411 



| . Bracteolae 2*5-3 cm. longae. 



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p 



Bracteolae apice retusae ... ... 23. retusa. 



Bracteolae apice rotundatae. 



Bracteolae oblongae 24. tarapotana. 



Bracteolae oblongo-obovatae ... 25. obovata. 



1. Mendoncia speciosa, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 54 (1847). 



\ Planta volubilis, caulibus quadrangularibus vel subquadran- 

 j gularibus hirsutis. Folia elliptica vel late elliptica, apice 



cuspidato-acuminata, basi rotundata vel abrupte lcviterque 



decurrentia, petiolo excluso usque ad 1'5 dm. longa et 1 dm. 



lata, pagina inferiore sparse hirsuta, superiore pilis e basi sfellata 



orientibus instruct a, costa et nervis lateralibus utrinque, infra 



praeeipue, prominentibus, nervis tertiariis suhparallelis ; petiolu* 



3*5-6-5 cm. longus, sparse hirsutus. Flares solitarii, niagni; 



j bracteolae oblongo-obovatae, apice breviter cuspidatae, 3*7 cm. 



j longae, 1'8 cm. latae, marginibus fere ad apicem agglutinato- 



! connatae, extra sparse hirsutae, intus glabrae; pedicelli 2*5-4 em. 



longi, sparse hirsuti. Calyx cupularis, membranaceus, 2*5 mm. 

 ^ ■ longus. Corolla 7*5 cm. longa, 4 cm. diametro, extra glabra, 



alba, fauce violacea (ex Schlim). Discus annularis, carnosus, 

 1 mm. longus, puberulus. Ovarium compresso-cylindricum, 

 leviter obliquum, 4 mm. altum, 1*5 mm. diametro, den.se pube- 

 I " ruium ; stylus 3 cm. longus, inferne leviter puberulus, superne 



glaber. Fructns oblique obovoideus, lenticulari-compressus, 

 2*7 cm. altus, 1-2 cm. diametro, glaber. 



! Colombia. Dept. ilagdalena : Santa Marta; Valle-dupar, 



j Atanques, fl. and fr. Aug., Pvrdie; Santa Marta, 1370 ni., fl. 



May, //. H. Smith 1137 (distributed by mistake as Mendoncia 

 spectabilis, Xees ab E.). Dept. Santander; environs of Ocana, 



1 1220 m. fl. July, L. Schlim 19. 



f The specimen collected by Schlim is somewhat more hirsute 



than the type. 



2. Mendoncia mollis, Li 



lx. p. 44. (1898). 



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Be 



Frutex volubilis, caulibus suhquadrangularibus patenti- 

 hirsutis, internodiis circiter 12 cm. longis. Folia ovata vel 

 elliptico-ovata, apice sensim acuminata et subito mucronulata, 

 basi rotundata, usque ad 9 cm. longa et 4-3 cm. lata, supra dense 

 pubescentia, infra densissime molliterque flavido-pubescentia, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 3, cum costa pagina utraque pro- 

 minentibus, petiolo 1 cm. longo densissime flavido-pubescente. 

 Flares albidi vel flavo-albi (ex Glaziou), in foliorum axillis 

 solitarii; pedicelli 2-2*5 cm..longi, patenter et dense flavido- 

 [ pubescentes; bracteolae obovatae, apice truneato-rotundatae, 



muerone 1-5 mm. longo instructae, basi rotundatae vel obtu^ae, 

 1 3 cm. longae, 2 cm. latae, usque ad apicem marginibus agglu- 



tinatae, extra dense flavido-pubescentes, intus leviter pubes- 

 centes. Calyx annularis, 2 em., altus, pubescens. Corolla 

 infundibuliformis, 5*5 cm. longa, fauce 1'2 cm. diametro. Discus 

 j glaber, vix 1 mm. longus. Ovarium oblique ovoideo-compressum, 



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