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342. S. parviflora, DC. Prod. Ill. p. 113.—Petala 4, 
oblonga. Stamina 8, consimilia. Connectiva postice subu- 
lato-appendiculata.—Shady places, British Guiana. Schom- 
burgk, n. 318. 
Gardner’s n. 1009 is Bertolonia maculata, and n. 388, a 
new species nearly allied to B. Leuzeana, DC. 
343. Meisneria cordifolia (sp. n.) ; perennis v. suffruticosa, 
humilis, erecta, hirsutissima, foliis sessilibus late cordato- 
ovatis margine revolutis, bracteis parvis oblongis acuminatis. 
—Caulis basi perennis, sublignosus. Rami erecti, stricti, 
ramosi, usque ad apicem dense foliosi, 4—6-pollicares, pilis 
rigidis flavicantibus uti folia et calyces hispidi. Folia mar- 
gine revoluta, 2—3 lin. longa. Flores axillares, inferiores 
solitarii, superiores cymosi, racemum oblongum terminalem 
foliosum formantes. Antherz alterne oblong rostrate pol- 
liniferæ, alternze lineares castrate—British Guiana. Schom- 
burgk, n. 1062. 
344. Rhynchanthera grandiflora, DC. Prod. ILI. p. 107.— 
Capsula trilocularis.—French Guiana. Leprieur, Herb. 
Par. n. 85. 
345. R. acuminata (sp. n.); suffruticosa, elata, opposite 
Tàmosa, ramis brevissime viscoso-puberulis v. demum glabra- 
tis, foliis petiolatis lanceolato-cordatis acuminatis margine 
serrulato-ciliatis minute setulosis rarius hispidulis glabratisve 
5—'-nerviis v. rarius 9-nerviis, panicula dichotoma laxa, 
floribus breviter pedicellatis pentandris monodynamis, calycis 
tubo ovato subglabro laciniis subulatis breviore, filamentis 
sterilibus filiformibus minimis.—Habitus laxior quam in R. 
grandiflora. Folia 2—3-pollicaria, majora vix pollicem lata. 
Flores fere R. grandiflore. Capsula 4-locularis.— Savannahs 
at Anna-y. Schomburgk, n. 82. In some of the later sets 
the specimens belong to a more hairy variety. 
.. 3946. R. monodynama, DC, Prod. III. p. 107.—Moist 
savannahs near Roreima. Schomburgk.—Capsule 4-celled. 
947. R. serrulata, DC. Prod. III. p. 108?— French Guiana. 
Leprieur, Herb. Par. n. 15.— My specimen is not in flower, 
but appears to be this plant. : : ; 
