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caerulea, ohne apice saepius plus minusve 
bidentata, 1-1'1 cm. longa, 2-25-2-75 mm. lata (parte superiore 
intus glabra.) Stylus 3-3-5 mm. longus, infra medium dense 
stellato-pilosus. Capsula ignota.—Belotia n. 4, Hemsl. Biol. 
Centr.-Amer., Bot. i. p. 137 (1879). 
Panama. On slopes of wooded hills at Paraiso. railway- 
station, fl. Dec., Sutton Hayes 438 (Herb. Kew et Mus. Brit.). 
- Allied to B. mexicana, to which Hemsley (1.c.) was inclined to 
refer it. It may be distinguished by the denticulate leaves, 
the less conspicuous transverse nerves on the upper surface, the 
indumentum and the larger flowers. According to Sutton Hayes 
it is a tree 20-30 ft. high, with reddish calyx and pale blue petals. 
3. B. grandifolia, Sprague, sp. nov. 
Ramuli juniores fulvo-tomentelli et pilis majoribus grosse 
pubescentes; internodia 2-5-3 cm. longa. Folia ovato-lanceo- 
lata, longe acuminata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 17-5-20 em. 
longa, 8-9-5 cm. lata, acumine ut videtur circiter 1-5 cm. longo, 
‘glandulari-serrulata, denticulis appressis 1-5-5 mm. distantibus, 
firme chartacea, discolora, supra exsiccando vix brunnescentia, 
minute puberula vel glabrescentia, subtus indumento duplici, 
inferiore minute tomentello, superiore pubescente, nervis longe 
patenter pilosis; petioli 1-5 em. longi, pariter ut ramuli induti. 
Thyrsi in axillis foliorum superiorum orti, superiores aphylli, 
3-6 cm. longi, inferiores foliati, usque ad 15 cm. longi. Alabastra 
circiter 1 cm. longa. Sepala 1:2-1'25 cm. longa, 2-75-3 mm. 
lata. Petala ligularia, apice bidentata, 10-5 mm. longa, 1-25 mm. 
lata, utrinque pilosula, area basali nectarifera obreniforme. 
Mexico. Vera Cruz: Zacuapan; on sunny hills, 1200 m., 
fl. Aug.—Sept., C. A. Purpus 1916 (Mus. Brit.). 
Nearly related to B. macrantha, from which it differs by the 
characters indicated in the key, and in the inversely reniform 
nectaries. 
4. B. mexicana, K. Schum. in Engl. et. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. 
iii. 6, p. 28 (1890), excl. syn. B. grewiacfolia ; Hochr. in Ann. 
Conserv. et Jard. Bot. Geneve, ; Xvili.-xix. p. 90 (1914, exel. 
B. grewiaefolia. 
Grewia mexicana, DC. Prodr. i. p. 510 (1824), 
Belotia Galeottii, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. xix. 2, p. 504 
(1846); Hemsl. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. i. p. 137 (1879), excl. 
stirp. nicarag. 
B. grewiaefolia, Hemsl. I.c. 136, excl. stirp. cubens. et syn. 
Adenodiscus mexicanus : non. A, Rich, 
Vera Cruz: in ravines at 900 m., Galeotti 4261. 
Jalapa, Galeotti. Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, Talea, etc., Jurgensen 
772. Montecinos, Linden 43. Between Vera Cruz and Orizaba, 
Fr. Muller 2231. Without precise locality, Harris. 
As suggested by Hemsley (l.c.) and confirmed by eae 
(l.c.), B. mexicana and B. Galeottit are conspecific. ewiae- 
_folia, A. Rich., however, which has been identified with B. mexi- 
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