SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS. 9 



formi; floribus 5-meris^ extra-axillaribus (2-3-4), pedunculis 

 [ filiformibusj elongatis, cernuis ; corollse tubo brevi, limbo an- 

 gulato sub-5-lobo_, laciniis acutis, staminibus glabris inclusis ; 

 bacca minima, calyce parvulo suffulta. — Caxamarca, Peruvise. 



The leaves of this species are from 1^ to 2 inches long, and 9 

 to 12 lines broad, on a tomentose petiole 3 lines long. The pe- 

 duncles, from 9 to 11 lines in length, are slender, hairy, depen- 

 dent, but erect in fruit ; the flowers are the size of those of the 

 two former species ; the calyx is urceolate, incano-tomentose, 

 with five short linear teeth ; the corolla is hairy outside, has a 

 plicate and a somewhat pentangular limb with acute angles j the 

 stamens, five or six, are short, smooth and erect; 'the berry, not 

 larger than a peppercorp, is supported on its very small persist- 

 ent calyx. 



5. Brachistus rhomhoideus. Witherlngia rhomboidea, H. B. K, 

 he. cit, 15. — fruticosus, ramis teretibus, tomentosis; foliis 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, basi rotundatis et insequalibus, integer- 

 rimis, supra molliter pubescentibus, subtus cano-tomentosis, 

 geminis, altero minore; floribus paucis (4-6), extra-axillaribus, 

 fasciculatis, pedunculis filiformibus petiolo longioribus ; corolla 

 rotata, limbo 5-fido^ laciniis acutis, apice hirteUis. — Nova Gra- 

 nada (Quindiu). 



The branches of this species are said to be somewhat scandent ; 

 the leaves are scarcely 1 inch long, | inch broad, upon cano- 

 tomentose petioles 2 to 5 lines in length : the peduncles are 4 or 

 5 lines long, cernuous in flower, erect and 7 to 8 lines long in 

 fruit. The flowers are the size of those of the three foregoing 

 species; the calyx, cano-tomentose, is urceolate, with a nearly 

 entire margin, and five short linear distant teeth : the corolla is 

 glabrous, with a rotate 5-fid border, the segments being oblong, 

 acute and hairy at the apex ; the filaments are subulate, short 

 and smooth. 



6. Brachistus dumetomm. Witheringia dumetorum, //. J5. A^ /oc. 

 cit. 16.— fruticosus, ramulis subangulatis, junioribus tomen- 

 tosis ; foliis ovatis, subacuminatis, basi cuncatis, supra hirto- 

 pilosis, subtus hirto- tomentosis et canescentibus, supcrioribus 

 geminis, altero minore; floribus geminis aut ternis, extra- 

 axillaribus, pedunculis fihformibus, tomentosis, petiolo multo 

 longioribus ; corolla rotata, limbo 5-fido, laciniis brevibus, 

 acutis, apice hirtis ; staminibus inclusis, glabris. — Nova Gra- 

 nada. 



The leaves have a somewhat obtusely pointed acuminated apex, 

 and are gradually contracted at base upon a short and caniculate 

 tomentose petiole of 2 lines in length ; they are from 12 to 16 



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