342 MR. J. MIERS ON THE HIPPOCRATEACEJE OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
5-6-plo breviore : paniculis amplis, axillaribus et terminalibus, folium subæquantibus, 
ferrugineo-tomentosis, trichotomis, ramis dichotome divisis, divaricatis, cum ramulis 
3 brevioribus in dichotomiis, pedunculo compresso, sulcato, ramulis ultimis bre- 
vissimis; floribus hine crebre approximatis, longiuscule pedicellatis; petalis 
oblongis, subaeutis, extus rufo-tomentosis, intus sub apicem barbatis; disco conice 
pulvinato, subsuleato, flavo-tomentello, apice rufo-tomentoso ; filamentis reflexis, 
subtomentosis; stylo longe exserto: capsulis 3, distinctis, obovatis, apice rotun- 
diusculis, valde compressis, medio subcarinulatis, crebre tenuiter striolatis, brunneo- 
glaucis. In Brasilia et Peruvia: v.s. in herb. variis, Panurè, Rio Uaupes (Spruce, 
2409, in flore et fructu), Tarapoto (Spruce, in flore, sine numero). 
This is said to be a stout twining plant, with yellow flowers, differing from .H. discolor 
in its more rigid, more lanceolate leaves, nearly cuneate at base, recurvingly folded longi- 
tudinally, with longer subparallel nerves, and a much longer petiole: the axils are 14 in. 
apart; the leaves are 3-4} in. long, 1j-2 in. broad, on a petiole 7-9 lines long: the 
panicles are 3-3} in. long, the peduncle 15 lines, the primary branches 9 lines, the 
secondary 8 lines, the rest becoming rapidly shorter: the bracts are small and acute; 
the flower expanded is 3 lines in diameter, pedicel 1j line long. The capsules are very 
flat, 24 in. long, 1} in broad, and very finely striated. I have considered the Peruvian 
form, though with much paler leaves, and a less spreading panicle, to be conspecifie with 
that from the Amazonas region. 
18. HIPPOCRATEA PERSPICUA, nob.: ramulis pallidis, opacis, teretibus, subquadrangu- 
latis, corrugato-striatis, obsolete verruculosis: foliis ellipticis, imo obtusis, apice 
subito obtuse attenuatis, marginibus subcartilagineis rufulis obsolete serrulatis, cum 
dentibus euspidato-mueronulatis, sepe navieulatim complicatis, glaberrimis, supra 
pallidissime viridibus, subopacis, subtus pallide fulvidis, opacis, nervis tenuissimis 
areuatim nexis utrinque vix prominulis, venis transversis valde reticulatis ; petiolo 
tenui, profunde canaliculato, limbo 8-plo breviore: estipulata : paniculis axillaribus 
et terminalibus, flavide tomentellis, pedunculatis, opposite ramosis, ramis iterumque 
crebre dichotome divisis, cum ramulis 2 brevissimis multifloris in dichotomiis, 
ramulis ultimis brevissimis et approximatis, hine glomerato-plurifloris; bracteolis 
oppositis, inter se nexis, acutis; floribus parvis, pilis brevissimis articulatis pallide 
tomentellis; sepalis triangularibus, puberulis; petalis 3-plo longioribus, pallide 
tomentellis, intus apice barbatis; disco subconico, 3-sulcato, griseo-papilloso, apice 
tomentoso; filamentis latis, extus tomentellis, margine ciliolatis, subreflexis; ovario 
fere abscondito, loculis 6-ovulatis ; stylo obtuso, breviter exserto. In Peruvia: v.s. 
in herb. meo et alior., Sesuya, Chachapoyas (Mathews 3038). 
This is said to be ** a shrub : ” it is distinguished by its very pale and slightly serrulated 
leaves: the axils of its branches are 1-13 in. apart: the leaves are 2-34 in. long, 16- 
20 lines broad, on a petiole 3—4 lines long: the axillary panicles are 13 in. long, the ter- 
mina) ones being somewhat longer; the peduncle is 4-5 lines long, with 2 pairs of oppo- 
site short branchlets, leaving an internode rather shorter than the peduncle; these 
