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latae, sparse (magis in margine) pilosae. Calyx truncatus, 

 irregulariter fissus, circiter 1 mm. longus. Corollae tubus 

 19 mm. longus, basi 4 mm. diametro, supra basim ad 3 mm. 

 constrictus, apice 10 mm. diametro; lobi aequales 10 mm. longi, 

 9 mm. lati. Filamenta 4 mm. longa, postica altius affixa; au- 

 therarum thecae in eadem fere altitudine affixae, 7 mm. longae, 

 basi barbatae, connectivo apice in dentem 2 mm. longum pro- 

 ¥ ducto; pollinis granula typica, circiter 46 /a diametro. Discus 



1*5 mm. altus. Ovarium. 2*5 mm. altum; stylus 1*7 cm. lonsrus; 

 stigma ina equali ter bilobum. 



Brazil. Minas Geraes; in thickets near Itacolumi, Schwacke 

 9029 (exLindau). 



22. Mendoncia orbicularis, Twrrill, sp. now 



Frutex volubilis, ramosus, caulibus subteretibus leviter pube- 

 rulis tunc demum glabrescentibus. Folia eliiptico-ovata, apice 

 acuminata, basi subrotundata vel breviter decurrentia, usque ad 

 11 cm. longa et 5-2 cm. lata, costa nervis lateralibusque pagina 

 utraque subprominentibus, reticulatione impress a, nervis laterali- 

 bus marginem versus sursum curvatis, supra glabra, infra nervis 

 leviter puberula ; petiolus 2-2*5 cm. longus, glaber vel fere glaber. 

 Flores 4-9 in foliorum axillis; pedicellus 1*7 cm. longus, glaber; 

 bracteolae orbiculares, suborbiculares, vel late ovatae, apice 

 rotunda tae vel a out 



gae, 1*1 cm. latae, extra leviter minutissime puberulae, intus 

 glabrae, virides (ex Spruce). Calyx annularis brevissimus, 



v 



glaber. Corolla alba (ex Spruce), tubo subcylindrico, superne 

 vix ampliato, 1 cm. longo, circiter 5 mm. diametro, lobis 6 

 subaequalibus. Stamina 4, antheris 4 mm. longis apice apieulato- 

 spathulatis tliecis basi leviter inaequalibus. Discus annularis, 

 carnosus, t mm. altus, glaber. Ovarium, oblique ovoideum, vix 

 2 mm. altum et 2 mm. diametro, glabrum ; stylus 9 mm. longus, 

 y apice leviter bifidus, glaber. 



Ecuador. At the foot of Mt. Cliimborazo, 923 m., fl. Tulv, 

 Spruce 6213. 



I 



23. Mendoncia retusa, Turrill, sp. nov. 



Suffrutex volubilis, ramis quadrangularibus, sparsissime hir- 

 sutis vel glabris. Folia ovato-elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, 

 acuminata, basi rotundata vel in petiolo plus minusve inaequa li- 

 ter decurrentia, usque ad 10*5 cm. longa et 5*6 cm. lata, pagina 

 utraque glabra vel sparsissime liirsuta, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 4-6 cum costa supra subprominentibus, infra pro* 

 minentibus, marginem versus anastomosantibus; petioli 2-4 cm. 



longi, sparsissime liirsuti. Pedirelli 2*5-3 cm. longi, glabri ; 

 , bracteolae oblongae vel oblongo-obovatae, retuso-apiculatae, 



2*8 cm. longae, extra fere glabrae vel sparsissime liirsutae, intra 

 glabrae. Calyx annularis*, 0-75 mm. longus, extra puberulus. 

 Discus annularis, carnosus, 1 mm. altus. Filamenta 3 mm. 

 longa; antlierae 8 mm. longae, dorso glandulosae; pollinis granula 

 40-48 u diametro. Ovarium minutissime puberulum ; stylus 

 glaber, apice breviter bifidus. 



*, 



f Xicaragta. R. T&te 291 (435). 



Paxama. Manmee Station : Sect. 



