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Cyphomandra acuminata sp. nov. 



Glabrate ; branches much elongated, stout, terete, dryin^ 

 blackish ; petioles 2-3 cm. long, rather slender, sub-terete, nar" 

 rowly channeled : blades 6-15 cm. long, 3.5-7 cm. broad, ovate, 

 cordate, regularly acuminate and acute, entire, thickish, rigid, 

 Avhen young minutely puberulent, especially underneath, the vena- 

 tion sparse and slender, secondaries about 7 irregular pairs : pe- 

 duncles 4-6 cm. long, slender, dichotomous, the scorpioid branches 

 simple, slender, .8-1.2 dm. long, strongly nodose from the fallen 

 flowers, which are about 3-5 mm. apart : pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, 

 slender: calyx 6 mm. long, slightly broader, campanulate-turbi- 

 nate, shallowly 5-lobed, the lobes broad, rounded, abruptly .short- 

 pointed : corolla purple, 1.5 cm. long, lobed nearly to the base, 

 thickish, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate and acute, strongly re- 

 curved : anthers 5 or 6 mm. long, ovate, somewhat curved, pur- 

 . p!e within, dark on the back, the large pores looking inward, up- 

 ward and laterally : style little exceeding the stamens, very stout : 

 the stigma peltate, 2 mm. broad : fruiting pedicel greatly thickened, 

 especially at the summit : fruit (mature ?) subglobular, yellow^ 

 smooth, 4 cm. in diameter. 



Yungas, 6000 ft., 1885 (no. 2600). The same as Bang's no. 

 2281, which has larger leaves. 



Cyphomandra Benense Britton, sp. nov. 



Closely puberulent ; branches rather short, pale green, terete 

 or somewhat coarsely angled: petioles .5-1.5 cm. long, rather 

 weak, sub-terete, narrowly channelled above: blades .5-1 dm. 

 long, 2,5-5 cm- broad, ovate-oval, the base truncate or slightly 

 cordate, acuminate and acute at the apex, entire, thin and flaccid, 

 pale grayish-green, the venation weak and inconspicuous : cymes 

 scorpioid-racemose, short-peduncled, .5-1 dm. long, simple and bi- 

 furcated, slender, strongl}- nodose from the fallen flowers, which 



are 



about 4 mm. long, the tube very short, the lobes broadly ovate, 

 acute, herbaceous : corolla (violet) i cm. long, deeply lobed, the 

 lobes ovate, acuminate, acutish : anthers 4.5 mm. long, ovate, the 

 connective rather narrowly thickened and backwardly arched, and 

 slightly extended basally : style slightly exceeding the stamens, 

 stout : stigma capitate, large : fruit not seen. 



Junction of Rivers Bcni and Madre dc Dios, Aii"-., 1886 

 (no. 1840). 



Physalis Peruviana L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1670, Unduavl, 8000 ft., 

 Oct., 1 88 5 (no. 824). 



