



Flores 8-meri, pedicellis supra medium bibracteatis. Caly- 

 cis segmenta persistentia. Anthersc lineares, superne satis 

 attenuatae, connective basi paulo incrassato. 

 TIBOUCHINA OCTOPETALA, Cogn. sp. nov. (sect. Octomeris)] 



ramis junioribus petiolis peduncuHsque breviter denseque 

 hirsutis ; foliis longiuscule petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, basi 

 rotundatis, apice acutis, integerrimis, 7-nerviis nervis inter- 

 mediis basi coalitis, supra dense strigoso-hirsutis, subtus bre- 

 viter denseque villosis ; paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque, 

 paucifloris; floribus longiuscule pedicellatis ; bracteis sub- 

 pellucidis, sessilibus, obovato-cuneatis, extus densiuscule bre- 

 viterque villosis, intus glabris ; calyce subadpresse longiuscule 

 denseque striguloso-setoso, tubo subhemisphserico, lobis 

 lanceolato-linearibus, tubum subsequantibus; petalis brevissime 

 ciliatis; staminibus satis inaequalibus, filamentis glabris, ma- 

 jorum connectivo infra loculos breviuscule product© ; stylo 

 inferne hirsuto. 



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Rami robustiusculi, obscure tetragoni, ferruginei. Petiolus 



2-3 cm. longus. Folia submembranacea, i-l^ dm. longa, 

 5-6 cm. lata. Paniculae 6 cm. longae; pedicelli 1-2 cm longi. 

 Bracteae purpurascentes, adpressae, circlter I cm. longae. 

 Calyx purpurascens, tubo 8 mm. longo, 10 mm. lato, lobis 

 7-8 mm. longis. Petala purpureo-violacea, anguste obovata, 

 I ^ cm. longa. Staminum filamenta 8 vel 10 mm. longa; 

 antherae majores satis arcuatse purpurascentes 8 mm. longae, 

 minores subrectae, flavae, 6 mm. longae. Stylus crassiusculus, 

 I cm. longus. Yungas, 4,000 ft. (2332). 

 Brachyotum microdon (Naud.), Tri. 1. c. 49. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. 



(2340). 



oTii paludosa (Mart.), Tri. 1. c. 51. Map 



Otis annna (Mart), Tri. 1. c. 52. Falls of 



Madei 



AxiNiEA SFECIOSA, Britt. spec. nova. Arbor; foliis 15 cm. lon- 

 gis, 6 cm. latis, oblongis, coriaceis, utrinque acutis, glabris, 

 5-nervis, integris, supra opacis, subtus pallidis, nervis promi- 

 nentibus; paniculis terminalibus, dccompositis, 12 cm. longis, 

 10 cm. latis; ramis dcnsifloris; floribus 4 cm. latis, pedicellis 



