An Enumeration of the Plants collected by Dr. H H. Rusby in South 



America, 1885-1886— XXVI 



IJv II. II. Rusi;y 



(Continued from Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 25 : 545. 15 O. 1898. ) 



5—7 cm. long, branched, the branches elongated, very slender, 

 spreading : leaves sessile by a broad base, those of the pair con- 

 tiguous, 4-10 cm. long, .5-1.5 cm. broad, lance-linear, tapering 

 from near the base and attenuate, strongl}^ nerved, the principal 

 nerves 5-7 : cymes terminal, rather dense, 3-5 cm. broad, closely 

 subtended by leaves similar to the others, though smaller : pedi- 

 cils 5—10 mm. long, stoutish, strongly angled; calyx-tube hemi- 

 . spherical-campanulate, 3 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, the lobes 4 or 5 

 mm. long, attenuate from a broad base, the sinuses broad and 

 rounded : corolla ( apparently yellow ), nearly i cm. long and 

 broad, the lobes 7 mm. long, obovate, the apex rounded, minutely 

 toothed : stamens inserted about 2 mm. from the base, 6 mm. 

 long, the filaments broad, the anthers black, i mm. long and 

 nearly as broad, attached by a very broad connective ; stigmas 

 broad, oval, exserted about i or 2 mm. 



Ingenio del Oro, loooo ft., Mar., 1886 (nos. 672 and 673). 



Tetragonaiithus gracilis ( Griseb.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. -431, 

 •Sorata and Unduavi, lOOOO ft. ( nos. 669 and ^jo)^ Grows on wet 

 hillsides, in clearings. 



LiinnaiitJicniuni Huuiboldtianuin ( H.B.K.) Griseb. Gen. et 

 Sp. Gent. 347. ( Villarsia Hninboldtiaiia II.B.K. Nov. Gen. et 

 Sp. 3: 187.) Reis, 1500 ft., June, 1886 (551). Grows in shal- 

 low pools. 



HYDROPIIYLLACEAK. 



PJiaccIia PcnroiciJia ( R. & P.) Spreng. Syst. i : 584. Sorata, 

 8000 ft, Apr., 1885 (11 57). 



BORAGINACEAE. 



Cordia discolor C. & S. Linnaea 4: 482. 1829, Yungas, 

 €000 ft., 1885 ( 2051 ). 



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Cordia cxcclsa ( Mart.) A. DC. Prod. 9 : 473. ( Gcrasa- 



( 145 ) 



