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Alibertia pedicellata, Wemham; floribus in racemulo abbre- 

 viato valde bracteato dispositis distincta. - - 



Arbor glabra ramnlis rectis cortice striato ; foliis pergamentaceis 

 oblanceolatis ad obovatis vel ellipticis 16-20 cm.^ x^ 6'5-8"5 cm., 

 utrinque angustatis^ venis secundariis utrinque circiter 10 subtus 

 qua centralis supra impressa promlnentibus, reticulo tertiario 

 valde conspicuo, petiolo 1-1"5 cm. glabro; stipulis late oblongo- 

 triangularibiis cu&pidatis ad 5 mm. x T-8 mm. ; floribus in racemulo 

 abbreviato 1-1*5 cm. longo dispositis; hracteis et bracteolis 

 triangularibus subacutis ad 5 mm. x 3 mm. concavis; pedicellis 

 minutissime pubescentibus griseo-furfuracels fructu ad 6-7 mm. 

 accrescentibus ; bacca ellipsoidea glabra 2*5 cm, longa 1'8 cm. 

 lata a calycis limbo dentibus 5 brevibus latis subacutis coronata. 



Colombia. Caqncta District: Mocoa, fr. May, Sprague 362; 

 Triana 1833. 



Remarkable for the characters of the inflorescence — especially 

 the pedicels. " ■ 



g 



Schum 



mult 



pergamentac 



cm 



cm 



basin versus angustatis petiolo hispido 



excedente, supra sparsiuscule in venis hispido-hirtis, subtus in 

 venis conspicuis centrali valde prominente dense secundariis 

 sparsiiis utrinque circiter 15 hispidis, margine ciliato, alitor 



hispid 



fl 



1 



mm 



5 nmi.; corolla extra sericea; ovario ellipsoideo densissime longe 



cm. xo mm 



CoLOMJiiA, Caqueta District: Mocoa, Sprague 'ZQ9 ; Triana. 



Approaches D. hirsuta, K. Schum., but differs in the relatively 



• stalks and shorter, more cuspidate 

 acumen; and^ in the solitary, much more hispid, and larger 

 flowers. Native name: *' Taruquillo." 



Posoqueria Spraguei, Wernham; affinis P/decorae, DC, a 



qua corollae tubo multo Ion 



ramu 



^lore et caljrcis dentium forma 

 lis tetragonis ; foliis ovalibus a( 



recedit. 

 circiter 



25 cm.xl2 cm. breyissime acuminatis apice acutissimo, 

 brevissimo 1 cm. tIx attingente; stipulis primo triangularibus 

 demum ovatis basin versus constrictis vix connatis nee vaginantibus 

 apice obtuso circiter 2'2 cm.xl'S cm.; inflorescentia pauciflora, 

 pedicellis ad 1 cm. longis; calycis dentibus triangularibus obtusis 



ssimo 



23 cm. excedente latitudinem 3 mm. nee attingente insnper 

 vix ampliato, lobis oblon^is obtusis ad 35 cm.x5 mm.; antheris 



dorso puberulis oblongis circiter 7 mm. longis, filamentis ad 1 cm. 

 exsertis. 



Colombia. Caqneta District : San Jose, in a creek of the Eiver 

 Putumayo, fl. Aug. Sprague, 



A very distinct species, its nearest ally being P. decora, DC, 



from 



and differently-sbaped calyx-teeth. 



much 



