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1 mm. longis triangularibus obtusis, staminibus linearibus fila- 

 mentis 3 mm. longis plus minus complanatis ca. 4-5 mm. supra 

 corollae basin insertis antheribus 7'2 mm. longis nee exsertis, stylo 

 filiforme complanato 1'3 cm. longo, bacca elliptico-oblonga glabra 

 vix sulcata, seminibus manifesto foveolatis '5 mm. diam. 



A very distinct species, having affinities with H. lutea Eohr, 

 but recognizable by its large leaves and small tubular flowers in 

 large glabrous cymes. 



12. H. BEEviFLORA A. Rich. Fl. Cub. ii. 17 (1853). 

 Hab. Cuba, in montosis prope Santiago : Linden, 2048. 

 Conspicuous for its broadly ovate, suborbicular leaves and 



small flowers. 



13. H. EOSTEATA Bartlott ex DC. Prodr. iv. 442 (1830). 

 Hab. Mexico, Acapulco : Hmnke. 



14. H. XEROCAEPA Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. 284 (1891). 



Hab. Nicaragua : Seemann, 120 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Tate, 222 ! 

 Hb. Kew. 



15. H. ovata, sp. nov. Foliis glabris verticillatis, floribus 

 sessilibus secundis, corolla inter minores glabra staminibus corollae 

 tubum subeequantibus, calycis dentibus longiuseulis. 



Hab. Venezuela : Funcke d; Schlim, 538 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



Frutex (?),ramulis compressis glabris, foliis verticillatis glabris 

 ovatis 9-11 cm. x 5-6 cm. basi brevissime acutis vel subrotundis 

 apice breviter acuminatis acutis, stipulis parvis crassiusculis del- 

 toideis persistentibus, cymis terminalibus subglabris breviter 

 pedicellatis, calyce infundibulari vix pubescente lobis oblongis 

 truncatis ssepius revolutis 2-3 mm. longis, corolla tubulosa 1-4 cm. 

 longa glabra basi ventricosa, staminibus linearibus corollre tubum 

 subaequantibus, bacca . . . 



Related to H. Eovirosana, but readily distinguished by its 

 almost complete glabrousness, and by the shape of the leaves. 



16. H. Rovirosse, sp. nov. Foliis glabratis verticillatis, 

 calycis lobis revolutis pro rata longiuseulis, corolla inter minores 

 tubulosa extus pubescente-hirta. 



Hab. Marshes on banks of S. Sebastian River, Tabasco, 

 Mexico, Hb. Bovirosa, 499 ! in Hb. Kew. 



VerisimiHter frutex ramulis teretiusculis sparse pilosis, foliis 

 3-nis ellipticis 5-10 cm. x 2-5-4 cm. utrinque angustatis apice acuto 

 petiolo 5 mm.-l-4 cm. utrinque glaberrimis nisi subtus praesertim 

 super venam mediam et in axillis cum costis secundariis sparse 

 pilosis, stipulis deltoideis apice in filamentum ad 5 mm. longum 

 acuminato, cymis terminalibus laxiusculis pubescentil)us breviter 

 pedicellatis, calyce sparse piloso lobis lineari-oblongis apice trun- 

 cate ad 3 mm. longis revolutis, corolla tubulosa basi vix ventricosa 

 extus subhispidula, staminibus linearibus, stylo filiforme basin 

 versus plus minus ampliato. 



I have not seen a fully opened flower of tliis species ; but it 

 may be readily distinguished l)y the length and shape of the calyx- 

 lobes and the indumentum of the corolla. 



