COLLECTED IN SOUTH AMERICA, I885-I886 3ll 



Pilea anomala Wedd. in Am. Sci. Nat. Ill, 18 : 217. 1852. 

 Sorata, 8000 ft., Feb. 1886 (no. 1480) and Yungas, 6000 ft, 1885 

 (no. 1478). The same as Mandon's no. 1 104. 



Pilea rotnndata Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 158. Unduavi, 8000 



ft., Oct. 1885 (no. 1483). 



Pile a dauciodora Wedd. in Am. Sci. Nat. Ser. 18 : 223. 1852. 



Unduavi, 8000 ft, Oct 1885 (nos. 1479 and 1485)- 



Pilea cymbifolia sp. no v. 



Leaf-surfaces minutely stellate ; stems erect, fiexuous, stoutish, 

 in my specimen nearly 4 dm. long, the internodes about 3 cm. 

 long : stipules 6 or 7 mm. long, ovate, obtusish, brown, scarious : 

 petioles 1.5-2 cm. long: blades .7-1 dm. long, 1.5-2 cm. broad, 

 oblong and highly inaequilateral, blunt or rounded at the base, ab- 

 ruptly short-acuminate and obtuse at the apex, apparently disposed 

 with the edges vertical, the upper edge nearly straight, the lower 

 convex, finely serrate, the teeth varying from acute to rounded, 

 thin, strongly 3 -nerved, the lateral nerves starting from near the 

 base, the venation little prominent on either side : peduncles 1.2-2 

 cm. long, very slender, erect, the globose heads nearly 1 cm. 

 broad, densely flowered, fully expanded flower nearly 4 mm. broad, 

 the divisions oval, obtuse, very thin, a little shorter than the fila- 

 ments : anthers 1 mm. long and nearly as broad. 



Yungas, 6000 ft, 1885 (no. 1482). 



Pilea filipes sp. nov. 



Very minutely puberulent : stems 2 to 4 dm. long, ascend- 

 ing, thickish but weak : stipules .5-1 cm. long, broadly ovate, 

 exceedingly thin, transparent, reddish-brown: petioles 1.5-2.5 

 cm. long, slender : blades 2.5-6 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm - broad, ovate, 

 rounded or blunt at the base, very short-pointed and acute or ob- 

 tuse at the apex, crenate -dentate, very thin, pale below, 3-nerved : 

 peduncles 4 or 5 cm. long, filiform, nearly erect, the cyme racemi- 

 form and secund, one or two cm. long, the flowers cymosely 

 clustered at intervals of about 3-7 mm.: bracts 2 mm. long, 

 broadly ovate, acute : pistil conical, a little shorter than the bract : 

 the stigma capitate, small. Staminate flowers not seen. 



Yungas, 6000 ft, 1885 (no. 1756). The same as Bang's no. 

 1788. Species near P. ciliaris. 



Pilea sublobata sp. nov. 



Younger portions and lower leaf-surfaces sparsely short-pilose : 



