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pilosula. V. cymosa, Bertol. vix ab hac differre videtur, nec longe distat V. cujabensis Mart, tomento 
densiore in pagina inferiore vestita.—Guayaquil. 
724. Virex lasiophylla, sp. n., ramulis ferrugineo-villosis, foliolis subternis oblongis obtusis 
utrinque molliter villosis lateralibus minoribus nunc minimis vel nullis, cymis axillaribus dichotomis 
villosis folio brevioribus.— V. mollis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech., p. 305, non Humb. et Kunth.— 
Manzanilla Bay. 
Frutex? Ramuli juniores pube densa ferruginea obtecti, annotini glabrati. Petioli subpollicares. 
Foliola subsessilia, terminale 2-3 poll. longum, vix pollicem latum vel sepius angustius, basi rotundatum vel 
breviter cuneatum, subcoriaceum, etiam vetustius villosum, nec unquam glabratum vel nitidum, lateralia nunc 
dimidio breviora, nune vix 2-3 lin. longa vel plane nulla. Pedunculi petiolo subeequilongi, bis terve divaricato- 
ramosi, uti rami et calyces molliter villosi. Bracteee parve. Pedicelli brevissimi. Calyces per anthesin linea 
paullo longiores, truncati, minute 5-dentati, fructiferi aucti, cyathiformes. Corolla in specimine imperfecto 
calyce subtriplo longior videtur. 
725. AvicennIA Meyeri, Miq. Linnea, 18. p. 264.—Guatemala to Guayaquil, not uncommon, 
always in salt water—Probably a mere narrow-leaved variety of A. tomentosa; yet the several 
forms of this plant are said to differ much in stature and aspect, and require further examination 
as to flowers and fruit, generally very imperfect in the specimens preserved in herbaria. 
LENTIBULARIER.* 
726. Urricunartia aphylla, Ruiz et Pav.—A. DC. Prod. 8. p. 17.—Guayaquil. 
727. Pineuicuwa lilacina, Cham. Schlecht.—A. DC. Prod. 8. p. 31.—Realejo. 
PLUMBAGINER. 
728. PuumBaco scandens, Linn.—Mexico to Guayaquil. 
NYCTAGINER. 
729. Mrrasiuis jalapa, Linn.—Realejo. 
: 730. Bouvoa lanceolata, Lag.—Reem. Schult. Syst. 1. p. 522.— Salpianthus arenarius, Humb. 
et Bonpl. Pl. Aq. 1. p. 153. t. 44.—Acapulco. 
731. Boupoa ovatifolia, Lag. ex charactere nimis brevi in Reem. Schult. Syst. 1. p. b22.— 
Folia ampla, late cordato-ovata. Flores vix lineam longi, glomerati, glomerulis paniculatis.—Tepic. 
732. Borrwaavia polymorpha, A. Rich.—supra p. 43.—Guayaquil, Huamantango. 
* Omitted above, p. 123. 
