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et in dorso dense stellato-velutino-tomentosa ; lamina flabellata, ambitu semicircu- 
laris vel reniformis, profunde trifida vel etiam palmatifida, cirea. 1:0 em. longa, 
1:5 em. lata, utrinque dense stellato-velutino-tomentosa, segmentis 2-3-lobis, lobis 
2-3-lobulatis, lobulis ultimis 2-3 mm. longis lineari-spathulatis obtusis sepissime 
inflexis. Flores petiolo ad medium insidentes. Calyx ad medium 5-lobus, circa 
1:2 cm. longus, extra minute stellato-tomentosus, lobis lineari-oblongis obtusis intus 
tomentosis. Corolla in sicco aurantiaca, L:5-1:8 cm. longa; petala obovato- 
unguiculata, truncata, apice concava, paullo laciniata, basi in tubum circa 2 mm. 
longum coalita. Stamina in cylindrieam columnam instructa, filamentis liberis 
brevibus.  Carpella 10, matura non visa. 
Malvasirum Lobbii, Baker fil. in Journ. Bot. xxix. 1891, p. 365. 
CoLoMBIA ?, without precise locality, Lobb (Herb. Kew.: Pl. 28. fig. 8). 
This is an interesting specimen, which has been named Malvastrum Lobbii by Baker, 
bearing the label ** Colombia, Lobb," in the writing of Sir W. Hooker. It is unfortunate 
that we have no definite information about the locality of this plant, which is very 
distinct owing to its caulescent habit and apparently orange corolla. The cylindrical 
arrangement of the stamens occurs, but there is also a short corolla-tube. For a figure 
of the leaf, v. Pl. 28. fig. 8. 
Some difficulty exists both as to the collector of this species and also of the Kew 
specimen of N. Meyeni, E. Ulbrich (p. 239). Both are attributed to W. Lobb, who appa- 
rently only travelled in the Chilian Andes and the island of Chiloe *. N. Meyeni is, 
however, a native of S. Bolivia and Peru, and it appears probable that W. Lobbi? comes 
from still more northern regions. The name of Lobb may therefore have been added 
to these specimens in error. No specimens of Nototriche are known from Colombia 
as now defined, but it is possible that the home of N. Lobbii is in Northern Peru or in 
Ecuador. There is also a specimen of N. pedicularifolia at Kew with the label ** Andes, 
S. Chile, W. Lobb," but the habitat of this species is very similar to that of N. Meyeni. 
24. NororRICHE LANATA, A. W. Hill.—Fruticulus depressus, cespitosus, pulvinatus ; 
caudex subterraneus, lignosus, firmus, ramosus. Folia aggregata, plus minusve laxe 
rosulata, lano-cinerea; petiolus 1:5-2 mm. longus; stipule petiolo supra medium 
adnate et cum eo quasi vaginam membranaceam (luteam) 2-3 mm. latam formantes, 
parte libera membranacea subulata 5-7 mm. longa uti petiolus facie glabra vel 
sparse stellata in dorso et ad margines plus minusve dense lanato-stellato-tomentosa ; 
lamina ambitu plus minusve rotundata, circa 12 em. longa et lata, flabellatim 5- vel 
7-9-fida, supra sparse stellato-tomentosa, infra dense lanato-stellato-tomentosa, 
segmentis majoribus ambitu cuneatis vel ovato-cuneatis pinnatifidis, lobis et segmentis 
minoribus lateralibus integris vel 3-lobulatis vel incisis lacinulis brevibus congestis 
lineari-obtusis. Flores ad petiolum medium insidentes. Calyx ad medium 5-lobus, 
circa 9 mm. longus, lanato-stellato-tomentosus, lobis triangulari-aeutis intus 
tomentosis. Corolla roseo-violacea, circa 1-8 em. longa ; petala late obovato-cuneata, 
* Vide ‘Hortus Veitcbii, pp. 37-40. 
