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of Gardner’s Pernambuco collection, has the flowers of 
Mogquilea:—M. tomentosa, foliis obovato-v. elliptico-oblongis 
acutis utrinque ramisque tomento laxo candidis demum supra 
denudatis, racemissubsimplicibus (in M. Guianensi paniculato- 
ramosis.) Folia 2-pollicaria. Stipulee lanceolato-subulate. 
Racemi in ramis annotinis 2—3-pollicares. Pedicelli calyce 
breviores uniflori. Calyces incani late campanulati semi-5— 
fidi. Petala parva. Stamina circa 40. 
285. Couepia (Eucouepia) comosa (sp. n.); foliis ovato- 
ellipticis oblongisve acutis basi rotundatis coriaceis suprà 
demum glabratis subtus tomento brevissimo rufis, panicula 
terminali stricta, calycis tomentelli tubo cylindrico, petalis 
extus pubescentibus ciliatis, staminibus ultra 40 orbe com- 
pleto.— Folia 2—3-pollicaria, juniora supra tomento tenu- 
issimo laxo scabriuscula, adulta vix nitida. Panicula vix 
basi ramosa 3—5-pollicaris. Calycis tubus 4 lin. longus, 
apice obliquus, lacinise superiores tubo sublongiores. Petala 
superiora 5 lin. longa. Stamina pollicaria.—Falls of the 
Essequibo. Schomburgk, n. 28. j 
286. C. ( Eucouepia) bracteosa (sp. n.); foliis ovali-ellipticis 
amplis brevissime acuminatis basi subcordatis crassis coriaceis 
rigidis supra nitidis subtus leviter canescentibus, racemis 
brevibus densis, bracteis ovatis appressis calyce sessili vix 
brevioribus, staminibus circa 40 orbe completo.— Folia 4-6 
poll. longa, 21—31 poll. lata. Vene subtus valde promi- 
` nentes Bracteæ fuscæ dorso pubescentes margine membran- 
aces. Calyces tomentosi. Petala alba glabra.— Sandy 
savannahs, British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 485. |^ 
To the same section Eucouepia, should be referred Moquilea 
grandiflora, Mart. et Zucc.; M. Uiti, Mart. et Zucc. ; and 
M. Canomensis, Mart.; all described by Zuccarini in the. 
above-mentioned part of the Flora, p. 90 to 92. — i 
287. C. (Hemicouepia) multiflora (sp. n.); foliis ovali- 
ellipticis amplis brevissime acuminatis basi subcordatis crassis 
coriaceis rigidis supra nitidis subtus incanis, panicula terminali 
tomentosa, bracteis parvis deciduis, petalis glabris, staminibus 
circa 30 unilateralibus.—Folia fere C. bracteose sed subtus 
