428 TItANSACTlONS AND PUOCEKDINGS OF THE [Sess. Lxviii. 



brevissirae tomentosa, petiolo brevi tomentoso ; lamina 

 60x30, 45 X 33, 45 x 26, 50 x 22 mm.; racemi axillares 

 vel terminales, rhachi arcuata breviter tomentosa elongata 

 (10 cm.) laxe denticulata ; llores pedicellati baud conferti 

 10 mm. longi ; alai glabrescentes breviter unguiculatcC nervis 

 pluribus repetite dicbotomis subliberis; petala superiora 

 quam carina breviora apice parum dilatata subretusa late 

 linearia reduplicata ciliata ; carime limbus cucullatus longior 

 quam latus ; crista conspicua flabelliformis plicata ; ovarium 

 gibbosum antice et postice pilosum ; stylus basi tenuis medio 

 vittasformis et dilatatus adscendens S-formiter curvatus, 

 apicem versus baud latescens sed angustior ; samara breviter 

 gibbosa ala teuui acie ventrali erecta dein sensim curvata, 

 dorsali regulariter descendeute, inde imequaliter oblongo- 

 obovata glabra. 



San Jose, Eio Putumayo. 



HYPERICACEiE. 

 Vismia floribimda: a V. cayennensi, Pers., sepalis fructu 

 patentibus, petalis eglandulosis staminibusque glabris recedit; 

 arbor parva glaberrima babitu V. caycnncnsis ; lamina 

 pergamentacea ; cymge fioribundae ; sepala ovato-oblonga 

 fructu patentia ; petala mucronulata, egiandulosa, facie 

 interna villosa ; staminodia breviter clavata, apice villosa ; 

 staminum phalanges polyandry (25— 30), podio apice excepto 

 glaberrimo, filamentis specialibus glabris ; antherte glandula 

 unica. Mocoa, Caqueta territory. No. 401. 



Vismia Sprucci : species inter V. caycnnensem et V. 

 Jlorih undam mtermedm ; arbor 30-pedalis; lamina tenuiter 

 coriacea, nervo medio venisque subtus quam in V. floribunda 

 magis prominentibus ; cymse fioribundoe; sepala oblonga, 

 fructu reflexa ; petala sparse glandulosa, facie interna dense 

 villosa ; staminodia subquadrangularia recta, apice villosa ; 

 staminum phalanges polyandry (35-40), podio parte 

 inferiore glabro, apice ut filamenta specialia villoso ; 

 antherae glandulis duabus approximatis. 



Panure, Eio Uaupes, Brazil, Spruce, 2 601. 



BOMBACEJi]. 



Matisia Dowdingii : arbor alta, cortice griseo rugoso ; 

 lamina oblongo-lanceolata, basi cuneata, apice acutiuscule 



