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long, 2 to 4 cm. wide, nerves 4 to 5 on each side of the midrib, ascending, distant, 

 not or only obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete; petioles 5 to 

 8 mm. long; stipules oblong, 2 to 3 mm. long, deciduous, apex rather strongly, 

 often caudate acuminate, the acumen blunt, the base acute or somewhat decur- 

 rent acuminate. Flowers pale green, somewhat fragrant, fasciculate, .'5 to G in 

 each axil, 4 to 5 mm. long, the pedicels slender, glabrous, 2 to '.i nun. long. 

 Calyx short, broad, 5-toothed, glabrous, about 1 mm. long, 2 mm. in diameter. 

 Corolla about 4.5 mm. long, the tube short, broad, not contracted, glabrous out- 

 side, villous within, about 2 mm. long, the lobes 5, about equaling tlie tube, 

 reflexed, ovate or oblong-ovate, acute. Stamens 5; filaments villous, about 1 mm. 

 long; anthers 1.5 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled; style 1.5 mm. long, 

 glabrous; stigma capitate, entire, ridged. Fruit yellow wlicii mature, obovoid, 

 or oblong-obovoid, glabrous, didynamous, fleshy, 1 to l..'l cm. long, about 8 ram. 

 in diameter, 2-seeded, the seeds narrowly oblong-ovoid, rugose, somewhat trique- 

 trous, 8 or 9 mm. long. 



(3945 Merrill) March, 1905 (type); (349 B<rnics) February, 1904; (2587, 

 3000 Meyer) February, May, 1905; (731, 2560, 2751 Borden) May, 1904, Feb- 

 ruary, March, 1905; (98, 298 Whitford) April, May, 1904. Abundant in forests 

 300 to 700 m. Plectronia villarii Elmer in herb., non K. Sch. 



5. P. sp. 



(1263 Whitford) May; (3030 Borden) May. In forests and tiiiekets 80 to 

 130 m., material very imperfect. 



16. TIMONIUS Kumph. 



1. T. arborea Elmer n. sp. in herb. 



A small tree 8 to 12 m. high. Leaves ojjposite, 7 to 16 cm. long, 2.5 to 6 cm. 

 wide, oblong-lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate or elliptical oblanceolate, the apex 

 acuminate, gradually narrowed below to the acute base, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces; nerves 6 to 7 on each side of the midrib, ascending, prominent beneath, 

 the reticulations obscure, dense; petioles glabrous or very sliglitly i)ubescent, 

 0.5 to 1 em. long; stipules 4 mm. long, acuminate, pubescent. Female flowers 

 axillary, solitary, the pedicels 1.5 cm. long, pubescent. Calyx 6 mm. long, pubes- 

 cent, subtended by two small bracteoles, the limb with 5 or 6 small teeth. Corolla 

 pubescent outside, 13 mm. long, the tube cylindrical, about 9 mm. long, the 

 lobes 6 to 8, spreading or reflexed, about 4.5 mm. long, oblong. Stamens 6 to 

 8, sessile, inserted on the corolla tube at about the middle, the anthers nearly 

 3 mm. long. Style equaling the corolla tube, glabrous, channeled, divided above 

 into 5 or 6 linear branches. Fruit globose or ovoid, glabrous, about 1 cm. long, 

 costate, the seeds many, subterete, more or less curved, about 7 nun. long. 



(1248 Whitford) May, 1905; (1364 Borden) July, 1904; (1421 Ahern's col- 

 lector) July, 1904. In forests 200 to 600 m. A species apparently related to 

 Timofiius jamhosella Tliwaites, differing, however, in many characters. 



17. PAVETTA IJnn. 



1. P. barnesii Mliiici n. sp. in Ik rli. 



A spreading shrub about 5 ni. Iiigii. Lcaxt-s cliiclly clustcicil at the ends of 

 the branchlets, membranous, glabrous, turning black in drying, ohlaiiceolate to 

 oblong-obovate, opposite, 9 to 14 em. long, 2.5 to .■) cm. wide the apex usually 

 slender acuminate, tlie base attenuate: nciNcs 7 lo !' on cacli ^idc of tlic niidrih. 

 curved-ascending, rather jiromincnt on lioth siufaccs. the reticulations lax; 

 ])etioles about 2 em. long: stipules glalaous-. subcoriaceous, acute, .■) nun. long, 

 nearly as broad at the base. Inflorescence a terminal cymose panicle not exceed- 

 ing the leaves, the lower branches subtended by broad l)racts, glaltrous or very 



