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FLORA OF TEIGN BASIN, S. DEVON. 



B. panlina, Herb. — Canchacoto, Yamburga, on the road to 

 Manabi, in the Western Ancles of Ecuador ; also Mendiacion, on 

 the eastern dechvity of the Central Cordillera of the Andes of New 

 Granada, Andre 3787 ! " Eobusta, scandens. Folia ampla, ovata, 

 acuta ; floralia consimiha, rosulantia. Umbella ampla subsphaerica 

 densa. Perigonii laciniae exteriores rosesB apice brunneo-virides ; 

 interiores candid^ violaceo punctatae. Bacca scarlatina. Species 

 omnium pulcherrima.'' 



Group 3. — Umbels conijxmnd. 



B. ednlis, Herb. — La Ceja, at the top of Mount Quindio, New 

 Granada, 3200 metres, Andre 2191 ! Between Guaduas et Villeta, 

 Eastern Cordilleras of New Granada, 700 metres, Andre 677 ! 



BoMAREA DiFFRACTA, n. sp. — Stems glabrous, wide-scandent. 

 Leaves with a petiole above ^ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 6-8 in. long, 21-24 lines broad, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces, moderately firm in texture, Avith 40-50 close veins. 

 Umbel with few branches, 1-1^ ft. long, each bearing besides the 

 end one 2-4 flowers on short (1-li in.) ascending pedicels, with a 

 reflexed leafy lanceolate bract at the base. Perianth 21 lines long; 

 sepals oblong- spathulate, violet, green at the tip ; petals not pro- 

 truded, obovate-cuneate, with a long claw, purplish green, with 

 copious claret-brown spots on the face. Stamens as long as the 

 petals. — Tambores, on the western declivity of Mount Quindio, 

 New Granada, 658 metres, Atidre 2310 ! Allied to B. Carderi and 

 formosissima. Eemarkable for its very long, many-flowered umbel- 

 rays. 



A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A FLORA OF THE 



TEIGN BASIN, S. DEVON. 



By the Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 183.) 



Anagallis carulea, Sm. — Trusham, on Black Lea Down ; two 

 plants, 1880. 



CenULuculus minimus, L. — On Haldon, in several places. Bovey 

 Heathfield (Fl. Dev.). 



Plantat/o lanceoJata, L., b. Tlmhali. — Ashton ; Trusham; Wol- 

 borough Common. An occasional colonist in and near cultivated 

 land. 



P. Coronopus, L. — Christow Down ; Trusham ; Haldon. 

 Frequent on rocky spots and bare downs. 



Cheyiopodium pohfspermum, L. — Ashton village, Brigys; Hennock, 

 in a potato field below Canonteign Down, in great quantity, 1881. 



C. Bonus-Henricus, L. — Near Moreton, by the ruins of an old 

 farmhouse and garden, 1881. East Ogwell, in the village street, 

 1881. Denizen. 



Atrip] ex erecta, Huds. — Trusham, frequent. 



A. deltoiden, Bab. — Chudleigh ; Chudleigh Knighton ; Teign- 

 grace. Uncommon. 



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