412 MR. J. MIERS ON THE HIPPOCRATEACEX OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
tenui, canaliculato, limbo 20-plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus, petiolo triplo 
longioribus, repetitim dichotome ramosis, sepe cum flore solitario pedicellato in 
dichotomiis, ramulis tenuibus, angulato-striatis, angulis pallide verruculosis ; floribus 
in ultimis ramulis parvis, pedicellatis; bracteolis parvis, acutis, fimbriato-ciliatis ; 
sepalis rotundatis, crassis, extus rugosis, margine pectinato-fimbriatis ; petalis ob- 
longis, duplo longioribus, carnosulis, pallidis, curvatim reflexis, marginibus pectinato- 
dentatis; disco campaniformi-tubuloso, carnosulo, margine integro; staminibus disco 
duplo longioribus, erectis; filamentis subtenuibus ; antheris parvis, distincte bilobis ; 
ovario trigonoideo, depresso, disci longitudine, mox aucto, elongato-oblongo, cum 
ovulo solitario in quoque loculo suspenso. In Peruvia: v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. 
.sine loco (Pavon, sub nom. Anthodon, sp. nov. del Peru). 
A plant much resembling the preceding in its habit: the axils of the branches are 14- 
23 in. apart: the leaves are 5-53 in. long, 11-21 in. broad, on a petiole 3 lines long: the 
panicles are 1 inch long, its peduncle 6 lines, the primary branches 4 lines, the secondary 
2 lines, the pedicel 1 line, the flower expanded 2} lines in diameter. 
3. SICYOMORPHA NERVOSA, nob.: robusta, ramulis seandentibus levibus, cortice fulvo 
rimoso tectis, subtenuibus, teretibus, subangulato-striatis, ad axillas compressis, 
junioribus flavide pruinosis: foliis subadscendentibus, ellipticis, imo acutis, apice 
subito attenuatis, acumine angusto obtusulo, marginibus subrevolutis, crenato-ser- 
ratis, rigidulis, supra pallide viridibus, valde opacis, sub lente minutissime granulosis, 
nervis tenuibus utrinque 7 areuatim nexis prominulis, venis transversis valde reticu- 
latis, subtus sulphureo-pallidioribus, valde opacis, costa nervis rufescentibus venisque 
prominentibus; petiolo tenui, rufescente, valde canaliculato, striolato, limbo 10—12- 
plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus, petiolo æquantibus, vel duplo 
longioribus, dichotome ramosis, ramulis brevibus, compressis, sulcatis, ultimis valde 
approximatis, floribus hinc sessilibus, congestis et in bracteolis semiocclusis, par- 
vulis; bracteolis oppositis, parvis, acute ovatis, membranaceis, rubidule pectinato- 
fimbriatis : sepalis rotundatis, carnosulis, nitentibus, sulphureis, rubidule pectinato- 
fimbriatis; petalis oblongis, duplo longioribus, carnosulis, opacis, pallide flavis, 
margine eroso-dentieulatis; disco crassiusculo, subcampaniformi, ruguloso; fila- 
mentis disco duplo longioribus, compressis, erectis ; antheris parvis, lobis subglobosis, 
distinctis, albidis, membranaceis. In Peruvia septentrionali: v. s. in herb. variis, 
Tarapota secus rivulos (Spruce, 4486). 
This is a very distinct species. The axils of its branches are 11-2 in. apart; the leaves 
are 4—4 in. long, 2-23 in. broad, on a petiole 4-5 lines long: the panicle is only ¿ in. long 
and broad, the pedicel being 2 lines long, the very divaricated primary branches of the 
same length, the others gradually shorter; the bright yellow flowers hence become 
agglomerated, and are half concealed within the crowded fimbriated bracts; the flower 
when expanded is only 14 line in diameter. 
