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with axils 2-11 in. apart; the leaves are 2-5} in. long, 14-14 in. broad, on a petiole 2-4 
lines long. The racemose panicle is 1} in. long, the peduncle being 4-6 lines long, the 
3 or 4 alternate furcated branches, unibracteolated at their base, 3 lines long, each 
bearing 2 or 3 pedicellated flowers; the petals are each 2 lines long. 
4. PRISTIMERA GRANULOSA, nob.: Zippocratea integrifolia, Seem. (non Rich.), in parte, 
Bot. Her. 90: Hippocratea malpighiefolia, Griseb. (non Rudge), in parte, Fl. Br. 
W. Ind. 148 : ramis rugosis; ramulis virgatis, patentibus, teretibus, ad axillas com- 
pressis, opacis, levibus : foliis patentibus, lanceolato-oblongis, imo aeutis aut rotun- 
dioribus, in petiolo brevissime decurrentibus, apice gradatim acuminatis, inte- 
gerrimis, marginibus tenuiter cartilagineis et subrevolutis, glaberrimis, subcoriaceis, 
opacis, utrinque granulis elevatis subremotis rugulosis, nervis tenuissimis arcuatis 
venisque transversis reticulatis paulo prominulis; petiolo plane subsulcato, subtus 
ruguloso, flavescente, limbo 12-plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus, folio 4-plo bre- 
vioribus, alternatim iterum furcatis, furcis 1-bracteolatis, ramulis tenuissimis, ultimis 
brevibus, 2-3-floris; bracteolis acutis, membranaceis; floribus mediocribus, pedi- 
cellatis, glabris ; sepalis parvis, rotundatis, pallide viridulis, in medio extus granulosis, 
marginibus valde membranaceis, fimbriato-denticulatis; petalis triplo longioribus, 
euneato-oblongis, valde membranaceis, pallide luteis, erosulis; antheris pallidis, 
rugulosis; disco submembranaceo, ereberrime crenulato, margine basali anguste 
dilatato; stylo brevi; stigmatibus brevibus, divarieatis, subemarginatim truncatis. 
In Antillis: v.s. in herb. Hook., Jamaica (Wilson); ibidem (Macfadyen). 
This appears to be a scandent plant, with slender patent branches, with axils about 
2 in. apart: spreading leaves 5-5% in. long, 15-2 in. broad, on a petiole 5-55 lines long: 
the peduncle is 6—9 lines long, with alternating extremely slender branches 6-9 lines 
long, their secondary branchlets 2 lines, bearing 2 or 3 flowers on alternate pedicels 
2 lines long: the sepals are ¿-1 line in diameter; the petals are 22-3 lines long, 
1i line broad. 
5. PRISTIMERA WRIGHTIANA, nob.: Hippocratea malpighiefolia, Griseb. (non Rudge), 
in parte, Fl. Cub. 56: ramis rugulosis; ramulis oppositis, subdivergentibus, tere- 
tibus, fuscis, striolatis, subverruculosis : foliis divaricatis, ellipticis, imo subcuneatis, 
et in petiolo subdecurrentibus, apice valde obtusis, aut rotundiusculis, integris, 
marginibus cartilagineis subrevolutis, subcoriaceis, supra pallidissime viridibus, 
nitidis vel opacioribus, nervis tenuibus arcuatim nexis venisque valde reticulatis 
paulo prominulis, subtus viridioribus, subopacis, nervis venisque stramineis pro- 
minentibus ; petiolo tenui, semitereti, supra plano, marginato, subtus striolato, limbo 
12-plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus, folio triplo brevioribus, paucifloris, pedunculo 
ramulisque tenuissimis, compressis, pallidis, glaberrimis, alternatim furcatis, furcis 
1-bracteolatis ; aut rarius in ramo novello axillari e foliis plerumque delapsis 
corymbum pseudo-trichotomum mentientibus; bracteolis acutis, membranaceis; 
floribus pedicellatis ; sepalis rotundatis, pallide viridulis, in medio rugulosis, mar- 
gine late membranaceis, pectinato-fimbriatis ; petalis 3-plo longioribus, ovatis, mem- 
