TROPICAL AMEEICAX RUBIACE.I5; 339 



formantes. Flores albi cvmularum pauci- (3-5-)florarum sessiles 

 racemum vel nonnunquam spicam, foliis multo breviorein clispositi, 

 hracteis minutis. Calyx infundibularis sulcatus limbo subtruncato v. 

 obscure late neciion minute sinuato-deutato. Corollce glaberrimae 

 tubus insuper paullo ampliatus anguste infundibularis, lobi 5 patentes 

 oblongi obtusi, tubi dimidium longitudine subsequantes. Stamina 

 conspicue exserta, antheris breviusculis versatilibus. 



Eastern Peru: in recent woods, near Tarapoto, August, 1855, 

 Spruce 4120! 



lielated, apparently, to the preceding, which it resembles in the 

 arrangement of the sessile flowers in indefinite inflorescences of 

 cymules. The Avhole plant is strictly glabrous. The tough leaves 

 are from 7 to 12 cm. long and 3 to 5*5 cm. wide ; the petiole does 

 not exceed 5 or 6 mm. The leather}^, corky s^//?w/d-sheatli is at most 

 2 mm. deep. Inflorescence about 6 cm. long, of which 2 to 3 cm, is 

 occupied by the peduncle, and rarely more tlian 2 cm. wide. Total 

 calyx, l"o mm. long. CoroIIa-tnhe 4 mm,, lobes 2-3 mm. long. 

 Stamens exserted 2-3 mm. ; anthers, 1*5 mm. long. 



Palicourea hedyctoides, sp. no v. Frutex glaber, ramulis Isevibus 

 subteretibus striatis ruf escentibus. Folia inter minora, firme chartacea, 

 lanceolata salicina longe necnon graciliter acuminata acuta, basi acuta 

 in petiolmn brevem angustata; stipidw membranacese in vaginam 

 brevissimam persistentem aristis utrinque duobus setaceis distantibus 

 brevibus onustam connatse, Flores in thyrso laxo plus minus folioso 

 dispositi plerumque nonnunquam longiuscule pedicellati majusculi, 

 hracteis nunc minusculis subsetaceis nunc foliosis nonnunquam foliis 

 vegetantibus subsimilibus, hinc inde sparse dispositis, Calycis lobi 

 lanceolati acuti conspicui tubum excedentes, Corollce tubus curva- 

 tus basi gibbosus obliquus insuper sub lobos ampliatus oblongo-ovatos 

 patentes obtusos. Stamina 5 antheris suberectis exsertis linearibus. 



Ecuador : In valle Lloenti inter arbores, alt. 9000 pedes. Floret 

 September, October. Jameson 336 ! 



Very distinct in its small, willow-like leaves 4 cm. X 1 cm. to 

 8 cm. X 2*5 cm., shining above, recalling some species of Hedyotis with 

 their close conspicuous venation with 12 or more main veins on either 

 side of the midi-ib. The stipules are small but manifest, reduced to 

 two distant setse, 2 or 3 mm. long, joined across the stem by little 

 more than an interpetiolar line. The reddish shining branchlets end 

 in a pyramidal lax inflorescence about 12 cm, long and the same in 

 diameter at the base. The 'flowers are very typical of the genus, on 

 iwdicels as much as 6 mm, long. Calyx-iwhe I'S mm., lobes 2 mm, 

 long. Corolla-twhe 8-9 mm. long, widened to 4 mm. or more at the 

 mouth ; lobes 3 mm. X 1'5 mm. at the base. The anthers are exsei-ted 

 just beyond the mouth of the corolla, and are 2 mm. in length, 



Palicourea lyristipula, sp. nov, Frutex v. arbor ramulis sulcato- 

 complanatis quadi-angularibus dense pubescentibus, nodis saepe con- 

 spicue tumidis. Folia ampla majuscula firme chartacea obovata v.. 

 elliptica basi in petiolum brevem angustata apice obtusa parum acumi- 

 nate, supra nisi in vena centrali nonnunquam patente pubescentia v. 



