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pulverulenta, aliter minute papillosa vel subglabra, venis subtus valde promi- 

 nentibus, secundariis utrinque ca. 12-14 ; stipulse lanceolatse, obtusse, 9x4 mm., 

 glabrae, caducissimte. InflorescenUa tribvachiata, laxa, pauciflora, sessilis, ca. 6 mm. 

 lata, 3 cm. longa ; pedunculi 3, primarii e ligni veteris nodis orti, ca. 1-5-2 cm. longi, 

 minute ferrugineo-pulverulenti ; pedicelli ad 6 mni. longi. Calyx brevissimus, 

 integer, cum ovario glaber. CorollcB pro genere magnse extus glabrae tubus intus 

 supra stamina densissime cano-barbatus, subcylindricus, +1 cm. longus, +5 mm. 

 latus; lobi anguste oblongi, obtusi, stiberecti, 6-7 mm. longi. Antherce 6 mm. 

 longse. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Allied to P. caulijlora, Laut. & K. Sebum., but the leaves are broader and puberulous 

 below, and the entire stipules are rapidly caducous. 



PsYCHOTRiA WoLLASTONii, WcriJiam, sp. nov. 

 Band graciles, minutissime pulverulento-asperuli. Folia subcoriacea, ovata, ca. 

 38 X 1"8 cm., acuminata, obtusa, basi rotundata, utrinque glaberrima, venis ssepius 

 subtus prominentibus, secundariis utrinque 3-5; petiolus ad 4-5 mm. longus. 

 Flores sessiles, in tbyrsum laxissimum 11 cm. longum basi 15 cm. latum dispositi, 

 extus omnino glaberrimi ; rami gracillimi, sinuati, djvaricati, obscure minute 

 pulverulenti ; bracteae minimae, subsetaceae. Calyx cum ovario nitens, 2 mm. 

 longus ; lobi 5, oblongo-lanceolati, obtusi, 1 mm. longi. Corolla late campanulata, 

 tota 3 mm. longa, ore 2-5 mm. lata ; lobi 5, triangulares, obtusi, +1 mm. longi ; 

 tubus intus in faucibus sparse barbatus. Antherarum apices vix exserti. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Allied apparently to P. andaiemis, Val. ; it differs in its smaller leaves and 

 flowers. 



Geophila reniformis, D. Don, Prod. PI. Nep. 13G. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Distrib. Throughout the tropics of the world. 



^ Ceph^lis TJtakw^, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Herba prftiter inflorescentiam glaberrimus, ramulis validis. Folia irrme chartacea, 

 obovata, 17-20 X 8-9 cm., basi in petiolum breviusculuin 1-5-2-5 cm. validum 

 angustata, subito breviter cuspidato-acuminata, apice subacuta, margine revoluta; 

 venis secundariis supra promiaulis, subtus prominentibus, utrinque 16-20 ; stipulse 

 caducissimffi. Capitulum sessile, ca. 4-5 cm. diam. ; bractese exteriores paucse, 

 latEe, acuminatge, glabrai nisi insuper ciliatae ; interiores inter fiores dispositee 

 perplurimse, subspathulatae, imee angustiores, 1-5-2 cm. longse, insuper irregulariter 

 setaceo-fimbriatce, prseter fimbrias conspicue pilosas glabrae. Pedicelli brevissimi 

 vel obsoleti. Calyx sub-hemisphaericus ; limbus ultra medium in lacinias 5 lineari- 

 lanceolatas 2-5 mm. longas in margine longe et dense articulato-pilosas divisus, 



