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iEscnTNANTHTis ('§ Haplotrichium) BRACnYPiiYLLus, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis tenuis, I'ariramosiis, liac atque iliac radicaus, bene foliosus, appi-esse pubescens. 

 Folia opposita, parvula, subsessilia, ovata, obtusa, basi rotundata, firme mem- 

 branacea, costa media in pagina inferiors pubescente exempta glabra, modice 

 10-13x5-8 mm. Flores inter minores, in axillis solitarii. Fedicelli ex axillis 

 oppositis ssepe oriundi, quam folia paullo breviores, dense pubescentes, 5-8 mm. 

 longi. Calyx alte partitus, 7-8 mm. longus; segmenta linearia, obtusa, extus 

 pubervila. Corolla extus scabriuscula, 30-32 mm. longa; tubus suberectus, 

 elongatus, basi brevissime dilatatus, inde gradatim amplificatus, basi 25 mm., 

 medio 4 mm., faucibus 6 mm. latus; labia valde abbreviata ; antici lobi posticis 

 plane majores, verisimiliter erecti vel breviter divaricati. Stamina subinclusa. 

 Ovarium stipitatum, lineare, incluso stipite 2 cm. longo ut stylus brevis vix 3 mm. 

 longus subtiliter pubescens. Capsula glabra, 11 cm. long. 

 Camps VI a, VIII, and IX, 3100 to 5500 ft. 



Stems slender, often not more than 1 mm. thick, never exceeding 1"5 mm., giving 

 off" here and there, but very seldom, close to an iuteruode a thickisli, corky, apparently 

 imbranched root. Leaves green above, very pale below, their margins, at least in the 

 dry state, somewhat wavy and recurved : petioles 1 mm. in length. 



To be inserted in tlie genus next JE. nummular ins, K. Schum., from which it differs 

 chiefly in the diversely shaped, not fleshy, nearly glabrous leaves, longer calyx-segments, 

 and the absence of a prominent gibbosity at the base of the corolla. A slightly different 

 form with relatively longer and narrower leaves (1-1-18x5-7 mm.) was collected at 

 Camp VI a at 3100 ft. 



The present opportunity is taken to point out that in the description of JEschynantlm.s 

 nunmiufariiis (as Trichosporum nummularinm) in Joui-n. Bot. xxxvii. (1899) p. 173, the 

 word " miniatis " is a mistake for " imminutis." 



^SCHYNANTHUS (§ Haplotrichium) suborbiculatus, S. Moorc, sp. nov. 



Rami satis validi, 2-3 mm. diam. subdistanter foliosi, patule pubescentes. Folin 

 breviter petiolata, suborbiculata, breviter cuspidulato-attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, 

 basi cordata, carnosa, supra in si ceo glabra foveolato-rugosaque, subtus appresse 

 piloso-pui;escentia, 5x4 cm. Fedicelli calyce longiores, ut calyx pubescentes, 

 13-15 mm. longi. Calyx alte partitus, 8 mm. longus ; segmenta lineari-oblonga, 

 obtusa, 3-nervia. Corolla extus scabriusculo-papillosa, 45 mm. longa ; tubus 

 40 mm. longus, ima basi inflatus, cito constrictus, inde dilatatus, medio 12 mm., 

 faucibus 19 ram. latus ; limbi brevis lobi 7-10 mm. longi, omnes verisimiliter 

 erecti. Stamina breviter exserta. Ovarium lineare, minute furfuraceum, 15 mra. 

 longum, stipite pubescente 4 mm. longo fultum ; stylus crassus, ovario fere 

 aequilongus, sparsim pilosus, 12 mm. longus. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Leaves pale brown on both sides in the dry state ; midril) prominent below ; petioles 

 5 mm. long or less, hairy. DiflPers from JE. ellipticus, Lauterb. c& K. Schum., in the 



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