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West Indies. Dominica: Ponfhi.eit\ Rnmnfjel Imray 216! 

 Lake Roseau Mts.. Egr/ers 53 ! St. Vincent : common locally, Mt. 

 St. Andrews, 1500-2500 ft., R. H. Sf G. W. Smith 730 ! 



A climber, on trees, etc., up to 30 feet high, with white flowers. 

 Allied to M. cocciiiea, it is distinct in the short stout corolla, the 

 more individualized inflorescence, and the small depi-essed fruit. 

 Leaves 5-9 cm. x 3-4 cm. ; petiole barely reaching 1 cm. Peduncle 

 1-1*5 cm., pedicels to 1 cm. or longer. Galyx-Xohas 5-7 mm. 

 Corolla-iuhQ 8 mm., lobes 6'5 mm. Capsule (3 mm. long, rather 

 more in width. 



66. M. tarapotensis, sp. nov. 



Trutex volubilis caule demum subtereto striato minute pubescente. 

 Folia pro genere inter maxima tenuiter pap3a'acea elliptico-ovata 

 apice acuminatissima acuta, basi nisi subito anguste in petiolum sub- 

 elongatum glabrum acuminatim desinentia rotundata ; stipules trun- 

 catae conspicue gland uloso-dentieulatic. Flores in axillis siepe nume- 

 rosi subcongesti, pedunculis vix manifestis, pedicellis glabratis lon- 

 giusculis. Calyx fere ad basin brevissime tubularem laciniis in 

 8 linearibus subelongatis divisus glabris. Corollce hypocrateriforniis 

 tubus longiusculus gracilis extus insuj^er puberulus. Capsula pyi'i- 

 formis in no vita te minute pubescens. 



Peru. Tarapoto, Spruce 4076 ! 4426 ! 



This ally of M. coccinea is distinct in the peculiar stipules, with 

 their marginal row of bright yellow glands, the long slender leaf- 

 stalks, etc. Leaves 6-9 cm. x 3-4 cm., the petiole 2 cm. or longer. 

 Pedicels 1'2 cm. or longer. Gorolla-tixhe l'2-l-3 cm. Calyx- 

 lobes 5-6 mm., slightly accrescent. Fruit 1 cm. long, 6 mm. 

 wide. 



67. M. pectinata Sprague, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. v. 836 

 (1905). 



Colombia. Santa Marta, Las Nubes, 4500 ft., H. H. Smith 

 1665 ! 



68. M. PLEIODON K. Schum., in Mart. Flor. Bras. vi. vi. 185 

 (1889). 



I have not seen a specimen of this species, to which Schumann 

 has assigned a plant collected in 



Colombia : Mariquita, by Karsten. 



Its more notable characters are the puberulous indumentum, and 

 the long corolla, with ciliate throat and limb. 



69. M. GLANDULOSA Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. 24 (1845). 

 Peru. " Herba volubilis aquosa. Flores carnei." Yurimaguas, 



on R. Huallaga, Spruce 3874 ! 



70. M. costaricensis, sp. nov. 



Frutex volubilis, caule minute pubescente in novitate densius. 

 Folia inter minuscula tandem glabra ovata v. lanceolata acuminata 

 basi acuta, petiole brevissimo dense hirtello ; venoe primarise subtus 

 prominulse vete interveniente occluso. Flores pauci in pedunculis 

 pedicellisque tardius elongatis pubescentibus cymam axillarem for- 



