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basi cordatis bullato-rugosis supra hirtis subtus rufo-villosis 
nervis utrinque ramis racemisque densissime rufo-velutinis, 
racemis elongatis strictis. subcompositis, bracteolis peltato- 
glanduliferis, calycis hirsutissimi tubo oblongo, staminibus 
fertilibus 5.— Folia subsessilia 3-4 poll. longa. Stipule et 
bracteze lanceolato-subulate. Pedicelli 1-4—flori. : Bracteolee 
breves late: glandulis stipitatis peltatis ciliate. Calycis tubus 
li lin. lacinise tubo sequilongz intus glabre. ^ Petala vix 
calycem zequantia. Filamenta glabra 4-5 lin. longa.— Near 
mount Arawogany, British Guiana.  Schomburgk. 
291. H. rubra, sp. n.; foliis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis 
V. breviter acuminatis coriaceis subtus ramisque velutino- 
tomentosis, supra scabriusculis ad venas hirtellis, racemis 
paniculatis, bracteasstipitato-glanduliferis, calycibus subciliatis 
tubo ovato turbinato, staminibus fertilibus sex.— Vix non 
characteri Zuccariniano H. glandulosa conformis, calycis tamen 
tubus (1 lin. longus) basi attenuatus est, flores teste Schom- 
burgkio rubri nec albi, et stamina fertilia semper sex. Petioli 
brevissimi sunt. Folia 2-2} pollicaria.—Savannahs near 
Pirarara. Schomburgk, n. 113. = [4d ai supo 
-. Gardner's specimens from Ceara, marked in my set n. 
1591? agree with 2uecarini’s character of H. ciliata, except- 
ing that I find always eight instead of seven fertile stamens. 
292. H. paniculata, Sw.—Ruce. l.c. p. 85.— H. hirsuta, 
Lam.—DC. Prod. II. p. 528.—On the Essequibo, Schom- 
burgk, n. 7.— French Guiana. Leprieur, Herb. Par. n. 58. 
293. H. eriandra, sp. n.; foliis ovali-ellipticis acute acu- 
minatis basi rotundatis utrinque sparse pilosulis subscabris vi 
ad venas ramulisque rufo-pubescentibus, racemo composito 
* ferrugineo-pubescente, bracteis bracteolisque parvis subeglan- 
dulosis, calycis tubo obconico brevi, staminibus fertilibus 7, 
filamentis basi villosis.— Folia 3-4-pollicaria, novella, acumine 
excepto, utrinque velutina, adulta d oo ampi 
coriacea. Panicula in specimine meo &- 
abscisso brevis estet parce ramosa. . Bracteole nonnullz, 
glandula unica stipitata terminate: sunt.—Pedrero, Schom- 
burgk, n. 886. - T Foe is 
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