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Ovary glabrous , 29. Lobbii. 



Ovary pilose 25. eveuia. 



Leaves lanceolate, margiiis scarcely 



reflexed 26. corticifer. 



FF. Leaf-veins manifest, at least the 

 primary ones. 



Eete ctmspicuous between the 

 primary veins. 



Leaves less than 3 cm. long, 

 usually ; corolla-tube less than 



8 mm 34. Lindenii. 



Leaves m.ostly 5-6 cm. long at 

 least ; corolla-tube over 1 cm. 36. Schumanniana, 

 Eete occluded. 

 Calyx- teeth 8, minute, denticulate ; 



corolla-tube 10 mm. long 67. pectinata. 



Calyx- teeth 4, not minute ; corolla- 

 tube rarely over 5 mm 38. flexilis. 



1. M. DOMiJfaEXSis Sprague, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. n. v. 266 



(.19^5)- 



West Indies. Hayti : in pine-scrub, Valle Nuevo, 6175 feet. 

 Fl. 29 May. U^ffers 217S ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. & Kew. 



Allied to this species is a specimen in the Sloane collection of 

 Jamaican plants (i. 68) which, most unfortunately — for it makes a 

 third most interesting native species for Jamaica — bears no llowers. 

 But I have little doubt in assigning the plant in question to this 

 genus. 



2. M. TwEEDiANA K. Schum., in Mart. Flor. Bras. yi. vi. 169 

 (1889). . 



TJEuaFAT. On the Rio Grande, Tioeedie. Brazil. Santa Catha- 

 rina ; Tioeedie ! in herb. Kew. The collector says that this plant has 

 " beautiful crimson flowers " and "flowers most of the year at Buenos 

 Ayres." 



3. M. GEAcms Cham. & Schl, in Linnrea, iv. 169 (1829). 

 BiiAZiL. San Paulo, Weir I in herb. Mus. Brit. Of all the 



specimens that have been assigned to this species examined by me, 

 the foregoing example approximates most nearly to the original 

 description, especially in the characters of the indumentum, and the 

 small leaves (ad sumnmvi 1\ poll, longa). The learves and the flowers 

 are considerably larger in the variety. 



Var. u. glabra Benth., in Linna^a, xxiii. 444 (1850). 



Brazil. Minas Geraes : Caldas, Hegnell, i. 366 ! Sao Paulo : 

 Campinas, Weir 226 ! Kio de Janeiro : Glaziou 10909 ! Jaragua, fl. 

 27 June, Boivie ^ Cunningham ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. & Kew, 



4. M. Burchellii, sp. nov. 



Stirps nisi nonnunquam petiolo minutissime cum vena centrali 

 puberulo ipsis in novitatibus glaberrima, gracillima, scandens, caule 

 tenui Iflevi striato. Folia inter minora, breviter validiuscule petiolata, 

 lanceolata, acutissima necnon valde acvuninata ; stipulce brevissime 

 vaginantes, inter petiolos brevissime apiculatie. Flores inter majores in 

 axillis ssepius 1-2, pedunculo gracillimo basi bracteis vaginato cohajren- 

 tibus. Corolla clavata extus glaberrima basin versus leniter angus-r 



