106 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
Has. On trees in forests in the Organ Mountains, at an . 
elevation of about 4000 feet. FI. February. : 
Folia 3 poll. longa, 3-4 lin. lata. Spice pollicem longe. 
Near V. affine, Pohl. 
437 et 5727. Viscum ellipticum ; ramis teretibus junioribus 2 
compressis striatis, foliis ellipticis vel obovato SE 
breviter petiolatis obtusis 3-nerviis, spicis axillaribus soli- - 
tariis folio triplo fere brevioribus, baccis ovatis rachi im- à 
mersis. : 
Has. On the branches of a species of Gaylussacia, in open — 
rocky places on the Organ Mountains, at an elevation of | : 
about 5000 feet. FI. March. — 
Planta parva, vix pedalis, ramosa. Folia 6-9 lin. longa, 
4-5 lin. lata. Spice 2-3 lin. longae. 
RUBIACE. 
5737. Hindsia ramosissima; fruticosa, ramosissima, ramulis 
glabris, foliis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis obtuse acumi- 
natis basi acutis margine subreflexis venis utrinque 6-8 viX 
prominentibus supra glaberrimis nitidis subtus ad nervos 
pilosis, axillis venarum barbatis, calycis laciniis parum in- 
eequalibus, corollz tubo 8 lin. longo, laciniis oblongo- - 
lanceolatis obtusis, a 
Has. Open rocky places on the Organ Mountains, at an - 
elevation of about 5000 feet. FI. March. 3 
Frutex bipedalis. Folia 15-18.lin. longa, 4-5-lin. lata. 
Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis oblongis obtusis. Corolla pubescens 
Allied to H. longiflora (my n. 457 and 5738), from which 
it is principally distinguished by being about one half smaller 
in all its parts. ae 
5736. Declieuxia cærulea ; suffruticosa glabra, caulibus tere- 
tibus prostratis, ramis fastigiatis erectis tetragonis foliosis; 
foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis mar- 
gine revolutis, cyma terminali pedunculata trichotoma sub- 
fastigiata, staminibus lobos corollæ æquantibus. 
Has. In broad masses on flat rocky places, near the 
of the Organ Mountains, FI, March. 
