412 



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3 mill, altum, 4 mm. diametro, dense pubescens. Fructus obo- 

 voideus, lenticulari-compressus, apice rotundatus vel obtusus, 

 circiter 2 cm. longus et 1*2 cm. latus. Glaziou in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France lviii. Mem. 3, 530. M. puberula, Glaziou, I.e. 



Brazil. Minas Geraes : Serra do Caraca ; in woods near Alegria, 

 fl. June-July, Glaziou 16292; fr. Dec-Jan., Glaziou 15289. 



v 3. Mendoncia gigas, Lindau in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 



vi., p. 192, 1914. 



Planta scandens, caule tereti pilis adpressis instructo aspero. 

 Folia elliptica, apice acuminata, basi rotundata, 9-13 cm. longa, 

 5-7 cm. lata, supra scabra, ad oostas birsuta, subtus omnino 

 fiavo-pubescentia ; petiolus 2-3 cm. longus, adpresso-birsutus. 



:-4 



5 1UU "66 



tosi; bracteolae oblpngae, apice suboblique acuminatae, 4—4*5 cm. 

 longae, 1-5 cm. latae, mar * 



intus glabrae. Calyx tiuncatus, lobulatus, 1-1*5 mm. longus, 

 puberulus. Corolla purpurea, glabra, tubo 5*5 cm. longo basi 

 8 mm. supra basin 3-5 mm. apice 10 mm. diametro, lobis 5 

 rotundatis 6-7 mm. diametro. Stamina 4, 2 altius inserta, 

 iilamentis inferioribus 4 mm. longis, superioribus 5 mm. longis, 

 antlieris sagittiformibus tbecis exterioribus longioribus 1'8 Tel 

 1-5 cm. longis basi pilosis, interioribus basi glabris 16 vel 13 mm. 

 longis, ad rimas pilis glanduligeris minimis obsitis; pollinis 

 granula globosa, typiea, 50-54/1 diametro. Discus 1*5 mm. altus. 

 Ovarium 3 mm. altum, puberulum; stylus 4*5 cm. longus, glaber, 

 stigmate bilobo. Fructus 2 cm. longus, 8 mm. latus, 7 mm. 

 crassus, apice oblique acuminatus, puberulus. 



Brazil. Amazonas : Iiio Acre; near Seringal Auristella, £L 

 and fr. April, E. Ule 9800 ex Lindau I.e. 



4. Mendoncia Spraguei, Turrill, sp. nov. 



Suffrutea volubilis, caulibus subteretibus, patule fulvo-hirsutis 

 interned iis usque ad 13 cm. longis. Folia elliptico-ovata, apice 

 acuminata, basi rotundata vel leviter acuta, usque ad 9 cm. longa 

 et 5 cm. lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 4 pagina utraque 

 prominentibus marginem versus sursum curvatis, inferiore bir- 

 suta, superiore pilis distinctis e basi stellata orientibus tecta; 

 petiolus 1*5-2 cm. longus, patule fulvo-hirsutus. Flores 

 saepissime 3 in foliorum axillis : bracteolae oblongae vel oblongo- 



ovatae, apice in acumen o mm. Iongum abrupte contractae, basi 

 rotundatae, usque ad 3*5 cm. longae et 1*5 cm. latae, costa media 

 prominente, nervis lateralibus obscuris, extra fulvo-liirsutae, 

 intus glabrae, marginibus fere ad apices agglutinatis ; ped 

 1-5-2*5 cm. longi, patule fulvo-birsuti. Calyx annularis, 2 mm. 

 longus, glaber. Corolla risque ad 6 cm. longa, cylindrica, tuba 

 plus minusve curvato basi 5 mm. diametro, medio 2-5 mm. diame- 

 tro, fauce 7 mm. diametro, glabra, limbo quinquelobato subbila- 

 biato. Stamina 4: filamenta brevissima: antberae do % * 



so 



osoe 



duo anticae 9 mm. longae, apice hamatae, basi lobis bar- 

 batis leviter inaequalibus, duo posticae 1 cm. longae, a.pice com- 

 planatae, basi lobis barbatis inaequalibus; pollinis granula 56 /x 

 diametro. Discus carnosus, 1 mm. altus, glaber. Ovarium len- 

 ticulari-ovoideum, 3 mm. altum, 2 mm. diametro, minute 



