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7. Mendoncia pilosa, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. p. 50. 



Frutiw adscendens, 6-8 pedum altitudinem attingit, 

 raniis rectis vel volubilibus teretiusculis hirtis. Folia late 

 ovata, apice in cuspidem sat longum acutum attenuata, basi 

 rotundata, 7-13 cm. longa, 5-9 em. lata, hirsuta. Flores 1-4, 

 in axillis foliorum positi ; pedicelli filiformes, erecti 2*5-7'5 cm. 

 longi; bracteolae lineari-lanceolatae, deorsiim falcatae, planae, 

 basi rotundatae, fere 4 cm. longae. 125 cm. latae, nervo medio 

 valde prominulo in mucronem 6 mm. gradatim excurrente, pilis 

 longis fulvis hirtae. Calyx annularis, glaber. Corolla fere 4 cm. 

 longa, glabra, coccinea, tubo anguste tubuloso, superne nonniliil 

 dilatato, limbo brevi. Stamina 4, filamentis perbrevibus com- 

 pressis, antheris a cut is fere 2*5 cm. longis, posticarum thecis basi 

 conspicue inaequalibus; staminis quinti rudimentum minimum 

 subulifornie, vix 2 mm. longum, inter stamina duo postica. 

 Ovarium compresso-ovatum, pubesoens; stylus filiformis, glaber, 

 superne nonniliil dilatatus; stigmatis iobi subaequales. Fruc- 

 tus compresso-oblongus. Mendozia pilosa, Mart., Nov. Gen. et 

 Spec iii. p. 21, tab. 209 (1829); Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et 

 Spec. iii. p. 11 (1845); Xees in Mart. Flor. Bras, ix., p. 11 (1847). 



Mendozia granulosa , Nees in DC. Prod. xi. p. 51 (1847). 



Brazil. Amazonas : In primeval forest along the river Japura; 

 near Manacuru, Martin* (I.e.); Rio Negro, near Porto dos 

 Miranhas, Martins (I.e.); near Ega, Poeppig (ex Poepp. et 

 Endl. I.e.). 





8. Mendoncia Lindavii, Rushy, in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, 

 iv. p. 241 (1895). 



Frutcw volubilis, ramis vetustis sparse adpresseque liirsutis 

 quadrangularibus, junioribus dense fulvo-hirsutis. Folia ellip- 

 tic a vel ovato-elliptica, apice acuminata, basi rotundata vel 

 acuta, 5-18 cm. longa, 3-8 cm. lata, inferne hirsuta, superne 

 pilis runnerosis e basi stellata orientibus instruct a, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 4-5, costa nervisque pagina superiore sub- 

 prominentibus, inferiore prominentibus, nervis tertiariis subparal- 

 lelis ; petiolus circiter 1 cm. longus, dense fulvo-hirsutus. Flores 

 1-3 in foliorum axillis; bracteolae lanceolato- vel lineari- 

 oblongae leviter eurvatae, apice acutae, mucrone 2-3 mm. longo 

 instructae, 3-5 cm. longae, 8-9 mm. latae, extra dense patuleque 

 fulvo-villosae, intus glabrae, uninerves; pedicelli usque ad 6 cm. 

 longi, saepissime breviores, dense patuleque fulvo-villosi. Calyx 

 cupularis, 1*5 mm. longus, glaber vel plus minusve pubeseens. 

 Corolla anguste infundibuliformis, 4*5 cm. longa, rubra (ex 



Rushy) vel intense coccinea (ex Andre) glabra, tubo 1*5 cm. 



supra basem eonstricto unilateraliter ventricoso, fauce 6 cm. 



diametro, Lobis subaequalibus inferiore paulum longiore ovato- 

 orbkularibus 4-5 mm. longis latisque. Ant her ae fere sessiles, in 

 corollae tubo prope medium insertae, apice acuminatae thecis 

 basi barbulatis, posticae IT cm. longae thecis basi leviter 

 inaequalibus, anticae T3 cm. longae thecis basi valde inaequali- 

 bus; pollinis granula 40 p diametro. Discus annularis, carno- 

 sus, 1 mm. longus. Ovarium ellipsoideum, lenticulari-compres- 

 sum, 3 mm. longum, 2 mm. diametro, densissime pilosum : stylus 



