48 Mr. J. Miers on the Tricuspidarieae. 



brevioribus, rufo-pubeinilis, bis dicbotome divisis, cum flore 

 in dichotomis ; pedicellis incrassatis, bracteolis minimiis, ca- 

 ducis ; fructu carnoso, tuberculato, globoso, pisi majoris 

 mole. — In Nova Granada et Peruvia : v. s. in herb, meo^ 

 Peru (Mathews, 3048) ; in herb. Mus. BritJ^ 



3. Valha cordifolia, K. & P. Syst. Fl. Per. 132 ; Prodr. 75, 

 tab. 14 ; DC. Prodr. i. 520 ; — ramulis teretibus, junioribus 

 rufo-tomentosis ; foliis elongato-oblongis, imo cordatis vel 

 truncatis, sursum gradatim angustioribus, longiuscule acu- 

 minatis, marginibus sgepius sinuatis, supra obscure viridi- 

 bus, nitentibus, glabris, nervis tenuibus, reticulatis, subtus 

 fusco-ferrugineo-glaucis et undique praisertim in nervis 

 rufo-pubescentibus ; petiolo subtenui, tereti, parce puberulo, 

 limbo 3-plo breviore ; stipulis deficientibus et forsan nullis : 

 paniculis in ramulis junioribus subterminalibus, pubescenti- 

 bus, laxe dichotome divisis, cum flore in dichotomiis ; brac- 

 teis foliolosis ; pedicellis crassissimis ; stigmate 5-fido. — 

 In Peruvia ; v. s. in herb, meo^ Peru (Mathews, 892) ; in 

 herb. Mus. Brit. 



The leaves in this species are 4-4| inches long, 2|-3 inches 

 broad, on a petiole 1 j inch long. No stipules can be disco- 

 vered in any of the specimens I have seen, although DeCan- 

 dolle states their presence, perhaps under a mistake : they are 

 not mentioned by Ruiz & Pavon. 



4. Vallea glabra^ n. sp. ; — ramulis teretibus, glabris ; foliis 

 imo truncatis (non cordatis), ovatis vel obovatis, subpandu- 

 rseformibus, apice obtusule ac breviter attenuatis, integris, 

 3-nerviis, supra pallide viridibus, nitentibus, reticulatis, 

 subtus pallidissime flavo-glaucis, glabris (nisi axillis nervo- 

 rum quee barbatae sunt), nervis venisque nudis, stramineis ; 

 petiolo tenuissimo, glaberrimo, imo apiceque paululum in- 

 crassato, limbo dimidio breviore ; manifeste exstipulatis : 

 paniculis glaberrimis, terminalibus, bis dichotome divisis, 

 cum flore in dichotomiis, pedicellis apice incrassatis ; sepalis 

 glabris, marginibus intus lanatis ; stigmate 3-fido. — In 

 Peruvia : v. s. in herb, meoy Prov. Chachapoyas (Mathews) . 



This is a distinct species, hitherto undescribed, approaching 

 the last in the want of stipules. Its leaves are 2J-3 inches 

 long, li-l| inch broad, on a petiole IJ-li inch long. The 

 terminal panicle is 1^ inch long, pedicels 2-2^ lines long ; 

 sepals 2 lines long ; stigma 3-fid. 



* This spocies, with ample details, will be figured in the forthcoming 

 volume of my * Contributions,' pi. 81. 



