417 



IP 





of Larangeiros, Burcliell 952; the middle part (about I) of the 

 ascent up the Serra de Cubatao fl. Deo., Burcliell 3643. 



var. elliptica, Turrill, var. nov. A plant a typica bracteolis 

 late ellipticis niajoribus 3 cm. longis 2 cm. latis differt. 



Colombia. J. Triana. 



11. Mendoncia aspera, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 51 (1847). 



Planta herbacea (e Spruce), volubilis, caulibus subteretibus 

 adpresse pubescentibus, nodis turgidis, internodiis usque ad 

 11 cm. longis saepissime brevioribus tortis.. Folia late elliptica, 

 apice acuminata, basi rotundata vel plus minusve inaequaliter 

 acuta, costa nervis later alibus ( j u e jagina superiore subprorni- 

 nentibus, inferiore prominentibus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 4-6, marginem versus sursum eurvatis, tertiariis subparallelis, 

 pagina utraque adpresse pubescentia vel interdum supra 

 glabrescentia ; petiolus 1-3 cm. longus, pubescens vel gdabreseens. 

 Pedicelli 1-3-ni in foliorum axillis, adpresse pubescentes; 

 bracteolae lanceolato-ovatae, apicem versus gradatim angustatae, 



mucronato-acuminatae, circiter 2*2 cm. longae et 0*8 cm. latae, . 



* dense sericeo-hirsutae vel adpresse pubescentes, intus glabrae. 



Calyx annularis, 0*5 mm. longus. Corolla tubulosn, 3*4 cm. longa, 

 extra glabra, intus glabra, tubi parte contracta leviter 

 glandulosa exeepta tubo basi dilatato leviter contra c to deinde 

 gradatim ampliato et superne cylindiieo, limbo brevi 5-lobato. 

 Stamina 4; antherae posticae 0-9 cm. longae thecis basi inaequali- 

 bus, anticae 11 cm. longae thecis basi fere aequalibus bre- 

 viter barbatis exceptis glabrae; pollinis granula circiter 35 

 \x diametro. Ovarium lenticulari-compressum, ambitu oblongo- 



I ovatum, puberulum; stylus glaber, apice fere aequaliter bifidus. 



Fructus oblongo-obovatus vel oblongus, lenticulari-compressus, 



' fere niger (ex Spruce), carnosus, 1*6 cm. longus, 9 mm. latus, 



^ sparsissime puberulus. De Yriese in Nederl. Kruidk-Arch. 1. 



(1848), p. 353. Pulle, Vase. PL Surinam, p. 431. Mendozia 



aspera, Ruiz et Pav. Syst. Yeg. p. 158 (1T98); Neea in Mart. Fl. 



Bras. ix. p. 9 (1847). 



Dutch Guiana. Miquel; Hostmann 44; Paramaribo, Split- 



gerber (ex De Vriese) ; Paramaribo, near Poelepantje, Kegel 55 

 i (ex Pulle). 



i Venezuela. Rio Casiquiare : In secondary woods, Spruce 



I 3284. 



Peru. Prov. Ayacucho : Woods about Monterico, 900-1200 m., 

 i R. Pearce; Matthews 1232. 



var. rotundifolia, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. p. 51 (1847). A 



planta typica foliis brevioribus magisque rotundatis differt. 

 f Mendozia rotundi folia, Poepp. et Endl., Nov. Gen. et Spec, iii- 



p. 10 (1845). 



Brazil. Amazonas : In primeval woods, Ega, Poeppig, in 

 Herb. DC, 2194 (ex Nees); Bahia, Blanchet, in Herb. DC, 1474 

 (ex Nees). 



* 



12. Mendoncia Sprucei, Lindau in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 

 p. 647 (1897). 



Suffrutex scandens, caulibus longitndhialiter suleatis tortis, 



