260 



also by R. Pearce at La Paz, 12,000 ft April, 1864, and by Man- 

 don (No. 702). 

 Barbiera polyphylla] DC. Mem. Leg. 242. Guanai, 2,000 ft. 



(2356). 

 Tephrosia leptostachya, DC. Prodr. ii, 251. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. 



(1343). 

 Tephrosia toxicaria^ Pers. Syn. 11. 329. Mapiri, 5,000 ft, (Q^S)- 



Bolivian name '*sacha." 



Cracca ochrokuca (Pers.), Benth. in Oerst. Leg, Cent. Amer. 9. 

 Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2355). 



COURSETIA BOLIVIANA, spec. nova. Frutex scandens; foliolis 

 15-19, oblongis, 3-4 cm. longis, 1-5 cm. latis, obtusis, mu- 

 cronatis, utrinque minutissime pubescentibus, breviter petio- 

 latis; racemis axillaribus, elongatis, 10-20 floris, 9- 18 cm. 

 longis; floribus pedicillatis, 8 mm. latis; petalis exteriore 

 pubescentibus, calycibus 5-dentatis, bibracteolatis ; bracteolis 

 linearibus. Folia 15-20 cm. longa. Sorata, 8,000 ft (i043 



and 1344)- 



ifloriis, DC. Mem. Astrag. t 50. Sorata, ilfiOO 

 ft (1925). The same as Mandon's No. 713. 

 Astragalus capitellus, spec. nova. Herbaceus vel basi 



lignescens, 20-25 cm. altus; foliolis 16-19, oblongo-Iineari- 

 ^ bus, I cm. longis, 2-^, mm. latis, supra glabratis, subter aibo- 

 pubescentibus; folia 5-9 cm. longa, foliola distantia; stipuli^ 

 triangularibus, scariosis ; pedunculis axillaribus, ad matunta- 

 tem I cm. longis, parce pilosis ; capitellis paucifloris, floras 

 minores; calycibus 2 mm. longis, laciniis subulatis; legumin- 

 nibus 12 mm. longis, oblongis, apiculatis, puberulis, sulcatis, 

 lO-spermis. Capitellis sub 6-floris. Near La Paz, 10,000 it. 

 (1005). Apparently the same as Mandon's No. 714* Herb. 

 Kew. 



Chcetocalyx Brasiliensis (Vogel), Benth. in Mart Fl. Bras. xv. 

 Pars I. 75. Guanai, 2,000 ft (2398). 



Amicia Lobbiana^ Benth. in Herb. Kew. Sorata, 10,000 ft. 



(1333). The same as Mandon No. 765. 

 ^scky^wmene sensiiiva, Sw. FL Ind. Occ. iii. 1276. Falls of the 

 Madeira, Brazil (1037). 



JEschynomene Hystrix^ Poir. Diet. Suppl. iv. "JT. Same local- 

 ity. (1038). 



JEschytiojnene falcata, DC. Prodn ii, 322. Guanai, 2,000 ft- 



(1035)- 



