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supra sparse pilosis, subtus conferte fulvo-sericeo-villosissi- 

 misjpetiolatis : paniculis terminalibus, divaricato-dichotomis, 

 ant in ramis axillaribus 1-foliosis, divaricato-dichotomis, 

 fulvo-hirsutissimis ; sepalis laciniisque corollse longe subu- 

 latis, villosis, tubi apice villosissimo. — In Bahia (Blanchet, 

 215, 821, 1151, 2202) {nan vidi). 



The leaves are lf-2f inches long, 1-1 i inch broad, on a 

 petiole 3 lines long ; sepals 2 lines long j tube of corolla 3 lines 

 long. 



21. Messersckmidtia suhsessiliSj Don, Diet. iv. 370 ; — Tourne- 

 fortia subsessilis, Cham,L{nn. viii. 119 ; DC, Prodr. ix. 521 ; 

 Fresen. in Mart. Fl. Bras, xix. p. 53 ; — scandens, ramulis 

 tenuiter rectiusculis,teretibus,rigidule ferrugineo-tomentosis ; 

 foliis divergentibus, elongato-obovatis, acute acuminatis, 

 imo subrotundatis, utrinque ruguloso-punctatis, e tuberculis 

 sparsim adpresse pilosis, nervis supra impressis, subtus cos- 

 taque prominulis, fulvo-pilosis ; petiolo tenui, rufo-piloso, 

 limbo 15-plo breviore: panicula terminali, subpyramidata, 

 alternatim breviter laxe ramosa, ramis inferioribus rufo- 

 pilosis, imo pluribracteatis, superne ramulos 4 alternos spi- 

 catifloros ebracteatos gerentibus, superioribus cum ramulis 

 conjugatis floriferis, aut simpliciter spicatifloris ; floribus 

 pedicellatis ; sepalis corollseque laciniis longe subulatis, 

 pilosulis, tubo fauce contracta. — In Brasilia : v. s. in herh, 

 Mus. Brit.j Pernambuco (Gardn. 1076). 



The above plant agrees with Chamisso's description of this 

 species : it is nearly allied to M. PoJilii. The slender branches 

 have the axils 6-9 lines apart; the leaves are 2-2| inches 

 long, 11-14 lines broad, on a petiole 2 lines long. The ter- 

 minal inflorescence is 3 inches long ; the alternate branches, 

 2-4 lines apart, are about an inch long ; the pedicels are -J line 

 long ; the sepals 1 line long ; the tube of the corolla 1|^, the 

 segments j line long. 



22. Messersckmidtia Pohlii^ nob. ; — Tournefortia Vo\Aiij Fresen. 

 in Mart. Fl. Bra^. xix. p. 52 ; — scandens, ramis subcom- 

 pressis, fistulosis, rufo-pilosis ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis, 

 acute acuminatis, imo rotundatis, supra tomentosis, nervis 

 flavo-pubescentibus, subtus rufescenti-tomentoso-velutinis ; 

 petiolo tomentoso, limbo 10-plo breviore : panicula termi- 

 nali, pyramidata, alternatim divaricato-ramosa, ramis sim- 

 plicibus et spicatifloris, aut iterum brevissime ramulosis, 

 ramo inferiore ssepe 1-folioloso ; floribus sessilibus, dense vil- 

 losis ; sepalis corollaeque laciniis longe subulatis ; drupis 4- 

 gastris, glabris. — In Brasilia : in herb. Imp. Vijidoh. (Pohl, 



