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Tomentum ramulorum dense et breve. Folia majora 4-8 poll. longa, petiolo 1-3-pollicare, alterum cujusve 
paris altero dimidio vel triplo minus, omnia subtus canescenti-tomentosa et venis valde elevatis eleganter 
fenestrata, et pustulis, in pagina superiore elevatis in inferiore foveolato-depressis, quasi punctata. Panicule 
bipollicares, parum ramosz, novelle: terminales sed ramulus in axilla folii majoris mox evolvitur et panicula 
jam ante anthesin axillaris videtur folio minore subtensa. Flores magnitudine fere C. surinamensis cui hee 
species affinis quidem sed characteribus datis satis diversa videtur. 
300. Cuipemra barbinervis, sp. n., ramis petiolisque villis longis rufis simplicibus ramosisque 
dense vestitis, foliis parum inzequalibus breve petiolatis ovali-ellipticis suboblongisve acuminatis basi 
rotundato-cordatis subintegerrimis 5-nerviis supra setosis subtus ad venas rufo-barbatis, panicula 
thyrsoidea terminali setoso-hispidissima, floribus capitato-congestis, calycis hispidissimi dentibus 
breviter subulatis.—Tumaco, Guayaquil. 
Folia cujusve paris vulgo fere zequalia, alterum altero rarius subdimidio minus; majora 9-10 poll. longa, 
ramealia 4-5-pollicaria ; setee paginee superioris numerosee, at non e pustula orte. Panicula 2-3-pollicaris, 
ramis paucis, ramulis capitulum ferentibus multiflorum, setis dense obtectum. Flores pentameri, in capitulo 
sessiles, bractea ovata subtensi. Calycis laciniee minute. Petala obovato-oblonga, obtusa, tubo calycino 
equilonga, Filamenta petalis sublongiora. Anthere lineares, 
301. Cuipemia polyandra, sp. n., (Plate XXXIV.) ramis petiolisque glanduloso-pilosis et rufo- 
pubescentibus, foliis vix disparibus petiolatis amplis late cordato-ovatis acuminatis crenulatis 7-9- 
nerviis utrinque viscido-puberulis, panicula brevi lata, floribus 7-9-meris polyandris, calycis dentibus 
latis acutis—Columbia. 
Ramuli ut in Tococis alternatim compressi, uti petioli pedunculi et coste foliorum pilis glanduliferis rufo- 
hirsuti, pube brevi substellata rufescente intermixta. Folia 8-10 poll. longa, crenis ineequalibus. Panicula 
fere Tococw, cui heec species etiam floribus affinis, et fere quo jure huic vel Clidemie referenda. Calycis tubus 
ovoideus, limbus cyathiformis, 7-9-dentatus. Petala 7-9, obovata, obtusa. Stamina cirea 30; anther lineares, 
apice uniporose, basi brevissime bituberculatee. Ovarium calycis tubo omnino adnatum, carnosum, 7-9-loculare, 
apice paucisetum (vel nudum?), Stylus subulatus apice clavatus, obtusus, tenuiter stigmatosus. Fructus 
baccatus. 
The habit of this plant not being decidedly that of either of the allied genera 
Miconia, Tococa, and Clidemia, I had at first considered it as a new genus charac- 
terised by the indefinite stamens in an order in which the definite stamens had 
been considered as one of the essential characters, but the same multiplication of 
stamina has now been observed in a true Miconia (M. polyandra, Gardn.) and in 
several Conostegie@, and proves in no case to be of generic but only of specific 
value. I have, therefore, referred the present species to Clidemia, which, 
amongst several closely allied and indeed barely distinct genera, it approaches 
the nearest. 
Plate XXXIV. fig. 1, flower expanded seen from above ; fig. 2, calyx and style; fig. 3, an- 
ther; fig. 4, ovary and style, vertical section: fig. 5, transverse section of ovary; all magnified. 
302. Oxymeris macrophylla, sp. n., ramulis compressiusculis vel obtuse tetragonis, novellis lana 
subsquamosa mox derasa rufescentibus, foliis amplis obovatis breviter acuminatis basi longe sngustatis 
5-nerviis pulchre venosis glabris vel subtus ad venas sublanatis, paniculis axillaribus sessilibus diva- 
ricato-ramosis rufo-tomentosis.—Cocos Island. 
