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Petrea brae tea ta Steud. Flora. 764. 1843. Beni River, July, 

 1886 (no. 933), and Junction of Rivers Beni and Madre de Dios, 

 Aug. 1886 (no. 932). 



Citharexylon ilicifoliiim H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2 : 256. 

 Sorata, 10000 ft, Feb., 1886 (no. 2058). 



Citharexylon spicatum sp. nov. 



Ferruginous-tomentose, the upper leaf-surfaces sparsely short- 

 pilose : stems stout, erect, terete, the internodes 4-5 cm. long : 

 petioles 4-8 mm. long, stout : blades .75-1.25 dm. long, 3-5 cm. 

 broad, lance-ovate, rounded at the base, abruptly contracted into 

 a tapering, acute apex, thickish, rigid, dark-green above, yellowish 

 underneath, with the coarsely reticulate venation prominent, the 

 secondaries 10-12 pairs, connecting about two-thirds of the way 

 from the midiib to the margin : peduncle stout, 2—3 cm. long, the 

 loose compound spike 4-5 cm. long : flowers sessile, the calyx 

 campanulate, nerved, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, the lobes about 

 1 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, triangular-ovate: corolla thick, pur- 

 P^ e » 5-7 m m- long, the tube cylindraceous, the abruptly spreading 

 or recurved limb 4-5 mm. broad. 



Yungas, 6000 ft, 1885 (no. 2701). 



Aegiphila tomentosa Cham, in Linnaea, 7: no. Reis, 1500 ft., 

 June, 1886 (no. 2516). 



Aegiphila arborescens (Aubl.) Vahl, Eel. I: 15. Yungas, 

 4000 ft, 1885 (no. 2458). Probably also no. 2459. 



Aegiphila oblongifolia sp. nov. 



Minutely puberulent : stems very slender and weak, coarsely 

 angular: petioles 5-7 mm. long, weak: blades 1-1.5 dm. long, 

 2-6 cm. broad, oblong, acuminate at the base, abruptly acuminate 

 and obtuse at the apex, entire, very thin, dark -green, venation very 

 slender, inconspicuous on both sides, the secondaries about 15 

 pairs : panicles 5 or 6 cm. long and broad, loosely lowered : bracts 

 linear, very small : pedicels 2-4 mm. long, slender : calyx 4 mm. 

 long and broad, campanulate, the margin truncate, obscurely sin- 

 uate : corolla-tube 3 mm. long, cylindraceous, the lobes 5 mm. 

 lon g> 3 mm. broad, oval : stamens equaling the corolla-lobes, the 

 filaments very slender, the blackish anthers 1 mm. long, triangu- 

 late : ovary globoidal, 1 mm. long : fruit 8 or 9 mm. long, nearly 

 as broad, truncate, strongly lobed. 



Reis, 1500 ft, June, 1886 (no. 2472) and Junctions of Rivers 

 &eni and Madre de Dios, Aug. 1 886 (no. 2473). 



