6 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 
Napeanthus apodemus Donnell Smith. —Caulis subnul- — 
lus, foliis rosulatis obovato- vel oblongo-spathulatis integris 
ab initio glabris. Pedunculi in axillis singuli, floribus parvu- 
lis. Calyx fere partitus, tubo 5-alato, laciniis elongato- 
lanceolatis haud reticulatis. Corolle subrotate tubus bre- 
vissimus prope basim zona purpurea notatus, lobi inaequales 
bis terve longiores. Stamina 3-4 cum alius rudimento. Cap- 
sula ovoidea cum stylo breviori adjecto calycem zquiparans. 
Rhizome very short, fibrillose. Leaves alternate, sessile, 
semiamplexicaul, 3-4"x10-15', obligue, obtuse, membrana- 
ceous, granular-punctulate, 5—6 lateral nerves ascending to 
margin, reticulating veins invisible on pale undersurface. 
Peduncles 1~2™ long; panicles slender, dichotomous, surpassing 
leaves; bractlets pubescent, linear, 2—-3'long; pedicels 4—8' long. 
Calyx pubescent, in fruit glabrate and 2} x 1}', minute wings 
decurrent from sinus to pedicel, segments 3-nerved. Corolla 
seen only before anthesis. Filaments very short; anther-cells 
oblong, diverging, distinct.—Of the other three described 
species, all South American, WV. Brasi/iensts Gardn. and WN. 
primulina Benth. et Hook., ex char., differ chiefly by devel- 
oped stem, large leaves and flowers; WV. subacaulis Benth. et 
Hook. (no. 2,506 herb. Bot. Gard. Trinidad!), imperfectly — 
described, is distinguished by pointed leaves, larger and less 
deeply parted calyx, spherical capsule equaling style; and 
all differ by serrate and more or less pilose leaves, reticulated 
segments of wingless calyx. NW. Andina Rusby zned. (no. 
1,729 Bang P/. Boliv./) is remarkable by its campanulate 
tube of corolla exceeding the lobes.“Shaded precipitous 
banks of Rio Jiménez, Llanos de Santa Clara, Comarca de 
Limon, Costa Rica, alt. 650%, Apr. 1894, J. D. S., no. 5,109. 
Arrabidea dichasia Donnell Smith.—Folia bifoliolata, 
cirrho caduco, foliolis obovato-ellipticis abrupte acuminatis ad 
basim imam acutis coriaceis nitidis utrinque reticulato-nervo- 
sis, costis in utroque latere 4-5, petiolis cum petiolulis fere 
aequilongis brevibus. Thyrsi terminales ampli, ramis pluries 
dichotomis. Calyx campanulatus minutissime glandulo-lepi- 
dotus subinteger saepius laceratus. Corolla velutina supra 
calycem dilatata longe infundibuliformis, limbi obliqui lobis 
obovatis. Filamenta brevia. Discus pulvinatus. Ovula 
numerosa. 
Sinseisiewcuty 
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Scandent (Thieme). Petioles 6-8' long, petiolules 5~7'; — 
leaflets 4-5 x 2-24", lateral nerves ascending to near margin. 
