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Llpostoma capitatum D. Don. On dripping red sandstone, near 

 stream, between Therezopolis and Alto da Serra, Serra dos Orgaos, 

 4000 ft., n. 165. 



Oldenlandia thesiifolia Schumann. In marsh at Sant' Anna, 

 Sao Paulo, 8000 ft., n. 142. 



Dedieiixia cordirjera Mart. ap. Zucc. var. genuina Miill. Av:;. 

 On 0j3en campo, Ipanema, E. Sao Paulo, 2500 ft., n. 137. 



lUmmeorliiza sp. On o^^en grass j hillside, Morro dos Cabritos, 

 Ptio de Janeiro, 1000 ft., n. 123.' 



Acicarplia spathulata K. Br. var. genuina, C. A. Muell. On 

 loose sand on Gavea Beach, near Rio de Janiero, sea-level, n. 196. 



AchyrocUne satureoides DC. On loose sand near sea, Praia de 

 Leblond, liio de Janeiro, sea-level, n. 200. 



Epaltes hrasiUensis DC. On marsh at Lagoa de Rodrigo Freitis, 

 llio de Janeiro, sea-level, n. 198. 



Veronia hrevlfolia Less. Open grassy campo, Ipanema, E. Sao 

 Paulo, 2500 ft., n. 134. 



Mikania stipuJacea Willd. Straggler on loose sand near sea, 

 Gavea Beach, near liio de Janeiro, sea-level, n. 190. 



Htifftia chrijsantha Mikan. Tree of forest on Morro dos Cabritos, 

 Ptio de Janeiro,' 1000 ft., n. 194. 



Jliitisia coccinea St. Hil. In depth of rain-forest, Cantareira, 

 near Sao Paulo, 3000 ft., n. 114. 



31. sppciosa Hook. Edge of ram -forest, below Dedo de Deus, 

 Serra dos Orgaos, 3500 ft., n. 159. 



Bidens jnlos'a L. Beside railwav-track below Therezopolis, Serra 

 dos Orgaos, 3500 ft., n. 158. 



Senecio h)'asiliensis Less. Edge of rain-forest on Serra below 

 Petropolis, 1500 ft., n. 155. 



Baccliaris genisteUoides Pers. Open hillside at Sant' Anna, Sao 

 Paulo, 3000 ft., n. 144. 



SipJiocampylus duploserratus Pohl. Liane of rain-forest at Alto 

 da Serra, between Santos and Sao Paulo, 2600 ft., n. 154. 



S. macropodus (Thunb.) G. Don. Liane of rain-forest at Canta- 

 reira, near Sao Paulo, 3000 ft., n. 115. 



Gaultheria Willisiana, sp. nov. 



Species a G.ferruginea Cham. & Schlecht., cui affinis, ramulis 

 flexuosis porrectis juventute villis carbonaceo-nigris tectis, foliis apice 

 callo nitido prajditis, racemis terminalibus tantum, fiiamentis superne 

 gradatim complanatis distinguenda. 



Suffrutex 0"5 m. altus, ramulis flexuosis porrectis rufo-nigris vilHs 

 carbonaceo-nigris superne tectis. Folia elliptica vel rotundata, raris- 

 sime subovata, summo apice callo obtuso nigro nitido instructa, basi 

 rotundata vel subcordata, 3-5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, corlacea, subtus 

 villis compositis rufo-ferrugineis vel purpureo-nigris tecta, pagina 

 superiore demum punctis elevatis subaspera, vestigiis prioris tomenti 

 in nervis primariis persistentibus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3 obliquis, 

 duobus superioribus ad apicem convergentibus subtus prominulis, 

 reticulato-rugoso-venosa, rete inferiore pagina elevato, margine con- 

 spicue sed angustius reflexo minute-serrulato ; petioli 3-4 mm. longi, 



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