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Leaves ovate-lanceolate, rounded or 
subcordate at the base serrulate ; 
upper part of bel = on 
both aveinces - 3. grandiflora. 
Sepals 5-7 mm. lon 
Leaves densely tomentose beneath ; 
branchlets ferrugineous-tomen- 
tose : 
Leaves elliptic, minutely and dis- 
tantly sen nt glabrous 
or subglabrous above, mi- 
nutely and Ses reticulate 7. Lessertiana. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather 
closely denticulate, at first 
rate, not reticulate . - 6. caribaea. 
Leaves not densely tomentose be- 
neath ; branchlets _not ferru- 
gineous-tomentose : 
eos hegpaate on long-shoots, in 
of adult or nearly 
adult foliage leaves ; ee 
ulate 
ry 
= 
lig Campbellir. 
fol ceaieinccs on — short: 
shoots in the axils of v 
young foliage-leaves (or fold 
aceous bracts) ; petals phleng 
_ Spathulate - ll. tabascana. 
= ic Baill. in epg. x. p. 182 (1872); Hemsl. 
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. i. p. 137 (18 
MEXxIco. Guerrero : near Reobtines ‘Palmer 146. Temperate 
Andes of Mexico, Ghiesbreght 356 (ex Baill. 1.c.). 
Differs from all other known species of Belotia by the leaves, 
which are merely acute or at the most very shortly acuminate, 
an e ree size of the flowers and capsules. According to 
illon insignis is a lofty tree with violet flowers. 
3: B. rancniaiibite Sprague, sp. nov. 
Arbor 6-9 m. alta. Ramuli juniores velutini vel dense pub- 
escentes, mox glabrescentes, elevato-reticulati; internodia 2-3 cm. 
longa. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, longe acuminata, basi obtusa, 
13-17-5 cm. longa, 4°5-6 cm. lata, acumine 0-8-3 em. longo, 
glandulari-denticulata, denticulis ascendentibus 1-5-5 mm. dis- 
tantibus, firme chartacea, valde discolora, supra exsiccando 
brunnea, minute sparse pubescentia vel puberula, subtus indu- 
mento griseo duplici, inferiore minute tomentello, superiore 
grosse pubescente; petioli velutini, 1-1-5 cm. longi. Thyrsi 
axillares, aphylli, 4-6 cm. longi, vel foliaceo-bracteati, usque 
ad 10 cm. longi. Alabastra circiter 1 cm. longa. Sepala rubella, 
10-5-12-5 mm. longa, 2+75-3-25 mm. lata. Petala pallide 
