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ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



oblongis 



lobo. 



diu, Goudot.) 



This SDecies i' 



stylo exserto, subincurvo ; stigmate clavato^ sub-2- 



Hook, (Los Tapios. Q 



different in form from the others ; they are S^-S^ inches long, 

 I inch wide^ on a petiole barely 1 inch in length, the smaller 

 geminate leaf being 10 lines long and 7 lines broad ; the peduncle 

 is scarcely 2 lines, and the corolla 2 lines in length j the calyx 

 is 1 line long and in diameter, submembranaceous, without ner- 

 vuresj and with five obsolete teeth on its almost entire margin =^. 



lancecefolius 



ramis ferrugineo-tomen- 



^b » A . 



lignei 



^ 9 



tosis,^ dichotomis, ramulis angulatis, divaricatim flexuosis, vix 



foliis alternis, lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, inte- 

 gris, supra parce, subtus densius fulvo-puberulis, petiolo sub- 

 brevi 3 Horibus e dichotomiis solitariis, vel e turionibus fasci- 

 culatis ; peduncuhs 1-4, unifloris, pilosis, apice incrassato- 

 incurvis ; calyce piloso brevi, urceolato, angulato, margine fere 

 integro, dentibus 5 minimis instructo; corolla rotata, sub- 

 glabra, limbo 5-lobo, lobis acutis,triangularibus, reflexis, mar- 

 gine floccosis ; staminibus inclusis, erectis, glabris ; stylo apice 

 incrassato, stigmate capitato-bilobo* — America sequinoctialis, 

 V, s. in herb. Hook. (Loxa, regno Quitensi, Seemann^ p. 879.) 

 (Vita, Peruvise, McLean.) 



This is a plant very distinct from the others, with very dicho- 

 tomously spreading branches, which have a more medullary and 

 less ligneous substance : there is no indication of fruit in the spe- 



structure 



with that of all the plants above described. 



3^ inches long, 1 



The leaves are 2| 

 ' '4-6 



length ; the peduncle measures f inch, the calyx 3 lines in dia- 

 meter ; the corolla, including the acuminated segments, is # inch 

 diameter. 



BrachistusHookerianus ( 



fruticulosus, ramulis striatis 



molhter pilosis, demum glabris; foliis ovatis, utrinque abrupte 

 acununatis, imo in petiolum longe decurrcntibus, utrinque 

 sparse molliter hirsutis, demum subglabris, margine ciliatis 

 rachi incrassato venisque pinnatis glabris, geminis, altero multo 

 minore ; flonbus pentameris, parvulis, axillaribus, fasciculato- 

 congestis ; calyce minimo, pubescente, margine integro den- 

 tibus 5, setaceis ; corolla lutea, glabra, tube brevi, subcampa- 

 nulato, limbo rotato, 5-angulato, angulis acutis, pilosulis • 

 staminibus brevibus, glabris.— Ecuador, v. s. in herb. Hook. 



A drawing of this species is shown in Plate 37 B, of this work. 



