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*** Spicis ohlongis cylindrlcisve. 



107. M. calodendron (Mart. ! 1. c. n. 108T), ramulis petio- 

 lisque lepidoto-v. floccoso-tomentosis, stipulis abbreviatis 

 tlemum induratis, pinnis 2 — 3-jngls, foliolis 8 — 12-jiigi.s ova- 

 tis V, ovato-oblongis obtiisissiniis supra glabris nitidis siibtus 

 albo-tomentosis sublepidotis, spicis oblongis densis — jNlinas 

 Geraes, I^angsdorff, Sella, 31artius. — Spicac 6 — 8-lin. loiigac. 



108. W. furfur acea (sp. n.), ramulis petiolisque rufescen- 

 til)us furfuraceo-tomentosis pills densissimis stellato-plu mo- 

 sis, pinnis 3 — 4-jugis, stipulis lanceolato-subulatis, foliolis 

 10 — 15-jugis oblique ovatis obtusissimis utrinque lepidoto- 

 tomentosis, spicis oblongo-cylindraceis brevibus densis pani- 

 culatis, bracteolis corollam snperantibns. — Spica?poHice bre- 

 viores. — Brazil, Sello. 



109. M. sordida (sp. n.), ramuliS petiolisque tomento sub- 

 lepidoto rufescentibus, stipulis setaceis, pinnis 3 — 4-jugis, 

 foliolis 10— 15-jngis oblique ovato-oblongis obtusis utrinque 

 stellato-tomentosis sul)tus rufidis, spicis oblongis parvis densis, 

 bracteolis corolla dimidio brevioribus. — Spicac vix unquam 

 semipollicares Brazil, Pofd. 



1 iO. M. daleoides (sp. n.), ramis petiolisque pilis brevibus 

 plumosis et tomento lepidoto obtectis, pinnis unijugis, folio- 

 lis 10 — 15-jugis oblongis obtusis supra incano-subtus lepido- 

 to~tomentosis, spicis cylindricis gracilibus brevibus, bracteolis 



corollas subaequantibus Brazil, Sello ; Prov. St Paul, 



Latigsdorff. — Spicae 7 — 8-lin longse, interdum basi subinter- 

 ruptse. 



111. M. C7/Iindracea (sp. n.), ramis petiolisque pilis plu- 

 mosis et tomento lepidoto obtectis, stipulis setaceis, pinnis 

 sub-5-jugis, foliolis 15— 20-jugis oblongis obtusis utrinque 

 lepidoto-tomentosis, spicis cjlindraceis densis paniculatis, 

 bracteolis corolla brevioribus. — Spicse pollice paullo longi- 

 ores. — Brazil, Po/il. 



I have another species of this group, allied apparently 

 to M. calothamnus from Langsdorff's collection, but the spe- 

 cimen is too imperfect to describe. 



