. NEW SPECIES OF SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS 69 
the bracts scarcely a mm. long. Flowering calyx 5 mm. long 
amp 
mouth, strongly 8-nerved, the teeth 8, triangular ovate, acute, 
short, slightly recurved. Petals 4, nearly rotund, purple, 
about twice as long as the calyx-teeth. Stamens 4, shorter 
than the stout style. Capsule sub-globose, 5 or 6 mm. in di- 
ameter. 
“Erect, commonly without branches, 18 to 20 inches high. 
In swampy lands near Cienaga and not far from sea-level, 
September 10. Commonly in water of shallow pools and 
ditches.” (Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, No. 548.) 
Combretum, latipaniculatum. 
oftly tomentose, the upper leaf-surfaces very sparsely so. 
Branchlets stout, terete, the internodes 2 to 4 cm. long. Peti- 
oles r cm. long, stout, terete, the blades 4 to 8 cm. long and 
nearly as broad, oval, the base lightly cordate with regularly 
rt ortion 
about as long as the calyx-tube, long-clawed, oblanceolate. 
Stamens long-exserted. . 
“A twining vine, 25 to 30 feet, with woody stem > inches 
in diameter and armed at intervals of about 3 inches with soli- 
tary short, needle-like spines. An abundant watery sap runs 
from the stem when it is cut and this is sometimes used as an 
external application to sore eyes. Very rare in dry forest near 
sea-level. Collected 5 miles north of Bonda, 100 feet, Marc 
18. Flowers white." : 
(Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, No. 2101.) This stus pe te 
same as that collected in fruit by Tonduz in Costa Rica (13503) 
and Spruce (6255). 
Combretum multidiscum. h 
Minutely lepidote, the inflorescence golden yellow. Brane - 
lets stout, sub-terete, the internodes 4 or 5 cm. tong. ign i 
7 to I0 mm. long, stout channelled above, the blades 10 to 
