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compressed, and as they grow old they become covered with 
black spreading hairs, and the seeds are but little curved. 
330. Marcetia tazifolia, DC. Prod. MI. p.124.—High moun- 
tains in the Sierra Parima near Roreima. Schomburgk, n. 
. 1040.—Alagoas, Gardner, n. 1288.—Gardner's n. 128%, and 
Blanchet’s n. 2607, 2608, and 2610, appear also to be Mee. 
tias, 
331. Comolia microphylla, (sp. n.); fruticosa, direi 
ramosissima, viscoso-hirta, foliis petiolatis ovatis trinerviis 
subserratis utrinque viscoso-villosis, calycis laciniis ciliatis. 
Rami pilis glanduliferis rubiginosi. Folia pleraque 3—4 lin. 
vix unquam semipollicsris, crassiuscula, basi rotundata 
velangustata. Flores axillares solitarii, breviter pedicellati. 
Calycis tubus 1-14 lin. longus, ovatus, limbi lacinize 4 ob- 
longo-lineares sinu lato separate, pilis longis apice glanduli- 
feris ciliata. Petala 4, calyce plus duplo longiora, obovato- 
orbiculata. Stamina 8. Anthere oblongo-lineares, con- 
hectivo postice breviter producto incurvo obtuso. Capsula 
calyce inclusa, glabra, 2-locularis, 2-valvis. Semina cochle- 
ata.—British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 106, in the: siir 
Sets. 
.. 832. C. veronicafolia laps n.); herbacea vel milain 
ramis elongatis procumbentibus v. divariçatis pilosis, foliis 
petiolatisobovatis serrato-ciliatistrinerviis sparse pilosiusculis. 
~Habitus fere C. berberifolie, sed folia minime Berberidis, 
brevius ciliata. Pili ramorum sparsi, sepe hte! 
Folia distantia, 6—9 lin. longa, tenuia, subviscosa. Flores 
une breviter pedicellati, solitarii v. in pedunet T 
folioso 2—4. Calycis tubus 2 lin. RS obos 
lacini: 4, oblongo-lineares, sinu lato separate, pilis- longis 
apice glanduliferis ciliate. Petala 4, ampla, obovata. Sta- 
mina 8. Antherz lineares, connectivo postice breviter. pro- 
ducto bifido. Capsula calyce. inclusa, glabra, 2-locularis, 
2-valvis. Semina- incurva, iu "- ;hleata.— British: Guiana, 
Schomburgk, n. 326. _ 
333. JR ir "^ Mnt boil, rta, ' 
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