OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 377 
cm. lat., glabra, membranacea, sicca leete viridia. Petioli brevissimi, nec ultra 0-2 
em. long., interdum obsoleti. Pedunculi 1:5-3:0 cm. long. pubescentes, dein 
fere glabri.  Panicule 2:5-3:0 em. diam., puberulie vel pubescentes, Bractew usque 
ad 1:3 em. long. et 0'4 cm. lat., plerumque vero minores, albze, in sicco straminem. 
Flores albi. Ovarium sub flore 0:06 cm. long. et lat., costulatum, glabrum. Calyx 
0-04 em. long. Corollæ lobi vix 0'2 em. long., acuti, extus, preesertim apice, pilosuli. 
Anthere 0'2 em. long., 0°04 cm. lat., apice obtusæ, breviter exsertæ. | Stylus 0:25 
0:25 cm. long., glaber. Stigmata 0'2 em. long., sursum ampliata, obtusa. 
Cum Psychotriá lupuliná, Benth., et P. leucopheá, Paepp. et Endl., componenda, ab 
illà vero distans bracteis necnon floribus disparibus,ab hic preeter alia stipulis diversis, foliis 
minoribus nec longe acuminatis, bracteis comparative exiguis, floribus diversiformibus et 
albis nec violaceis. [| Amazonia. | 
PsYCHOTRIA OREADUM, var. ? VIRIDIS (nov.). 
Cum P. Oreadum optime congruens, sed bractez latiores, firmiores, virides, nec albi. 
Flores desunt. Baccze late depresse ovoidez, nunc didyme, nunc integre, vive 
luride virides. Fruticulus semimetralis. 
Hab, Crescit inter Santa Cruz et Villa Maria in ripà fl. Paraguay. Floret mens. Dec. 
(N. 838.) 
PsvcHoTRIA TRIPHYLLA, Muell. Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. pars v. p. 233. 
Hab. Frutex altus; viget in sylvà primeeva inter Santa Cruz et Campos de Tapirapuan, 
itaque ad Santa Cruz. Floret menss. Sept.-Nov. (Nn. 375, 563.) [Amazonia, Guiana.] 
Psycuorria MARCGRAVII ?, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. Cur. Post. p. 79. 
Hab. Reperi in sylvà primevá inter Santa Cruz et Campos de Tapirapuan mens. 
Sept. (N. 402.) 
Suffrutex metralis. Pedunculus necnon pedicelli rubri, flores violacei. 
Owing to the immaturity of the flowers, I find it impossible to name this plant 
without some doubt as to the identification. 
PsYCHOTRIA CUJABENSIS, Schlecht. in Linnæa, xxviii. (1856) p. 507. 
Hab. In sylvis juxta fl. Paraguay, inter Santa Cruz et Diamantino, mens. Oct. florens. 
(N. 618.) 
Frutex metralis. Flores albi. [Matto Grosso.] 
PsYCHOTRIA SUBCROCEA, Muell. Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. pars v. p. 244. 
Hab. Crescit juxta Santa Cruz, neenon ad ripas fl Paraguay inter Santa Cruz et 
Diamantino, mens. Dec. florens. (Nn. 606, 812.) 
Frutex metralis. Pedunculi et pedicelli corallini; flores lutei, inta. Specimina 
mea a typo divergunt foliis longius petiolatis (pet. usque ad 1:0 cm. long.) et corollze 
tubo abbreviato, neque ultra 0'9 cm. long. 
[have been in much doubt about this identification. The chief points of difference 
between my specimens and the type are the longish petioles, which in the type are only 
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