419 



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acuminata, basi acutiuscula, 7-5-9'5 em. longa, 3-46 cm. lata, 

 margine leviter revoluta, pagina superiore obscure viridia pilis 

 minutis e basi subtilissime stellata orientihus adspersa, inferiore 

 fuscescentia, strigilloso-pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 3-4; petioli adpresse hirsuti, 1-2-5 cm. longi. Pedicelli fructi- 

 feri axillares, 1-5-nis, circiter 1.5 cm. longi, adpresse hirsuti; 

 f braceolae* ellipticae, concavae, mueronatae, 10 cm. longae, 0-7- 



1*0 cm. latne, hirsutae. Calyx annuliformis, brevissinius, trun- 

 catus. Drupa oblique obovata, lenticulari-compressa, mucronata, 

 1*4 cm. longa, 8-9 mm. lata, glabra. 



Costa Rica. Aguacate and Cartago. Orsted. 



Panama. Lion Hill Station; Aug. 1801, S. Hayes 368. 



The author adds the following note to his description : " Affinii 



- 



i 





f 



Engeliae villosae, Kl. et Karst. (DC. Prod. xi. p. 721), a qua dif- 

 fert foliorum indumento, ramis costalibus paucioribus, petiolis 

 brevioribus, bracteis brevioribus et apioe latioribus. Corollae in 

 speciminibus meis desunt." 



15. Mendoncia multiflora, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. p. 52 



(1847). 



(aide* fructicosi, altissime scandentes, ramis volubilibus longis- 

 simis simplicibus teretiusculis superne obtusangulis pilosis dein 

 glabrescentibus. Folia elliptica, acutissime acuminata, basi 

 attenuata, 9 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, supra glabra obscure viridia, 

 subtus adpresse hirta, strigosa, mollia, subf erruginea ; petioli 

 supra profunde canalieukti, hirti. Pedicelli axillares, crebri, 4 ad 

 10, basi connexi, interdum subeyniosi, uniflori, obtusanguli, 

 petiolo breviores; bracteolae ovales vel subrotundatae, mucrone 

 incurvo rigido terminatae, eoriaceae, ad medium usque connatae, 



uti pedicellus. pilis sericeis adpressis nitidis badiis densissime 

 vestitae. Calyx minutus. Corolla anguste tuhulosa, violacea, 

 glabra. Drvpa ovato-oblonga, r*ompres>a, acuta, glabra. 



Wendozia multiflora, Poepp. et Endl. Xov. Gen. et Spec, iii., 

 p. 10, tab. 208, fig. 1-3 (1845); Xees in Mart. Fl. Bras., vol. ix. 

 p. 12 (1847). Mendoncia strigosa, Poepp. ex Xees in DC. Prod., 



xi. p. 52 (1847). 



Brazil. Amazonas; In primeval woods near Ega, Poepjng. 

 There is some discrepancy between the description and figure 

 given by Poeppig and Endlicher, and it is possible that the plant 



is very closely related to M. puberula, Xees, or is even a variety 



of that species. 



Mendoncia tomenfasa, Poepp. ex Nees In DC. Prod. xi. p. 52. 

 Mendozia tomentosa, Poepp. ex Xees in Mart. Fl. Bias. ix. p. 12 



f (1847), is probablv a variety or a luxuriant state of M. multiflora. 



* Xees. It is described as having a jjrev-tomentose indumentum. 



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suborbicular leaves and subrotund bracteoles. The type specimen 

 {Poeppig 2818, in Herb. Acad. Petrop.) is said to be very 

 incomplete. 



16. Mendoncia albida, Veil, in Flor. Flomin. p. 263 (1825) : 

 vi. tab. 85 (1827). 



Fritter volubilis, canlibus quadranpolaribos yel subquad- 

 rangularibus hirsntis vel fere elftbris. Folia elliptico-laneeolata 



