413 



~9" 



r 



* 





papillosum; stylus usque ad 1-5 cm. longus, apice brevissimc 

 inaequaliter bifidus, parte infima papillosa excepta glaber. 

 Colombia. Caqueta Territory: Mocoe, T. A. Sjrrague, 402. 



5. Mendoncia squamuligera, Xees in DC. Prodr. xi., p. 50 

 (1847). 



y Suffrutex scandens, caulibus adpresse hirsutis vel glabris sub- 



teretibus. Folia late elliptica apice rotunda t a breviter cuspidata, 

 basi acuta vel rotundata vel cuncata, usque ad 12 cm. longa et 

 8 cm. lata, costa nervisque pagina utraque prominent ibus, nervis 

 lateralibus marginem versus sursum curvatis, utrinque 3-4, 

 inferiore plus minusve fulvo-hirsuta, superiore fere glabra vel 



pilis e basi stellata orientibus instructa ; petioli circiter 'Z cm. 

 longi, fulvo-hirsuti vel glabri. Flares 2-3 in foliorum axillis; 

 bracteolae oblongae 41 cm. longae, 1*3 cm. latae, apice apicu- 

 latae, basi rotundatae, extra fulvo-hirsutae ciliataeque, inira 

 glabra; pedicelli 1*7-7 cm. longi, graciles dense fulvo-hirsuti. 

 Corolla usque ad 6*5 cm. longa, cylindrica. Calyx brevissimus, 

 glaber. Ovarium oblique lenticulari-oblongum, 0*5 cm. altum, 

 2*5 mm. dianietro, glabrum; stylus 4-5 cm. longus, glaber, apice 

 sub-inaequaliter bifidus. Fructus oblongo-obovatus, lenticulari- 

 compressus. apice acute apieulatus, 1/8 cm. longus, 8 mm. 

 diametro, glaber vel fere glaber. 



French Guiana. Cayenne, Martin; Acarouany, Sagot 1045; 

 Foiteau. 



The specimen collected by Foiteau lias leaves with, very cuneate 

 bases. That this character is of little value is shown by Eudge's 

 plants in Herb. Mus. Brit., for these have on the same stem 

 leaves with rounded bases and leaves with cuneate bases. 



6. Mendoncia Tonduzii, Turrill, sp. nov. 



Suffrutex volubilis, caulibus tetragonis fulvo-hirsutis. Folia 

 late elliptica, apice acuminata, basi usque ad 11'5 cm. longa et 



j 6 cm. lata, costa nervis lateralibusque pagina inferiore pro- 



minentibus, superiore subprominentibus, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 4-5 marginem versus sursum curvatis, tertiariis 



I subparallelis, supra pilis e basi stellata orientibus obtecta, 



infra nervis praecipue dense fulvo-hirsuta et minutissime pube- 

 rula; petiolus 2-5 cm. longus, dense fulvo-hirsutus. Bracteolae 

 oblongo-oblanceolatae, nervo medio conspicuo praeditae, subcari- 

 natae, apice truncatae, apicuiatae, extra dense fulvo-hirsutae, 

 intus glabrae; pedicellus usque ad 3*5 cm. longus, dense fulvo- 

 hirsutus. Calyx annularis, 1 mm. longus, extra leviter hirsutus. 



p Corolla alba [Tonduz). Ant heme apice acuminatae, 8 mm. 



longae, posticae thecis inaequalibus, basi breviter barbato- 



; puberulis exceptis glabrae; pollinis granulae circiter 48 p. 



j diametro. Discus ■carnosulus, annularis, 1 mm. altus, glaber. 



\ Ovarium oblon go-ova turn, lentieulari-compressum, 3 mm. altum, 



basi 2 mm. latum, minutissime puberulum; stylus basi minutis- 

 ime puberula excepta glaber, apice breviter inaequaliter bifidus. 



% Costa Eica. Tucurrique, A. Tonduz 12946. 

 Nicaragua. Chontales 3Its. f Seemann. 



