126 schomburgk's guiana plants. 



longa, leviter complanata et undulata ; antherae oblongffi. 

 Ovarium hispidissimum, simplex, biovulatum. Stylus pilo- 

 sus, stigmate profunda penicillato. — High banks of the Ru- 

 punoony ; Schomburgk, n. 722. 



Gardner's n. 2057, from Ceara, the same as Blanchet's 

 n. 2744, from Utinga, is a new Waltheria^ intermediate be- 

 tween this species and the W. ferruginea, St Hil. ; the broad 

 oblong or lanceolate bracteae are frequently joined two or 

 three together. 



662. W.uiscostssi'wia, St Hit. Fl. Bras. Merid. v. i. p. 150. 

 From the expedition to Roraima; Schomburgk. Ceara; 

 Gardner, n. 1462. Bahia; Salzmann and Gardner, n. 868. 



663. W. panictdata (sp. n.) ; caule sufFruticoso velutino- 

 tomentoso paniculato-ramosissimo, foliis oblongis obtusis ir- 

 regulariter crenulatis basi leviter cordatis utrinque molliter 

 sericeo-tomentosis, pedunculis folio longioribus, florum 

 glomerulis densis secundis, bracteis ovatis oblongisve acutis, 

 petalis glabris, — Habitus fere JV. viscosissimce, sed inflores- 

 centia densior, floribus numerosissimis. Folia bipollicaria, 

 petiolo fere semipoUicari. Hamuli floriferi numerosi, pani- 

 culam foliatam formantes. Bracteae numerosae, imbricatae, 

 inferiores fere ovatae, superiores anguste oblongse, uti calyces 

 pilis longis sericeis hirsutissima?. Calyx tubuloso-campanu- 

 latus, membranaceus, breviter 5-dentatus. Petala calyce 

 dimidio fere longiora, lamina basi angustata. Filamenta 

 supra tubum stamineum brevia. Ovarium basi glabrum, 

 apice hirsutissimum, biovulatum. Stigma breve, peniciila- 

 tum. Capsula monosperma.— Moist savannahs, British 

 Guiana; Schomburg/i, n. 67, in the earlier sets. 



Gardner's n. 930, from Pernambuco, is another paniculate 

 species allied to the last, but differing in the leaves and 

 bracts. 



664. W. Americana, L. — DC. Prodr. v. i. p. 492. — Bri- 

 tish Guiana; Schomburgk, n. 67, in the later sets; French 

 Guiana; Leprieur, Herb. Par. n. 127. 



Gardner's n. 1248, from Alagoas, is JV. elliptica of some 

 authors, with smaller flowers and smooth petals. Cuming's 



