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superne filiformia, libera, corollam aequantia. Antherae 

 breviter oblongae. Stylus glaber, filiformis, corollam aequans, 

 lobis brevibus filiformibus. 



904. Lysiostyles scandens, gen. nov. — Maboodahu, British 

 Guiana, Schomburgk, 1st Coll. n. 491. — var. latifolia. — Bri- 

 tish Guiana, Schomburgk, 2nd Coll. n. 763 (1532;. 



Char. gen. — Calyx 5-fidus, lobis imbricatis. Corollse 

 tubus brevis, limbus rotatus 5-partitus, segmentis sestivatione 

 valvato-induplicatis. Stamina ad faucem inserta. Anthe- 

 rarum loculi paralleli discreti, ad basin connectivi crassi 

 adnati. Ovarium 1-loculare. Ovula 4, erecta. Styli 2, 

 usque ad basin distincti, apice capitato-stigmatosi. 



L. scandens. Caulis lignosus super arbores altissimos scan- 

 dens. Ramuli novelli uti petioli et pedunculi pube rubiginosa 

 vestiti, annotini glabri. Folia alterna, petiolata, 3-5-pollicaria, 

 oblonga, breviter acuminata, basi obtusa, coriacea, supra fere 

 glabra, sed tactu scabriuscula et interdum ad venas pilosula, 

 subtus rubiginoso-tomentella. Costa media et venae primariee 

 utrinsecus 6-7 subtus valde prominentes, supra impressae ; 

 rete venarum nonnisi in pagina inferiore conspicuum. Pa- 

 niculae axillares, solitaries v. geminae, 1-2-pollicares, simplices, 

 ramulis brevibus alternis cymoso-3-5-floris. Bracteae mi- 

 nute squamaeformes v. nullae. Pedicelli linea breviores. 

 Calyx lineam longus, rubiginoso-tomentellus, ultra medium 

 divisus in lobos orbiculares obtusos subaequales. Corollas 

 albae tubus vix calycem aequans, laciniae l| lin. longae, trian- 

 gulares, acutae, mucrone longo piliformi terniinatae, extus 

 villosae intus glabrae. Stamina corolla breviora, glabra. Fila- 

 menta basi incrassata, faucem corollas fere claudentia, dein 

 filiformia. Connectivum oblongum, obtusum, crasso-com- 

 pressum, basi utrinque loculum ferens connectivo ipso dimidio 

 breviorem. Ovarium sessile, depresso-globosum, apice vil- 

 losissimum. Dissepimenti incompleti rudimentum tenue. 

 Ovula 4 e centro ovaria adscendentia. Styli breves, glabri. 



The above two genera are so closely allied to each other 

 in habit, inflorescence, calyx and corolla, that I should not 

 have hesitated in uniting them, could that have been done 



