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tion inconspicuous. Racemes shorter than their leaves, their 
s the flower 
peduncles slend as long the petioles, th 
branches loosely disposed, sub-opposite, divaricately spreading. 
the 3 ered bra s about as long as the flowers, slender, 
sharply angled. Perigone divided to the base, the lower por- 
. tion of the lobes erect, a little shorter than the reflexed, linear 
. greenish-yellow upper portion. Stamens shorter than perigone, 
. the filaments a little shorter than the oval anther. Style slen- 
der, the stigma capitate 
Cotania, Bolivia, 2450 M. (Buchtien, No. 3158.) 
. Aetanthus ovalis. 
| Glabrous, the branchlets short and stout, pua greenish, 
strongly wrinkled in drying. Leaves 5 to 8 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. 
broad, oval, abruptly contracted into a short seule like base, 
rounded at the summit, entire, thick, revolute, roughened on 
ib ncles clustered at the ends of the branchlets, the 
bracts very short, broader than long, blunt. Flowers (young 
and unopened), ng, straight, very slender, the middle 
whitish margin truncate, with very small acute tee a- 
mens attached at the base of the Peet third of the corolla, 
where the latter is pilose. Filam ry he anther 
short, t 
extending to the summit of "E erolla. stelle sagittate at the 
base, attenuate at the summ 
"In damp forest, Sierra P Libano, 6,000 feet May 18. 
On a high tree, the flowers bright-red. Grows to 5 feet long, 
with pendent branches." (Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, 
No. 1494.) 
Dendrophthora — 
Glabrous. Stems much-branched, the ultimate | ranches 
to 8 cm. long, very pre the internodes 2 to 2.5 cm. long, 
more or less quede dd with a sharp nerve verhis the 
angles. Leav to long, I to 2 mm. wi linear, 
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obtuse or dcm. entire, thick, the midrib prominent T nah. 
Spikes. to 2 cm. long, inc uding the sharply angled peduncle, 
oad. 
Flower 2 mm. long and e as Pad, lightly A, pes 
petals ovate, acute, not keeled, thickish, the calyx annular, 
narrow, obscurely lobed. Rudimentary stamens pre on 
some petals. prema very small. Berry 5 mm. broad, 3 mm 
high, light-brown 
