86 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
though I believe them to be so. In the typical form from Tarapoto 
the larger leaf of each pair is about 6 inches long, the smaller oppo- 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla cut open, showing the stamens. 3. Stamens. 
4, Anther. 5. Fruit. 
The genus evidently comprises several species, of which the follow- 
ing, as far as can be judged from herbarium specimens, appear to be 
Has. Columbia, Lobb. 
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. M. subsessilis, Benth., J jusque p g 
elliptico acuminato basi inwqualiter contracto, opposito nano, floribus 
brevissime pedicellatis, fasciculis oppositis 2—3-floris in edunculo 
terminali geminis v. per paria dissitis, calycis tubo fructifero oblongo 
subeequali lobis longiusculis lineari-lanceolatis.—Folia majora 6-10- 
pollicaria. Calycis tubus per anthesin 1} lin. fractifer 3—4-lin. longus, 
lobi quam in ceteris speciebus latiores, 3-4 lin. longi, in calyce fructi- 
fero immutati. Corolla campanulata, 14 poll. longa, violacea basi sola 
pallescens. 
Has. Tarapoto, with the M. macrocarpa, Spruce, n. 4151*. Besides 
the above-mentioned characters, the stamens appear to be shorter, and 
the stigmatic apex of the style shortly 2-lobed. 
A specimen from Costa Rica, Endres, evidently allied to the three 
preceding species, does not precisely agree with either, but is insuffi- 
ecient for accurate determination. 
ano, 
laxis pedunculatis in panicula laxa terminali divaricatis, calycis tubo 
brevi postice gibbo, fructifero. . . . lobis breviter linearibus.—Herba 
. is. Folia majora 6-8-pollicaria. Panicule rami oppositi tenues 
distantes divaricati, cymse dichotome pluriflore, pedicellis 2-3 ln. 
1 subeampanulata, ad 9 lin. longa, extus carnea, intus 
ta. 
