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acuminata acutissima, supra scabridula glabrescentia subtus hispidula 

 pilosa, petlolo densissime tomentello. Flores pi'o rata majuseula in 

 cymis plus minus umbellatis multifloris dispositi dense pilosis foliis 

 brevioribus, pedicellis nonnunquam elongatis gracilibus dense hispi- 

 dulo-pubescentibus. Calyx ultra medium nee tamen ad basin laciniis 

 in 8 lanceolatis acutis ciliatis v. fere glabris divisus, basi disco 

 adhserens. Ovarium dense flavo-tomentosum. CorollcB hypocrateri- 

 formis tubus cylindricus extus sparse puberulus intus in ore infra 

 necnon stamina flavo-pubescens, lobi late ovati apice barbellati cilio- 

 latique, aliter glabrati. Capsula globosa pubescens apice subtruncata. 



Colombia. Near Moro, common along road-sides, 4000-5000 ft., 

 Pearce ! Road to Cueva Grande, 7000 ft., Pearce 288 ! in herb. 

 Kew! 



Flowers red. Related to M. h/sjyida, but distinct in the many- 

 flowered inflorescence, the globose caj^sule, narrower corolla-limb, etc. 

 Leaves 6-10 cm. x 2'o-4 cm. ; petiole to 8 mm. Pedicel to 1"5 cm. 

 or longer. Caly x-loha^ 5 mm. or longer. Carol la-tuhe 15 cm. long, 

 lobes 6x4 mm. Anthers 4 mm. long. 



63. M. HispiDA Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. 24, t. 228 

 (1845). 



Peru. Cuchero: Yurimagua, Maynas. -F/. Feb., March. Poeppig, 

 I have not seen a specimen. In the description the corolla is 

 described as red {punicea). 



64. M. MI^^ATA Ch. Lem. Fl. des Serres, iv. t. 317 (1848). 

 Schumann has hazarded two distinct guesses at the identity of 



this, querying the synonymy as M. cordifolia and also as M. coccinea. 

 To neither of these does M. miniata bear much resemblance, as a 

 glance at the excellent figure, just quoted, will show. This species is of 

 particular interest, as attention was first drawn to it under cultivation, 

 in the celebrated Van Houtten Garden. Thither it had been sent from 

 England, in 1845 ; its native coimtry is unknown. Lemaire rightly 

 described it as a new species allied to M. liispida ; it is evidently a 

 very attractive plant, with rather large scarlet flowers, turning to 

 rose. Yet it seems to have dropped entirely out of notice ; there is 

 no mention of it in the standard dictionaries of horticulture, such as 

 those of Nicholson, Baile}^ etc. (see also Sprague, in Gard. Chron. 

 1904, ii. 384). 



65. M. dominicensis, sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens nisi inflorescentiis fere glaber, oaule hievi nunc 

 subtereti striato nunc subquadrangulari angulis minute hirtellis. Folia 

 firme chartacea majuscvda ovata acuminatissima acuta, basi saq^e 

 subrotundata petiolata, vcnis primariis subtus cons])icuis ])aucis rete 

 interveniente nee apparente ; sripulce parva^ deltoide:e acut;t'. Flores 

 in umbellis alaribus pedunculatis sjt'pe multiHoris dispositi, pedicellis 

 Siepe elongatis qua ovaria plus minus dense hirtellis. Cali/cis lobi 

 4 longiusculi angusti lineares. Corollee hypocrateiiformis tubus 

 validiusculus breviusculus extus minute puberuhis intus in ore dense 

 barbatus, lobi oblongo-laneeolati extus glabri niargine necnon intus 

 fimbriati. Capsula depressa subglobosa glabrcscens mediocra. 



