416 



10. Mendoncia coccinea, Veil. Fl. Flum, p. 263 (1825); vi. 

 tab. 80. 



Fruiex vel suffrutex volubilis 6-10 pedes altus, totus 

 pilis adpressis fulvo-hirsutis instructus, caulibus subquadrangu- 

 laribus. Folia elliptica, ovata, vel oblonga, apice acuminata, 

 basi rotundata vel subacuta, usque ad L4 dm. longa et 6 em. 

 lata, pagina superiore pilis e basi stellata orientibus tecta, in- 

 feriore dense fulvo-liirsutis praecipue in nervis, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 5 pagina utraque prominentibus, tertiariis subparallelis ; 

 petiolus 0-5-2 cm. longus, adpresse hirsutus. F lores in foliorum 

 axillis, solitarii, bini, rarius terni; pedicelli 2-5 usque ad 7 cm. 

 longi, sursum leviter incrassati, dense pilis fulvis obtecti; brac- 

 teolae lanceolato-ovatae, apice obtusae, breviter cuspidatae, 

 2*5-3 cm. longae, circiter 1 cm. latae, marginibus fere ad apicem 

 agglutinoso-connatae, costa prominente, extra dense fulvo- 

 liirsutae, intus glabrae. Calyx annularis, brevissimus, glaber. 

 Corolla 3*5-38 cm. longa, rubra, glabra, tubo cylindiico circiter 

 1 cm. supra basem constricto superne leviter ventricoso fere 

 stricto, lobis suborbicularibus inter sc subaequalibus. Anther ae 

 fere sessiles, acutae; posticae 1-2 cm. longae, thecis basi vix 

 inaequalibus minute barbulatis anticae 9 mm. longae, thecis 



basi 



gran 



Discus 



annuliformis, carnosus, 1 cm. longus, glaber. Ovarium ellip- 

 soideo-compressum, leviter obliquum, 2-5 mm. altum, 2 mm. 

 diametro, dense minutissime glandulosum; stylus 2*7 cm. 



longus, glaber, apice breviter bificlus. Fructus oblongo-lenti- 

 cularis, apice leviter obliquus, 1'5 cm. altus, 7 mm. diametro, 

 glaber vel leviter pxiberulus. Mendozia Velloziana, Mart. Nov. 

 Gen. et Spec. iii. p. 22 tab. 210 (1829) ; Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. 

 et Spec. iii. p. 10 (1845); Nees in Mart, FL Bras., vol. ix. p. 11, 

 1847. Mendozia Velloziana, Mart. var. sphine/eria, Mart, I.e. 

 Mendozia Ian ci folia, Presl. Sym. Bot. p. 30. t. 80 (1832). Men- 

 doncia Velloziana, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. p. 52 (1847); Miquel 

 Stirp. Surinam, select., p. 127 (1850). Mendoncia Velloziana, 

 Nees, var. sphingeria, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. p. 52 (1847). 



Brazil. Baliia : Ilheos, Blanchet; Eio Janeiro, Twecdie; 

 Lhotsly (ex Presl.); fl. and fr. Sept., Bowie and Cunningham; 

 Corcovado Mts., Miers 3190; Corcovado Mts., by way of Laran- 

 jeiros, fl. Dec, BurclteU; Valley of Laranjeiros, fl. Tune., 

 Burchell 2973; Organ Mts., Miers 4008; Sello (without exact 

 locality); Moro do Telegrapho, near Rio Janeiro, 134 (Mart. 

 Herb. Brasil. p. 104, 1837); Santa Catherina, Tweedie. 



var. sparatteria, Tun ill, comb. nov. A planta typica bracteo- 



lis majoribus usque ad 3 cm. longis et 1*7 cm. latis basi tiuncatis 

 differt. Mendoncia Velloziana, Nees, var. sparatteria , Nees, in 

 DC. Prod. xi. p. 52 (1847). Mendozia Velloziana, Mart., var. 

 sparatteria, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Spec. iii. p. 23. Mendoncia fulva, 

 Lindau in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 646 (1897). 



Brazil. Amazonas: EioXTaupes; Panure, Spruce 2683. Minas 

 Geraes; near Tapinlia Canga, Gardner 5128; Lagoa Santa, fl. 

 Nov., Wanning. Rio de Janeiro; Gardner 194; Corcovado, 



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