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Nicotiana Rusbyi Britton, sp. nov. 



Glandular-hairy, the leaves shortly and finely soft-tomentose ; 

 stems stoutish, flexuous, erect : petioles (largest leaves not pres- 

 ent) 2-4 cm. long, stout, margined : blades .8-2.5 dm. long, .3-1.2 

 dm. broad, ovate, the base abruptly contracted into the petiole, 

 short-pointed and acute at the apex, entire, thick and rigid, the 

 venation slender, not prominent except the midrib underneath : in- 

 florescence widely and loosely paniculate (in the specimens 3 dm. 

 long and broad), the branchlets subulate-bracted : pedicels short, 

 becoming about 1 cm. long and erect in fruit : calyx in flower 5 

 mm., in fruit 1 cm. long, campanulate, lobed about one third of 

 the way, the lobes triangular, acute, the sinuses about the same : 

 corolla 1.5-2 cm. long, about 5-7 mm. broad, lightly curved and 

 ventricose, apparently pale-yellow, the lobes about 5 mm. long, 

 triangular-ovate : capsule elongated-globular, about 7 mm. long, 

 or, after opening, the valves nearly 1 cm. long. 



Yungas, 4000 ft, 1885 (no. 2434). The same as Bang's no. 

 1182. 



Nierembergia pulchella Gill, ex Miers ; Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. 5 : 173. 1846. Vic. La Paz, 10000 ft, April, 1895 (no.1982). 

 The same as Mandon's, no. 1476. 



Schizanihus pinnatus R. & P. Fl. Per. 1 : 1 3 f. 17. Near Val- 

 paraiso, Chili, June, 1885 (no. 1023). 



Brunfelsia latifolia (Pohl.) Benth. in DC. Prod. 10 : 199 

 {Franciscea latifolia Pohl. PI. Bras. Ic. 3. //. 2) Mapiri, 5000 ft., 

 April, 1886 (no. 621) and Beni River, July, 1886 (no. 2122). 



Brunfelsia hydra ngeaeformis (Pohl.) Benth.; DC. Prod. 10: 

 108 {Franciscea hydra ngeaeformis Pohl PI. Bras. Ic. I : 7. pi. 7.) 

 Yungas, 4000 ft., 1885 (no. 1030), Mapiri, 2500 ft, May, 1876 

 (no. 261 1) and Beni River, July, 1886 (no. 862). 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



Fap-fli 



2: 459- 



Unduavi, 8000 ft., Oct., 1885 (no. 1056). 



Fagelia integrifolia (Murray) Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 460 

 Iceolaria integrifolia) Murr Syst. ed. 13, 64. Near Valparaiso 

 li, June, 1885 (no. 105 1). 



Fagelia polifolia (Hook.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 460 (Calceo- 

 a polifolia) Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 28g?. Near Valparaiso, 

 li, June, 1885 (no. 1054). 



