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C. ewsum DC. Petioles long, leaves unequally incised-serrate: heads 

 distinctly pedicellate : fertile flowers bi-seriate, sterile 10-12. 



Neurol^na lobata R. Br., var. indivisa. — Glabrate : 

 leaves membranaceous, scabrid above, broadly lanceolate, 

 tapering finely to each end, lobeless : heads large.— Pansa- 

 mala forest, alt, 3,800 feet, April, 1887 (ExPl. cit. 1,223).— 

 Approaching JV. macroce;phala Schz. Bip. in foliage and size 

 of heads, but involucres remain distinct. 



Ardisia micrantha. — Arboreous : leaves from short in- 

 ternodes, glabrate, coriaceous, obovate-elliptical, 4-6 inches 

 long, acuminate, narrowed to short margined petiole : pani- 

 cle terminal, subsessile, exceeded by leaf ; branches com- 

 planate, margined, alternate, sub-simple, closely racemose- 

 flowered tovvard apex ; pedicels exceeding ovate alabastra, 

 bractlets small : calyx-divisions ovate, oceHate, glanduhir- 

 ciliate: corolla twice longer (2| lines), lepidote without and 

 toward base within, sub-partite, segments oblong-ovate : sta- 

 mens exceeding corolla, at length long-exsert, cordate an- 

 thers i line long : style shorter than corolla, ovary rubro- 

 punctate.— Coban, Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 4,600 fect, 

 March, 1888 (Ex Pl. cit. 1,365).—^. comfressa HBK 

 ^u^ A. revoluta HBK.,with somewhat similar fohage and 

 panicles, are distinct by anthers equahng or exceedmg fila- 

 ments; A. bracteosa A. DC, with nearly similar stamens, 

 has sessile flowers exceeded by their bracts, tubuLar calyx 

 and corolla acutely cleft. 



Tournefortia bicolor Swz., var. calycosa. — Calyx- 

 segments glabrate, linear, two-thirds as long as corolla. 

 Pansamala, alt. 3,800 feet, July, 1886 (Ex Pl. cit. 980). 



IpOxMcea discoidesperma ( § Strofhifojiioea Chois.) 

 Leaves tvvice exceeding petiole, entire, ovate, caudate-acu- 

 minate, base truncate, 3^-4^ inches long : peduncle exceed- 

 ing petiole; pedicels 2-3, shorter than calyx, tetragonal-m- 

 crassate above, bracts minute : sepals elliptical, an mch long, 

 smaller within : corolla ^^ellovv, infundibuhir, 2 inches long, 

 tube short: stamens equal, one-fourth as long as corolla ; 

 filaments dilated at base, more than twice exceeding oblong 

 anthers: style shorter, stigma 2-globose : disk large, pulvi- 

 nate : ovary 2-locular, 4-ovulate, ovules arachnoid : capsule 

 coriaceous, globose, over an inch in diameter, i-locular, 



