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Calyces 3| lin. longi. Corolla alba, 7 lin. longa, in sper- 

 mine raeo cum genitalibus a vermibus fere destructa. Capsula 

 globosa. 



899. E. glomeratus, Nees et Mart. — Chois. in DC. Prod. 

 9, p. 442. — British Guiana, Schomburgk, 1st Coll. ; also 2nd 

 Coll. n. 296 (557).— Piauhy in Brazil, Gardner, n. 2255, 

 2257. 



900. E. sericeus, Svv.— Chois. in DC. Prod. 9, p. 443.— 

 Dry savannahs, British Guiana, Schomburgk, 1st Coll. n. 623, 

 2nd Coll. n. 338 (526), 



901. E. alsinoides, Linn. — Chois. in DC. Prod. 9, p. 447. 

 — S. Isabel, on the Rio Negro, Schomburgh, 1st Coll. 

 n. 1012. 



902. E. linifolius, Linn.— Chois. in DC. Prod. 9, p. 449.— 

 British Guiana, Schomburgh, 2nd Coll. n. 483 (741). 



903. Dicranostyles scandens, gen. nov. — Camanow, in 

 British Guiana, Schomburgh, 1st Coll. n. 1010. 



Char. gen. — Calyx 5-fidus, lobis imbricatis. Corolla; 

 tubus brevis, limbus patens, 5-partitus, segmentis aestivatione 

 valvato-induplicatis. Stamina tubo inserta. Antherae ver- 

 satiles, loculis contiguis, connectivo subnullo. Ovarium (in- 

 complete?) biloculare, ovulis in loculis geminis adscendenti- 

 bus. Stylus apice bifidus, lobis apice capitato-stigmatosis. 



£>. scandens. Frutex alte scandens, habitu Lysiostyli mox 

 descripturo affinis. Hamuli juniores, petioli et inflorescentia 

 tomento tenuissimo cinerascentes. Folia alterna petiolata, 

 3-4-pollicaria, oblonga, longe et abrupte acuminata, basi 

 cuneata et breviter complicata, coriacea utrinque glabra, 

 supra nitidula, subtus pallida, costa media prominula, venis 

 tenuibus. Paniculae axillares, racemiformes, ] -2-pollicares, 

 c ymis subtrifloris fere sessilibus. Bracteae parvae, squamae- 

 formes, acutae. Pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx tomentellus, 

 Vl * lineam longus, laciniis orbiculatis obtusis. Corollae tubus 

 glaber, calycem aequans, apice in faucem expansus, limbi 

 kciniae fere 2 lin. longae, extus adpresse pubescentes, apice 

 acutmsculae, leviter inflexee, non mucronatae. Stamina medio 

 t«bo inserta; filamenta inferne dilatata, glanduloso-hirtella, 



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