130 schomburgk's guiana plants. 



caria, majora poUice parum longiora, nunc fere orbiculata; 

 nunc rarius ovato-oblonga, pilis longis simplicibus in pagina 

 superiore sparsis, in inferiore secus venas dispositis. Petiolus 

 pilosus limbo saepe aequilongus. Capitula densa petiolo bre- 

 viora. Bracteae 3 — 4 lin. longae. Calyces tenuiter mem- 

 branacei, breviter 5-dentati. Petala calyce paullo longiora, 

 breviter unguiculata, oblonga, glabra. Tubus stamineus 

 brevissimus, filamenta petalis paullo breviora, antherae sub- 

 globosjE. Ovarium villosissimum. Styli glabriusculi. Cap- 

 sula depresso-globosa, vix pentagona, villosa, in semicoccos 

 10 loculicide et septicide dehiscens, columella 'persistente. 

 Semina transversim plicato-rugosa et bispida. — Rocky situ- 

 ations. — British Guiana; Schomburgk, n. 366. French Gui- 

 ana; Leprieur, Herb. Par. n. 122. 



672. M. (Riedleia) hirsuta, Cav. ? — Mougeotia hirsuta, 

 Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. v. p. 331. — French 

 Guiana; Herb. Par. n. 128. Bahia; Salzmann. — This 

 answers in every respect to Kunth's description, but I have 

 not compared it with Cavanille's figure, his sixth Disserta- 

 tion being wanting in my copy. 



673. M. (Riedleia) vestita (sp. n.) ; fruticosa, tota pilis 

 longis sericeo-villosissima, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis v. 

 ovali-oblongis obtusiusculis serratis basi subcordatis, stipulis 

 lanceolatis, floribus dense glomeratis, glomerulis spicatis 

 paucisque axillaribus, bracteis lanceolato-linearibus calyce 



longioribus, tubo stamineo 5-fido Frutex humilis dense 



foliosus. Rami, foliorum pagina utraque, stipularum pagina 

 inferior et inflorescentia pilis longis moUibus obtecta. Foli- 

 orum forma fere M. hirsutce. Inflorescentia densior. Brac- 

 teae longiores, hirsutiores. Corolla minor, petalis anguste 

 oblongis. Filamentorum pars libera tubo longior, nee ut in 

 M. hirsuta, brevissima subnulla. Stigmata glabra nee peni- 

 cillata. Capsula loculicide quinquevalvis, valvulis medio 

 sepliferis demum septicide fissis Savannahs, British Gui- 

 ana; Schomhurgk, n. 133. Piauhy ; Gardner, n. 2iSB. 



I have some West Indian specimens from Forsyth's her- 

 barium, marked M. hirsuta, with the habit of that plant; but 



