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MiCOXTA RUSBYANA, Cogii. sp. nov. (Sect. Crcmaniiini) ; ramis 

 obscure tetragonis, glabris; foliis breviter petiolatis, lanceola- 

 tis, subacute breviterquc acuminatis, inferne longc attenuate- 

 cuneatis, integerriniis, triplinerviis, supra ad nervum media- 

 num brevissime hirtelHs c^eteris ^labris et scabriusculis, sub- 



tus glaberrimis ; paniculis mcdiocribus, late pyramidatis, 

 multifloriSj densiuscule breviterque hirtellis; floribus 5-meris 

 sessilibus, ebracteolatis, subfasciculatis ; calyce glabro, sub- 

 hemisphscrico. brevissime 5-denticulato ; antheris late obo- 

 voideis, apice truncatis et latissinie biporosis. 



Rami graciles. Petiolus gracilis, T-2 cm. longus. Folia 



membranacea, l-l}4 dm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, nervis nervulisque 



subtus satis prominentibus. Paniculae 8- 10 cm. longae, ramis 



patulis, elongatis. Calyx i mm. longus. Petala obovato-angu- 



lata, 3/^ mm. longa. Staminum filamenta capillaria, l-i^ mm. 



longa ; antlierae ^ mm. longa^, connectivo tenulssimo, basi longe 



producto. Stylus ignotus. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2259). 



Mtconia FLAVESCENS, Cogn. sp. nov. (Sect. ChcBnopleiira) ; 

 ramis teretiusculis, junioribus pctiolis paniculis foliisque subtus 

 ad nervos brevissime denseque furfuraceo-papillosis et ferru- 

 gineis ; foliis breviuscule petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, 

 basi rotundatis, margine remote minuteque spinuloso-dentic- 

 ulatis, trinerviis, supra glabris, subtus primum leviter, punc- 

 tato-furfuraceis demum glabratis, paniculis parvis» paucifloris; 

 floribus 5-nervis, breviter pedicellatis, ebracteolatis ; calyce 

 glabro, subhemlspbaerico, minute remoteque 5-dcnticulato. 



Rami graciles, breves, ramulosi. Petiolus 1-2 cm. longus. 

 Folia rigidiuscula, utrinque flavescentia, 5-7 cm. longa, 2-}^ cm. 

 lata, nervis subtus satis prominentibus, nervulis paulo distinctis. 

 Paniculae 2-4 cm. longse, paulo ramosse, pedicelli graciles, 1-3 

 mm. long!. Calyx siccitate nigricans, 2 mm. longus, 3 mm. latus. 

 Afif. M. andina, Naud. Unduavi, 10,000 ft. (2288). 

 Miconia andina, Naud. 1. c. 236. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. (2286). 

 Mico7iia Maiidoni^ Cogn. in Herb. Kew. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. 



(2287). The same as Mandon's No. 646. 

 Miconia nervosa, (Smith), Tri. 1. c. ill. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2280). 



Junction of the rivers Beni and Madre de Uios (2291). 

 Miconia criodonta, DC. 1. c. 185. Yungas. 4,000 ft. (2726). 

 Miconia rubiginosa, (Bonpl.). DC. 1. c. 183. Yungas 6,000 ft. 



(2300) ; Mapiri 5,000 ft. (2298); the latter a form with long 



acuminate leaves. 



