Plantae ecuadorenses. IV. 379 



Species distinctissiina iiulli arcte affinis, crescil in silva Canzacoto, 

 Aug., n. 101, sub nom. M. paniculata. 



M. obovilta Ghodat et Sodiro n. sp. ; frutex ramis lignescentibus cica- 

 tiicibus folioriiin dilapsorum 5 — 7 mm remotis asperis, glabris strictis ad 

 3 mm crassis, ramis corymbosis infta iiiflorescenliam denudatam anni 

 praecedentis ortis versus iiitlorescentias angulalis et sulcatis minute pube- 

 rulis; folia versus inflorescentiam compositam majora eam involventia 

 et superantia; petiolus folio decurrente marginatus 2 — 3 mm longus; 

 limbus glaber obovatus vel subobcordatus interdum subemarginatus, crassius- 

 culus subcoriaceus ^V'iSj *V20) ^Vis ^^^"^7 nervo medio subtus exsculptus 

 secundariis utroque latere 4 — 5 subpatulis minus dislinclis; panicula co- 

 rymbiformis ^^j-i^^ '^V25) ramis 4 — 5 floribus delapsis asperis alveolatis; 

 bracteae minimae; spicae pyramidales densae; sepala ovata basi relusa, 

 übtusa uninervia margine pauciciliata ad 2,5 mm longa ac lata libera; 

 alae orbiculares glabrae eeiliatae ad 7 mm longae nervis paucis irregulari- 

 ter anastomosantibus vel subliberis; carina plicata; petala superiora limbo 

 constricto dein plus minus flabellato, glabrescente; androecei pars media 

 paucipilosa haud tomentosa; ovariuni glabrum disco mediocri insitum; 

 Stigma generis; drupae ellipsoideae 5 mm longae. 



Ecuador, in ascend. m. (Ihimborazo, 9,72 (S. n. 95). 



M. Sodiroana Ghodat n. sp. ; suffrutex 2—3 m alt. ramis fistulosis 

 longitrorsum striatis minutissime puberulis, ad 6 — 7 mm crassis pallidis; 

 stipulae desunt; folia brevissime petiolata limbo tenui amplo late elliptico 

 vel obovato-elliptico supra et subtus glabro, ^^o/^^^ ^^Vtv» '^Vöo ^"^"^^i nervis 

 supra inconspicuis, subtus leviter exsculptis, mediano pennato ad 2 mm 

 crasso, minutissime puberulo, lateralibus utrinque 7 — 9, obliquis tenuioribus; 

 panicula magna ramis elongatis 20 — 40 cm longis, apice bracteis imbricatis 

 rhomboidalibus ad 6 — 7 mm longis puberulis comosis, iis dilapsis tlores 

 denudati breviter pedicellati ad 5 — 7 mm longi ; sepala parva alis multoties 

 breviora ovata vel elliptica libera ciliata; alae elliptico-orbiculares uno latere 

 ciliülatae, nervis strictis plus minus anastomosantibus; carina vix plicata; 

 limbus petalorum superiorum spathulatus oblique retusus sed haud perfecte 

 orbicularis sed magis obovatus; margo androecei distincte et dense ciliata; 

 ovarium glabrum; Stylus erectus dein breviter curvatus; Stigmata generis. 



Species habitu affmis M. bracteatae et 31. latifoliac ditTert sepalis 

 minimis et inflorescentia. 



Crescit in silvis m. Pilatöu 900 m (S. n. 96), 



M. equatoriensis Ghodat n. sp. ; frutex 2 — 3 m corymbose ramosus, 

 ramis tistulosis breviter hirsutissimis ramulis floriferis corymbosis; stipulae 

 desunt; folia petiolo brevi hirsuto, limbo oblongo, subcoriaceo, supra et 

 subtus pilis subadpressis puberulo, •'•'^/ki, ■*^/i2, ^^jn nim, obtuso breviter 

 mucronato, nervo medio subtus exsculpto magis pubescente, nervis latera- 

 libus subpatulis vel erecliusculis utrinque ca. 7 ; intlorescentiae breves 20— 



