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coroUse lobis subulatis, . patentibus, tubum sequantibus. — In 



Brasilia, Kio de Janeiro (Lotschy) (nan vidt). 



Leaves 4-5 inches long, 1^ inch broad, on a petiole 3-4 lines 



long. It is remarkable for the extreme length of the lobes of 



the border of the corolla. 



9. Messerschmtdtia vicina^ nob. ; — ramis teretibns, rugosis, 

 lignosis ; ramulis subcompressis, angulato-sulcatis, juniori- 

 bus pallidis, glabris ; foliis oblongis, imo obtusis, apice 

 acuminatis, submembranaceis, supra sparse scabridulis, 

 rigide adpresso pilosis, pilis brevibus e tuberculis majusculis 

 albis enatis, subtus pallidioribus, rugoso-pnnctatis, glabris, 

 costa tantum subpilosa; petiolo supra piano, scabridulo, 

 limbo 12-18-plo breviore : racemis axillaribus, subglabris, 

 geniculatim flexuosis ; ramulis alternis, 3-4, gracilibus ; 

 floribus remotiusculis, parvis, sessilibus ; baccis glabris, 4- 

 gastris. — In Brasilia : v. s. in herb. Mus, Brit.j Penddo, Rio 

 S. Francisco (Gardn. 1362). 



The leaves are 3-4 J inches long, IJ-li inch broad, on a 

 petiole 3 lines long ; peduncle of inflorescence bare, 9 lines 

 long, geniculated at the axils of the alternate branches, which 

 are 6-Q lines apart, and 2\ diminishing to 1 inch long ; sepals 

 very narrow, 1 line long. 



10. Messerschmtdtia ramifloraj nob. ; — scandens, ramis laxe 

 ramulosis, ramulis pendentibus, fistulosis, compressis, sul- 

 catis, subglabris ; foliis oblongis, vix lanceolatis, imo acutis 

 aut subobtusis, apice acuminatis, nervis tenerrimis, utrinque 

 immersis, glaberrimis, nisi in costa parce puberula, fusco- 

 viridibus, opace rugulosis, concoloribus ; petiolo tenui, su- 

 perne tomentoso, limbo 8-plo breviore : paniculis axillaribus, 

 multiramosis ; folium excedentibus,brevissimepubescentibus ; 

 pedunculo petiolo 3-plo longiore; ramis plurimis, alternis, 

 longiusculis, simplicibus aut 2-fidis, uniserialiter spicatis ; 

 floribus remotiusculis, breviter pedicellatis ; sepalis corollae- 

 que lobis longe subulatis. — In Brasilia : v. s. in herb. Mus. 

 Brit.j Rio Parahybuna, prov. Minas Geraes (Gardner, 

 5037). 



The axils are | inch apart ; the leaves 2|-3:^ inches long, 

 1-1;^ inch broad, on a petiole 5 lines long ; each axil is flori- 

 ferous. The panicle is 3^-4^ inches long, upon a bare pe- 

 duncle 1-1 i inch long, with many alternate branches, 3 lines 

 apart, 1-2^ inches long, often bearing a small leaflet at its base ; 

 flowers 1 -serial, 1-2 lines apart, slightly pubescent ; sepals 

 1 J line long ; tube of corolla l|-2 lines long, below glabrous, 

 segments 1 line long ; anthers cohering by their barbate sum- 



