69 



Near P* granadensisy Benth., but tlie calyx in our species is 



much larger. 



*^ * 



Palicourea crocea, Boem. et Schult. Svst. v. 193. 



Colombia. 



282. Flowers orange. 



Distrib. Tropical Americ 



March 



Palicourea augustifolia; Hi B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp., 



iii. 367. 

 Colombia. 



Sprag 



Distrib, Colombia and Venezuela (banks of Orinoco and Rio 

 Negro). 



Palicourea caerulea, Roem. et Schult. Syst. v. 194. 



Colombia. San Martin District: Villavicencio, fl. and fr. Jan. 

 Sprague 90. 



Distrib. Western Tropical South America. 



Palicourea dorantha, Wemham; affinis P. calyctnae, Benth., a 

 qua stipulis et inflorescentiae magnitudine difiert. 



Arbor 6 m. alta, caule 6-7'5 cm. diametro ; foliis ellipticis 

 utrinque breviter acuminatis subacutis circiter 20 -cm. x8'5 cm. 

 utrinque nisi subtus in venis sparsissime pilosis glabris venis 

 secundariis utrinque circiter 12-15 subtus prominentibus petiolo 

 glabro ad 3 cm. longo; stipulis in vagina 1 cm. alta connatis, 

 partibus liberis 1'5 cm. vel longioribus; infiorescentia lasa thyr- 

 soidea circiter 18 cm. x 12 cm., pedunculo valido glabro 7-8 cm. 

 Idngo; bracteis parvis ad 8 mm. x 3 mm. oblongo-lanceolatis ; 

 calycis segmentis latis rotundatis circiter 2 riim. x2'5 mm. imbri- 

 catis; corolla inter maximas infundibulari-cylindracea fere 2 cm. 

 longa, ore 7 mm. lata extra dense velutine tomentosa, lobis brevi- 

 bus latis rotundis. . 



Colombia. Eastern Cordilleras, between Pitalito (Tolima) and 

 Mocoa (Caqueta District), fl. April, Sprague 345, 



The nearest ally seems to be Palicourea calycina, Benth., but 

 the present species is distinct in the character of the stipules and 

 size of the inflorescence.' 



Mapouria alba, MuelL Arg, in Flora, 1876, 458. 



Colombia. Tolima : San Aue^ustin. fl. and fr. March. Svraaue 



307. A small tree, 4*5-6 m., with whitish flowers and red fruits. 



Distrib. Western Tropical South America, Brazil, and 

 Paraguay. 



Mapouria micratitlia> Wemham^ comb. nov. Psychotria 



micrantha, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. Sp. PL iii. 363, t. 284 (1818). 



Colombia. Caqueta District: Mocoa, fl. and fr. May, Sprague 



400. 



Distrib. 



America 



Emmeorhiza umbellata, K. Schum. in Fl. Bras. VI. vi. 408. 



Endlichera umbellata, K. Schum., I.e. 38; necnon synonyma 

 alia. 



March 



321. 



nding 



Widely disteibut 



