14G RusBY : South American Plants 



cantJiiiS cxccha Mart, in Flora 21": Beibl. Z6. 1838). Reis, 1500 

 ft., June, 1886 ( 1903 ). 



Cordia GcrasacantJius L. Syst. 936. [loth ccl.] Bcni River, 

 July, 1886 (1902). 



Cordia GuayaqjiUciisis A. DC. Prod. 9 : 496. Yungas, 4000 

 ft., 1885 (2344). 



Cordia hispidissinia A. DC, Prod. 9: 475. Mapiri, 2500 ft., 

 May, 1 886 (no. 1901). The same as Blanchet's no. 995. 



Cordia laxijlora II.B.K. Nov. Gen. ct Sp. 3: 72 (?) Junc- 

 tion of Rivers Beni and Madrc de Dios, Au<^^, 1886 (no. 2054) 

 and Falls of Madeira, Brazil, Oct. (no. 2053). The same as 

 Spruce's no. 1695 and Bang's no. 1394 and 1443, but not Glaz- 

 lou's no. 1 1 296. If not C. laxijlora^ it is an undcscribed species. 



Cordia nudtispicata Cham. Linnaea 4: 490. 1829. WdiV. Jide 

 Britton. To me it appears rather C. fcrnigijica R. S: S. Syst. 4 : 

 458. Guanai, 2000 ft, May, 1886 (no. 2345). Apparently the 

 same as F. Miiller's no. 146 from Mexico. 



Cordia rotioidifoHa R. & P. FI. Per. 2 : 24. //. 1^8. f. a. Un- 

 duavi, 8000 ft.j Oct., 1885 (no. 1946). The same as Fggcrs' no. 

 1 400 1 . 



■ Cordia multicapitata Britton sp. nov. 



A shrub, strongly ferruginous-pubescent upon the branches, 

 inflorescence, and veins of the lower leaf-surfaces : branches terete, 

 rather slender : petioles 1-2 cm. long, broadly dilated at the in- 

 sertion : blades 3-12 cm. long, 2-8 cm. broad, ovate, the base 



blunt to rounded, the apex abruptly short-acuniinate and acute^ 

 the margin serrate-dentate with short sharp salient teeth, dark- 

 green and shortly pubescent above, ferruginous underneath, the 

 secondaries 7—10 irregular pairs, strongly upcurved, prominent 

 underneath, obscure above, the secondaries and tertiaries suc- 

 cessively connecting about midway : peduncles terminal but the 

 lower appearing axillary, solitary, slender, erect, 2-6 cm. long, the 

 heads globoidal, dense, 1-1.5 cm. broad: flowering calyx thick 

 and rigid, about 4 mm. long and broad, somewhat larger in fruit, 

 divided a little below the middle, the tube hemispherical to broader, 

 the lobes trianc'ular-ovate. acuminate to attenuate and acute : - 



corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx, campanulate. 

 Mapiri, 2,500 ft., May, 1886 (no. 1948). 

 Related to C ainbigua^ of ]\Iexico. 



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