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NEW RUBIACEiE FKOM TROPICAL AMERICA.— IV. 



By H. F. Wernham, D.Sc, F.L.S. 

 (Department of Botany, British Museum.) 



(Continued from vol. li., p. 324.) 



^ (Plate 533.) 



Neosabicea Wernham, 

 Rubiacearum e tribu Mussaendearum novum genus. 



Calycis lobi 4 subfoliacei plus minus angusti, elongati, sub- 

 SBquales. Corolla subtubularis sub lobos parum ampliata ; lobi 

 breves, valvati ; tubus intus insuper dense pilosa. Stamina 4, 

 tubi basi inserta ; filamenta tenuissima elongata ; antherae dorso 

 affixse, lineares obtusae. Discus inconspicuus. Ovarium biloculare ; 

 stylus filamentosus inclusus apice bilobus ; ovula in loculis pauca 

 complanata, placentis tumidis septo prope basin affixis adscenden- 

 tibus plus minus impressa. Fructus . . . Herbge suffruticosse 

 scandentes. Folia opposita ; stipulae minimae fere obsoletas. 

 Flores parvi in racemis axillaribus dispositi. 



N. Lehmannii Wernham, sp. unic. F^rutex volubiHs, ramulis 

 pubescentibus ; foliis ellipticis vix acuminatis obtusis basi non- 

 nunquam cuneatis + 5 cm. x 3 cm., supra scabridulo-pubescen- 

 tibus subtus pubescentibus, venis subtus prominulis secundariis 

 utrinque ca. 8, petiolo brevi 2-5 mm. longo, stipulis fugaciis ; 

 racemis paucifloris pubescentibus, ca. 5 cm. longis ; calycis lobis 

 lanceolatis subacutis vix ad 5 mm. longis ; corolla extus sparsi- 

 uscule pubescentis tubo insuper parum ampliata vix 1 cm. longo, 

 lobis ovatis subacutis ca. 4 mm. x 3 mm. 



Colombia : Cauca, Popayan, 7150 ft., LeJmiann, 3514 ! Hb. 

 Mus. Brit. 



Remijia Trianse Wernham, sp. no v. Frutex ramis crassis 

 angulatis ferrugineo-villosis, novellis dense tomentosis ; foliis 

 oppositis V. ternatim vei'ticillatis subcoriaceis ellipticis ad ca. 

 40 cm. X 18 cm. basi angustatis leniter acuminatis, supra glabratis 

 subtus praesertim in venis hispidulo-villosis, venis supra impressis 

 subtus prominulis secundariis utrinque ad + 20 ; petiolo valido basi 

 nonnunquam tumido ad 4 cm. v. longiore ; stipulis maximis tarde 

 deciduis foliaceis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis acutis ad 8 cm. x 

 3 cm. extus rufo-hispidulis ; inflorescentia ad 35 cm. longa, bracteis 

 submembranaceis stipularum forma multo tamen minoribus + 

 2 cm. X 8 mm. ; floribus parvis, calycis lobis brevissimis triangu- 

 laribus, corollce, tubo + 8 mm. lobis subaequantibus; fructu ovoideo, 

 ca. 2-5 cm. x 1*5 cm., glabrescente. 



Colombia : Villavicencio, Plain of San Martin, 1300 ft., Triana, 

 3273/1 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



Allied to the Brasilian B. ferruginea DC, but distinct, especi- 

 ally in the much larger and differently-shaped leaves, with longer 

 petioles, larger persistent stipules, short, broad calyx-teeth, &c. 



Declieuxia peruviana Wernham, sp. nov. Suffrutex ramulis 

 virgatis novellis gracilibus fere glabris tardius cortice ai'genteo- 

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