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Monniera proc7tmbens{W\\\.) Kuntze,Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 463 (Erhuts 

 procnmbens Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. 6. Hcrpestis cliamaedry- 

 oides H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2 : 369). Falls of Madeira, Brazil, 

 Oct., 1886 (no. 1094). 



Forenia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Cat. no. 3958. Falls 

 of Madeira, Brazil, Oct., 1886 (no. 1388). 



Vandellia diffusa L. Mant. 89. Guanai, 2000 ft., May, 1886 

 (no. 2566), and Falls of Madeira, Brazil, Oct., 1886 (no. 1775). 

 The drying plant has the odor of tobacco. 



Ilysanthes gratioloides (L.) Benth. ; DC. Prod. 10 : 419 (Cap- 

 raria gratioloides L. Syst. ed. X, 1117). Guanai, 2000 ft., May, 

 1886 (no. 2566). 



Sibthorpia nectarifera Wedd. Chlor. And. 2 : in. Sorata, 

 13000 ft. Feb., 1886 (no. 2477). The same as Mandon's 471. 



Sibthorpia pincJiinchensis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2 : 390. pi. 

 176 (?) Unduavi, 8000 ft., Oct., 1885 (no. 1245). The same as 

 Mandon's 470. 



Scoparia pimiatifida Cham., in Linnaea 8: 22. 1833. Falls 

 of Madeira, Brazil, Oct., 1886 (no. 2603). 



Scoparia dulcis L. Sp. PL 1 16. Mapiri, 5000 ft, Apr., 1886 (no 

 18 17), and falls of Madeira, Brazil, Oct., 1886 (no. 1374)- 



Onrisia chamaedrifolia Benth. in DC. Prod. 10 : 493. Sorata, 

 Bolivia, 10000 ft, Feb., 1886 (no. 1104). Also collected near 



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Veronica peregrina L. Sp. PI. 14. Sorata, 10000 ft., Feb., 

 1886 (no. 1854). 



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Gerardia rigida Gill, ex Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Ma 

 I: 206. 1835 (?). The long recurved calyx -teeth are as in G. 

 genistillifolia, but the stem is quite different. Vic. La Paz, 10000 



ft., Apr., 1885 (no. 1079). Tne same as Ban g' s no - 2 53° and 

 no. 2854. 



Gerardia lanceolata (R. & P.) Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 ag. I: 207. 1835 {Virgularia lanceolata R. & P. Syst. 



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161). Unduavi, 8000 ft, Oct., 1885 (no. 1078) the same as Man- 

 don's no. 479. No. 1077, from Sorata, 10000 ft, Feb., 1886, the 

 same as Pearce's collection at Muna, 8000-9000 ft. 



Gerardia brevifolia sp. nov. 



Foliage lightly scabrous, the corolla pubescent : stems stout, 

 erect and erect-branched, terete, the branchlets quadrangular, 



