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Flowers sparsely hairy, 3-4 inches long ; 

 sepals lanceolate, nearly as long as the 

 tube ; stamens and style very much 

 exserted . . . . .3. insignis. 



Flowers sparsely hairy, 2^-3 inches long ; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, one- third the 

 length of the tube ; stamens and style 

 shortly exserted . . . .4. apetala. 



Leaves small, glabrous, lanceolate or elliptical, 

 fully developed when the flowers appear ; 

 flowers axillary, borne throughout the length 

 of the branches. 

 Leaves thin in texture, broadly ovate-lanceo- 

 late or elliptical, borne on long slender 

 petioles , . . . . .5. membranacea. 

 Leaves thick in texture, linear-lanceolate, 



acuminate, borne on stout short petioles . 6. salicifolia. 



1. F. macrantha,'H.ook., Bot. M!ag., t. 4233. — Frutex per arborum 

 truncos radicans, ramis crassis, cortice deciduo, foliis amplis alternis ovatis 

 acutis integerrimis, junioribus utrinque villosis cum floribus productis, 

 lloribus ad apices ramulorum confertis, pendentibus, 4-6 poll, longis, 

 pedicellis brevibus axillaribus solitariis vel aggregatis, calycis tubo 

 8-costato cylindraceo sursum gradatim expanso, limbo laciniis late ovatis 

 sub-obtusis erecto-patentibus 4-6 lineas longis, staminibus inclusis, 

 ovario elongate turbinate 4-sulcato, stylo exserto basi hirsute, stig- 

 mate capitate. — Peruvia, supra arboribus in montibus altissimis, 

 Andimarcse, Mathews, no. 1197, Maclean, Fearce, &c. ; Columbia, 

 Zobi. 



This fine species is the only one of the section that has been in 

 cultivation in this country. It was introduced by Messrs. Veitch, 

 through their collector, Lobb, in 1845, and was exhibited by them at 

 the Horticultural Society's Rooms in April, 1846. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished from all other apetalous species by its very long flowers, 

 short sepals, and included stamens. 



2. F. HiRSUTA, n.sp. — Frutex epiphytus vel supra rupibus umbrosis 

 radicans per anthesin aphyllus, ramis brevibus crassis tortuosis, cor- 

 tice deciduo, foliis alternis ovatis junioribus utrinque pubescentibus, 

 floribus pilosis parvis ad apices ramulorum confertis, pendentibus, pedi- 

 cellis ad 6 lin. longis, calycis tubo l|-2 poll, longo superne sensim 

 latiore, limbo laciniis late ovatis obtusis 3-4 lin. longis, stamiaibus 

 inclusis, ovario dense piloso, stylo paulo exserto. — Peruvia, Lechler, 

 no. 1989. 



I have only seen quite young specimens of this species, but it is 

 very distinct in its very small shaggy flowers. 



3. F. INSIGNIS, n.sp. — "Frutex epiphytus, cortice deciduo, ope 

 radicularum ad HedersB instar alte scandens, tempore florum aphyllus '' 

 (Spruce), floribus speciosissimis " pulchre coccineis " ad apices ramu- 

 lorum confertis, calycis tubo 2-3 poll, longo 8-costato, limbo laciniis 

 lanceolatis 1-1-| poll, longis, staminibus styloque valdc exsertis. — In 

 Andibus Ecuadorensibus, Jameson, Spruce. Fortasse varictus speciosa 

 F. aphylloi. 



