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glabra, ramealia et juniora in specimine minora, subtus preesertim pilis appressis pubescentia. Panicula ampla, 
gracilis, foliata; rami primarii oppositi, superiores seepe ad utrumque latus gemini vel terni, longior scilicet ad 
axillam brevioris insertus, nec verticillati. Bracteze minute, uti ramuli pubescentes. Flores seeus ramulos 
ultimos 3-6 lin. longos spicatim dispositi, sessiles, subdissiti, lineam longi. Bracteee 3, ovate, perigonio 
dimidio breviores. Perigonii lacinie glabree, exceptis pilis exterioribus e basi perigonii ortis, qui per anthesin 
flore breviores sunt, in fructu tamen perigonium longe superant. Filamenta fertilia perigonio breviora, non 
ciliata, oriuntur e crenis cupule ovarium eequantis. Ovarium depresso-globosum, basi attenuatum. Stylus 
(vel si mavis stigma) brevissimus, capitato-bilobus, crassiuscule stigmatosus. 
The characters derived from the stamens would place this plant nearer Troms- 
dorffia than Hebanthe, but the habit is totally different. I should have considered 
it as the same as IJresine grandiflora, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 102, but that the stamens 
are there figured as entirely without intermediate lobes. There is little doubt, 
however, but that the latter plant should also be included in Hebanthe, as the 
flowers are hermaphrodite, not diwcious as in Jresine. 
737. Gompsrena globosa, Linn.—Guayaquil, but, perhaps, not really wild. 
738. Gompnrena decumbens, Jacq.—G. celosicides, Mart.—Realejo. 
739. BranpEsta pycnantha, sp. n., foliis lanceolatis acuminatis cauleque pilosulis vel demum 
glabratis, capitulis compositis dense corymbosis, corymbis paniculatis, bracteis acutis, perigonio laxe 
piloso.— Brandesia, sp. n., Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 308.—Acapuleco. 
Planta ex speciminibus scandere videtur. Rami herbacei, teretes vel obtuse tetragoni. Folia 2-4 poll. 
longa, 6-12 lin. lata, utrinque viridia, pilis brevibus raro omnino evanescentibus conspersa. Panicule rami 
divaricati, apice corymboso-polycephali, capitulis albidis floribusque quam in B. porrigente majoribus. 
Bracteze breves, late, acutee sed non aristate. Perigonii segmenta subeequalia, late oblongo-lanceolata, 
concava, acuta, extus pilis longis laxis at vix implexis vestita. Staminum tubus brevis; filamenta sterilia 
dilatata, apice fimbriata, quam fertilia paullo longiora. Stylus brevis, apice capitato-stigmatosus. 
740. Branvesta pubiflora, sp. n., foliis ovatis acutis utrinque cauleque molliter pubescentibus, 
capitulis ovato-globosis pedunculatis sessilibusque solitariis vel subaggregatis, bracteis lanceolatis 
acutis, perigonii segmentis hirtis—Guayaquil. 
Caulis decumbens videtur, uti folia pilis subappressis mollibus vestitus. Folia breviter petiolata, 1-2 
poll. longa, 6-12 lin. lata, summa proportione angustiora, omnia utrinque acuta. Capitula iis Gomphrene 
decumbentis minora et pleraque subglobosa, alia ad nodos in pedunculo sesquipollicari solitaria, alia ad basin 
pedunculi sessilia vel in pedunculo subramoso aggregata vel interrupte sessilia, omnia in sicco alba. Bractee 
perigonio subtriplo breviores. Perigonii segmenta lanceolata, acuta, 24 vel demum fere 3 lin. longa, extus 
pilis brevibus mollibus hirta. Tubus stamineus ovarium equans ; filamenta sterilia angusta, apice fimbriata ; 
fertilia multo breviora. Stylus brevis, apice capitato-stigmatosus. 
741. Branpesta pubiflora, var? glomerata, pube tenuiore, foliis ovatis lanceolatisve 2-3-polli- 
caribus, capitulis seepius aggregato-sessilibus, in sicco flavicantibus. An species propria ?— 
Guayaquil. 
742. Bucnourata frutescens, Mart.—Panama to Guayaquil. 
743. Acuyrantuss aspera, Linn.—Tepic; Guayaquil. Probably introduced. 
744. Amarantuus spinosus, Linn.—Guayaquil. 
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