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subvomeriformia, 3"5 mm. longa. Ovarium ovoideum, glabrum, 4"o mm. 

 longum, stylo subexserto pubescente 7 mm. longo. Stigma 2-ramosum, ramis 

 2 mm. longis. 

 Camps VII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft. 



Leaves with midrib imj)ressed on the upper, promineut on the lower side of the leaf ; 

 side nerves about 7 pairs, conspicuous below ; petiole stout, glabrous, 5 mm. ; long 

 small leaves soon disappearing, about 3 mm. long. Filaments inserted upon the calyx 

 about 7 mm. from its mouth, 8 mm. long ; anthers 2'5 mm. long. 



Cyrtandra (§ DissiMiLEs) HOMOPLASTiCA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis ramosus, ramis subtetragonis superne pubescentibus mox glabris paucifoliosis. 

 Folia opposita, maxime intequalia, majora breviter petiolata, oblongo-oblanceolata, 

 cuspidato-attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, basi parum obliqua obtusa, margine dentata, 

 pergamacea, glabra, folia minora parvula, subulata, diutule persistentia, 4 mm. 

 longa. Flores bini, hac utque iliac ex ramis f oliis jam orbis orti ; pedunculi 

 nulli ; pedicelli filiformes, calyce saepius paullo longiores, ut calyx obscure puberuli, 

 5-10 mm. longi. Calyx 7x4 mm., tul^uloso-campaniilatus, corolla brevior, breviter 

 5-lobus, lobis deltoideis obtusis 1'5 mm. longis. Corolla 19 mm. longa, extus fere 

 glabra ; tubus subrectus, ex calyce eminens, infundibularis, 11 mm. longus ; lobi 

 postici ceteris minores, suborbiculares, 3 mm. diam. ; lobus anticus comparate 

 elongatus, 8 mm. long. Stamina inclusa; antherse cohaerentes, dein liberse. 

 Ovarium subsessile, ovoideum, glabrum, vix 3 mm. longum, stylo puberulo 13 mm. 

 longo terminatum. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 



Tips of branches and very young buds springing therefrom covered with a close rusty 

 tomentum. Leaves with midrib and the 6-8 jsairs of lateral nerves prominent below; 

 petioles stout, deeply channelled, puberulous, 5-7 mm. long. Filaments nearly 1 cm. 

 long ; anthers oblong, cells slightly diverging at the base, 2*25 mm. long. Staminodes 

 apparently absent. 



In appearance this is very like C. quercifolia ; indeed, its leaves are, except for their 

 shorter narrowed tip, scarcely distinguishable. The flowers, however, are in several 

 respects different. 



The front lobe of the only flower available for examination has become partly 

 separated, so that its exact length (and thus the length of the tube of the corolla) 

 cannot be stated, although the measurement given above is believed to be correct. 



It is worthy of remark that occasionally both the leaves of a pair are reduced to 

 small stipule-like organs. 



Cyrtandra (§ DissiMiLEs) Klos.sii, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis sat tenuis, crebro foliosus, anfractuosus, fusco-hirsutus. Folia maxime 

 insequalia; majora lanceolata, acuminata, apice acuta, basi obliqua, in petiolum 

 brevem desinentia, margine distanter serrulata, membranacea, primo albo- vel 

 f ulvo-tomentosa, mox praesertim in pagina superiore sparsim pubescentia, 5-10 X 



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