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Leaves 1.2-1.8 cm. long, the younger pubescent along midrib 



beneath. Sepals 5-6 mm. long. 2. M. lilacina. 



Leaves .7-9 cm. long, the younger pubescent over the entire 



surface beneath. Sepals 4-5 mm. long. 3. M. humilis. 



Plant glabrous throughout. Corolla white, 3-3.5 mm. long. 



4. M. albida. 



1. Monocardia violacea Pennell, sp. nov. 



Stems fleshy, 2-3 dm. long or longer, densely hirsute with yellow- 

 ish hairs. Leaves ovate- or oval -orbicular, 1.2-1.8 cm. long, 1-1.4 

 cm. wide, obtuse, pubescent beneath along midrib proximally, 

 distally glabrous and obscurely reticulate. Pedicels 10-20 mm. 

 long, hirsute with spreading hairs. Sepals all ciliate: the three 

 outer 5-7 mm. long, the innermost pubescent on the midrib. Cor- 

 olla 6-7 mm. long; tube yellow, distally purplish, the lobes violet. 

 Filaments violet-bluish; anthers white. Capsule 3-4 mm. long, 

 narrowly oblong. Seeds .3 mm. long, brown. 



Type, wet loam, along trail in forest, near Villavicencio, Meta, 

 altitude 450 meters, collected in flower and fruit August 28, 1917, 

 F. W. Pennell 1480; in Herb. New York Botanical Garden. Only 

 specimen seen. 



Wet loam in forest at an altitude of 450 meters. Tropical zone, 

 in Meta, and in Panama. Doubtless wide-spread in northern South 

 America. 



2. Monocardia lilacina Pennell, sp. nov. 



Stems slightly fleshy, .5-1.5 dm. long, pubescent with spreading 

 hairs. Leaves ovate-oblong, 1.2-1.8 cm. long, .8-1.1 cm. wide; 

 obtuse, pubescent beneath along midrib proximally. Pedicels 8-12 

 mm. long, pubescent with spreading hairs. Sepals all ciliate: the 

 three outer 5-6 mm. long, two innermost pubescent on the midrib, 

 shorter. Corolla 4-5 mm. long, -violet within throat, the lobes pale- 

 blue. Filaments of anterior stamens pale-blue, of posterior violet; 

 anthers pale-blue. Capsule 2.5-3 mm. long, ovoid-oblong. Seeds 

 .2-25 mm. long, blackish. 



Type, wet loam, along trail in forest, near Villavicencio, Meta, 

 alt. 450 meters, collected in flower and fruit August 28, 1917. F. W. 

 Pennell 1476; in Herb. New York Botanical Garden. 



Wet loam in forest, at altitudes of 450 to 500 meters, Tropical 

 zone, in Meta. 



Meta. Villavicencio (wet trail in forest, alt. 500 m.), Pennell 

 1378, (alt. 450 m.), Pennell 1476, (wet place near Rio Guatiquia, 

 alt. 500 m.), Pennell 1547. 



