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2 mm. longa, lobis 5 acutis ovatis. Stamina ad basin corollse adnata, glabra, 

 5 filamentis brevibus, antberis majusculis oblongis obtusis longitudiualiter de- 

 hiscentibus. Ovarium dense albo-birtum, cylindi"icum. 



Camp I, 700 ft. 



This plant differs from the genus Phlebocalymna in the short campanulate corolla, 

 the petals being completely connate. 



Leucocorema, Ridl., s^en. nov. 



Frutecc vel arbor. Folia magna, membranacea, alterna, hirta, obovata, marginibns 

 undulatis obsciire dentatis, petiolis longis. Bacemi birti, axillares, foliis breviores, 

 unisexuales. Flores masculi parvi, in fasciculis dissitis pedicellatis. Sepala 5-2, 

 exteriora ovata, pubesceutia, 3 interiora lanceolata. Fetala 5, breviora, lanceolata, 

 undique albo-hirta. Stamina 5, alterna, filamentis brevissimis, antberis longis 

 elliptico-oblongis petalis fere sequilongis. Liscus albo-hirtus. Flores fceminei 

 non visi. 



Leucocorema latifolia, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Partes juveniles pilis flavis tectse. Folia obovata, breviter cuspidata, obtusa, basi 

 angustata, 20 cm. longa, 13 cm. lata, nervis 9-paribus in utraqiie facie flavo-hirtis, 

 subtus nervulis etiam flavo-hirtis, petiolis 5 cm. longis hirtis. JRacemi 9 cm. longi, 

 flavo-hirti. Flores parvi, pedicellis fasciculatis 1 mm. longis. Sepala 2, exteriora 

 fasciculo pilorum flavorum ad apices ornata, interiora sparse pubesceutia. Fetala 

 minora, dense pilis albis tecta. Stamina filamentis minimis subulatis, autheris 

 loeulis majusculis linearibus flavidis, connectivo depresso. Discus vix elevatus, 

 pilis albo-sericeis tectus. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Perhaps nearest to Mappia, but the hairy membranaceous leaves, the very small 

 white hairy petals, and the imbricate coriaceous sepals make it quite distinct. 



GOMPHANDRA IMPRESSA, Ridl., Sp. UOV. 



Folia parva, coriacea, late lanceolata, breviter obtuse vel subacute acuminata, basi 

 angustata, 6 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, nervis tenuissimis circiter 6 paribus cum. 

 nervulis et reticulationibus aeque conspicuis superne impressis subtus elevatis, costa 

 prominula, marginibus incrassatis, petiolis 1"5 cm. longis gracilibus. Cymce 

 axillares, laxse, 25 cm. longae, 3 cm. latse. Flores ad apices ramorum subumbellati, 

 pedicellis 2 nam. longis. Bractece ad bases pedicellorum, ovatte, appressse. Sepala 5, 

 ovata, rotundata, marginibus ciliatis. Fetala 5, oblonga, apice recurva, glabra, 

 3*5 mm. longa, fere ad basin libera, glabra, costa media intus paullo elevata. 

 Stamina 5, filamentis glabris quam petala brevioribus, antberis oblongis dorsiflxis. 

 Ovarium hirtum. Stylus cylindricus, crassiusculus. Stigma capitatum. Ovarium 

 biloculare, ovulis binis. 



Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 



