NEw SPECIES or SovTH AMERICAN PLANTS 107 
mm. is narrow and petiole-like, the upper portion ovate, strongly 
revolute, obtuse, obscurely crenate, thick. Calyx thick an 
rgid, 3 mm. long, divided about half-way, the tube ovoid 
strongly 5-costate, the lobes 5, somewhat unequal, ovate, acute 
and pungent. Corolla not found. Ovary ovoid, 2-lobed, the 
lets 2, or when 4, tw 
oblong, lightly curved, black, shining. 
" Payta, Peru, on shore, July 25, I901." (R. S. Williams, 
No. 2913.) 
Coldenia elongata. 
Densely gray-pilose with spreading hairs and slightly his- 
pid. Petioles to 7 mm. long, rather stout. Blades to 7 mm. 
long, 4 mm. wide in the dried state, with the margins strongly 
revolute, oval-ovate and obtuse at both ends, pinnately lobed, : 
the lobes about 5 on each side, ovate, obtuse, thick and rigid, 
concave beneath. Flowers densely massed on the short-branch- 
lets, the masses leafy. Flowers sessile. Calyx 5 mm. long, 
the tube campanulate, I.5 mm. long, the lobes broad and 
rounded. Stamens 5, sub-equal, the anthers very short, fili- 
form, inserted into the upper part of the tube, the anthers 
» : A 
style exserted, the lower two-thirds stout, the upper thir 
slender, tapering, the small stigma minutely 2-lobed, but separ- 
able below. Nutlets spheroidal, 0.5 mm. broad, brown, smooth 
ing. 
“Dry hillsides, Yura, Bolivia, 8,400 feet, August 10, 1901.” 
(R. S. Williams, No. 2562.) 
Coldenia sps. ; 
No. 2521, from Arequipa, Peru, 7,500 feet, which is smaller 
every way except as to its larger, black nutlets, is probably 
distinct, but I am unable to find any flowers in proper state for 
\ dissection, 
Aegiphila stricta. 
Inflorescence minutely puberulent. Branchlets slender, 
Straight, obtusely angled and shallowly sulcaté, the internodes 
3 to 5 cm. long. Petioles 8 to 10 mm. long, sub-erect, the 
lower Portion sharply keeled, annulate at the base, Blades 5 
'8cm. long, 2 to 4 cm. broad, oval o1 slightly obovate, abruptly 
and very shortly produced into the petiole, abruptly contracted 
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