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tata. Cnpsiila manifeste oblonga, Isevis, calyQe persistente coronata 

 lobis pai-vis setaceis. 



Brazil. Kancho do Feliz. Fl. Julj, Burchell 4855 ! in herb. 

 Kew. 



Beside the character of the oblong fruit, other critical charactei-s 

 of this species are the nearly complete glabrousness, and the very thin, 

 narrow, and lengthily acuminate leaves. These are from 4 cm. to 

 6 cm. long, and 1 cm. to 2 cm. wide ; petiole 3 mm. ; stipule 1 mm. 

 deep. The slender fruiting pedicels are from 1 cm. to 2 cm. in 

 length, bearing a pair- of narrow, small, membranous hracteoles 1 mm. 

 long, towards the base ; these are connate below, forming a short 

 sheath. The pedicel passes insensibly into the turbinate base of the 

 capsule, which is barely 1 cm. long and 6 mm. wide ; c«/y.r-lobes 

 2 mm. long. Corolla 3 cm. long. 



5. M. CORDIFOLIA Mart., in Denkschr. K. B. Acad. Miinch. ix. 

 95. t. 7 (1S24). Guagnebina ignita Veil. Flor. Flum. 45. t. 115 

 (1825). M. fjrandifl.om Miq., in Linnsea, xxii. 803 (1849). M. as- 

 perula Benth., in Linnaea, xxiii. 443 (1850). M. leianthifoUa Grriseb. 

 PL Lorenz. Ill, and MS. in herb. ! M. ignita ex j^arte K. Schum., in 

 Mart. Flor. Bras. vi. vi. 170 (1889). 



Brazil. Ceara : Araripe, Gardner 1699 ! Bahia : Blancliet 

 2092 ! 3600 ! Goyaz : S. Domingo, Gardner ! Arrayas, Gardner 

 3769! Matto Grosso : Santa Cruz, Spencer Moore 5531 (see Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. iv. 368). Minas Geraes : Clanssenl Glazioii, 18295! 

 Reguell, i. 367 ! Bushy places, Rio Claro, Gardner 4717 ! Rio de 

 Janeiro : Glaziou 12773 ! 12774 ! Sorocaba, in woods, fl. March, 

 Riedel ! ; San Paulo : Weir 192 ! Perf. Pozuzo, Lopes to Cueva 

 Blanca. Fl. June, Pearce 215! Andes, 5000-8000 ft. Pearce 

 590 ! PARAauAT. Hill-region, Cerros de Tobaty. Fl. Sept. Hassler 

 6426! Argextixa. Tucuman : Dinellil Pe^/'ce 644 ! Lorentz\ 



This species has a historical interest as being the first of the large- 

 flowered group to be described (see Introduction, p. 3). 



Var. n. GLABRA K. Schum., in Mart. Flor. Bras. Ti. vi. 171 (1889). 

 M. glabra Cham. & Schl., in Linnfea, iv. 159 (1829) ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 363 (1830) ; Sprague, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. v. 264 (1905) 

 31. micans Poepp. & Fndl. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. 24 (1845). M. cor- 

 difolia Hook. Bot, Mag. t. 3202 (1832) (nee Mart.); Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5495 (1865). 



The great variation, especially in the indumentum, the shajie of 

 the leaves — even upon the same plant- — the size of the calyx-lobes, 

 and of the corolla, liave led me to conclude that these glabrous forms 

 must rank no more independently than as a variety- of M. cordijolia. 

 This is the position adopted by Schumann (Joe. cit.) ; l)ut Sprague 

 (see p. 12) sup])orts the rank of M. glabra as a species {lac. cit. 

 supra, also pp. 832-836). 



Peru. Poeppig\ Maclean \ Veitchl Tarapoto, J/rtr«7/r«-.s 1343 ! 

 Huallaga Hiver, Spi'uce 4592! Bolivia. Cochabamba, Bang 1255 \ 

 This, like the preceding — more or less, — is a typical example of 

 M. micans Poe])p. & Endl., a l^eruvian form, a vigorously-growing 

 colour-form of the variety under consideration (see Bot. Mag. 5495). 

 Chiquica, 3250 ft. Fl. Feb., Fiehrig 2686 ! Mapiri, 500 ft. Fl. May, 



