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margine pilosae. Flores inter minores in umbellis validiuscule pedun- 

 culatis dispositi paucifloris foliis brevioribus. Calycis lobi conspicui 

 ovato-oblongi acuminati acuti accrescentes latiusculi subfoliacei cum 

 ovario glabri. Corolla hypocrateriformis tubo gracili pro affinitate 

 longiusculo insuper vix ampliato extus sparse puberulo, lobi oblongi 

 parvi. 



Colombia. Mariquita, Quindio, 6500 ft., Triana 1793 ( = 143)! 



Readily distingviished by the sulphur-yellow j^ubescence of the 

 stem, the close venation of t^^e leaves, and the arrangement of the 

 flowers in small, concise, regular umbels. Leaves 3-4-5 cm. xlo- 

 2*5 cm. Peduncle about 7 mm. long, pedicels 4-5 mm. Calyx- 

 lobes 3x2 mm., more or less. Corolla-tuhe 12 cm. long, lobes 

 3 mm. 



44. M. Moritziana, sp. nov. 31. Lygisfum Swartz var. I Morit- 

 ziana K. Schum., in Mart. Flor. Bras. vi. vi. 180 (1SS9). 



Frutex volubilis glaberrimus, caule laevi tereti. Folia inter 

 majuscula firme chartacea plana elliptica caudato-acuminata acutissima 

 basi acuta, petiole brevi ; vencB primariae cum rete interveniente 

 praesertim infra n\an if estas laterales distantes nee numerosi ; stipulce 

 truncatte vaginam formantes ad lineam reductam prominulam. Flores 

 inter minores in paniculis dispositi alaribus laxis folia subaequantibus 

 nisi brevioribus ; hracfecB subulato-lineares. Calycis lobi ut ovarium 

 oblongiusculum glaberrimi carnosuli parvi late ovati ad suborbiculares 

 apice saepius rotundati. Corolla h3"pocrateriformis tubo extus gla- 

 berrimo subcylindrico longitudine mediocro, lobis dorso glaberrimis 

 par vis oblongis. 



Venezuela. Faji : Jl. Feb. ; " cor. earn.," Moriiz 976 ! in herb. 

 Mus. Brit. 



I regard this as the passage-form connecting the Lygisitim group 

 with M. mitis, M.jimhriata, and their allies. The present species is 

 distinct especially in the small rotund calyx-lobes, at most 2 '3 X 

 1*7 mm. Leaves 4-7 cm. X l*5-2*3 cm. ; petiole 4-7 mm. 



45. M. UMBELLATA Ituiz & Pavon, Fl. Peru & Chili, i. 58. t. 90. 

 f. a (1798). 



I was inclined at first to identify with this species a plant collected 

 by Pearce, in agreement with Sprague's MS. in the Kew herbarium. 

 But comj^arison with the descrij^tion, and with the figure quoted 

 above, leave no doubt that this plant is distinct. According to the 

 authors, JSL umhellata is a native of woods in the neighbourhood of 

 Muna, in Peru, flowering in the late autumn. It has ovate, si:b- 

 eordate leaves : the bracts form a distinct involucre to the umbellate 

 inflorescence, which, according to the figure, has a decidedly stout 

 ^/°f/w?2c/e and primary branches ; the cf^/ya%lobes are lanceolate; and 

 the corolla-twhQ cylindi'ical, not widened at all toward the aj^ex. 

 These characters distinguish 31. umhellata without doubt from 

 Pearce's j^lant, which 1 proceed to describe as a new si^ecies, viz., 



46. M. dubia, sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens sempervirens omnino nisi intus floribus glaber- 

 rimus, caule validiusculo valde complanato manifesto striato. Folia, 



