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referred to Sida pinnata, Cav., which was collected on Chimborazo, and is said * to have 
a yellow corolla. Other specimens referred to S. pinnata, Cav., were collected in Peru 
by the U.S. Exploring Expedition at Casa Cancha above Lima, and by Gay in the 
Cordillera of Cuzco t. It seems hardly likely that these two specimens can be the same as 
Cavanilless plant; but as I have not been able to see, or obtain information about, these 
three plants, it is impossible to settle the question. It seems probable that the plants 
from Casa Cancha and from Cerro Pasco (Matthews) may belong to the same species, 
and that Gay's specimen may also have to be included. Owing to the uncertainty 
which prevails, Matthews's plant no. 682 has been taken as the type of a new species, 
N. Matthewsi, which I have separated entirely from the original Sida pinnata, Cav. 
In the type of its lamina (Pl. 29. fig. 11) this species is of some interest. The 
lamina is cut nearly to the base into five segments, the two lowest of which are 
usually entire ; the median segment, however, has elongated considerably and developed 
prominent entire lateral lobes, which, with the intermediate segments of the lamina, 
vive the leaf a pinnate appearance. A comparison of the figure of the lamina with that 
of N. pichinchensis (Pl. 29. fig. 12) will show the way in which this type of lamina 
may have arisen. As regards the flower, the corolla-tube is practically absent, and the 
stamens are arranged in a cylindrical column. 
46. NOTOTRICHE purpurascens, A. W. Hill.—Fruticulus depressus, cxespitosus ; caudex 
subterraneus, lignosus, firmus, crassus—ad 1:5 diametro—ramosus. Folia rosulata, 
viridia; petiolus 1:5—4 cm. longus; stipule petiolo fere ad medium adnate et cum 
eo quasi vaginam membranaceam 3 mm. latam formantes, parte libera membra- 
nacea anguste triangulari-acuta 5 mm. longa, uti petiolus facie et in dorso glabra ; 
lamina ambitu late ovata vel pentagona, palmatifida, circa 2 cm. longa, 2-25 em. 
lata, supra dense stellato-tomentosa, infra glabra, segmentis infimis plus minusve 
integris 7-10 mm. longis, intermediis pinnatifidis, lacinulis 6-10, segmento medio 
pinnatifido, lobis majoribus et minoribus alternantibus, loborum omnium marginibus 
valde inflexis, lobis elongato-oblongis obtusis. Flores petiolo fere medio 
insidentes. Calyz campanulato-turbinatus, ad medium 5-lobus, lobis late ovato- 
triangularibus acutis, 1 em. longus, extra glaber, purpurascens, venis purpureis, 
lobis intus tomentosis marginibus paullo reflexis. Corolla cuprea, 2-2:2 cm. longa ; 
petala obovata, truncata vel retusa, unguiculata, basi in tubum 3-4 mm. longum 
coalita. Stamina in caput globosum instructa, antheris sessilibus. Carpella vix 
matura circa 4 mm. longa, breviter birostrata, dorso pilis 6 mm. longis dense ciliata. 
Malvastrum Pearcei, Baker fil. in Journ. Bot. xxix. p. 364, partim. 
BoLrvrA: prope La Paz, via ad Coroico, Lancha, 5000 m., Mandon, 796, 797 partim 
(Herb. Mus. Paris, Herb. Kew., &c.); Andes of Yungas, 4200—4600 m., Pearce 
(Herb. Kew.); Huayni Potosi, Franz Joseph Glacier, 4900-5200 m., F. Germann, 12 
(Herb. Bot. Mus. Hamburg.) 
Specimens belonging to this quite distinct 
Malvastrum Mandonianum, under the number Mandon, 797, 
species have been distributed with 
to all the European 
+ Wedd, Chl. And. ii. p. 281. 
2P 
* Cav. Icones, v. p. 13. 
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