( 108 ) 
““A tree 15 inches in diameter, with corky spikes nearly 1 inch 
high. Charopampa, 1600 ft. alt., Sept. 22, 1901” (No. 739). 
BEGONIACEAE 
Begonia andina sp. nov. 
Ferruginous-tomentose; branches reddish, slender, erect; stipules 
3 long, red, ovate, attenuate; petioles 2.5-4 cm. long, 
throwing off a pair of strong branches, the venation prominent on 
both sides, sharply so above; panicles peduncled, widely and loosely 
branched, "broader than long: pa (pistillate flower only seen) 
—7 mm. long, slender; flowers 7-9 mm. long; longest perianth- 
segments 6-7 mm. long, ne se t 4-5 mm. long, ovate; fruit 
mm. long, 16 mm. broad, the largest wing 8 mm. broad, the 
are linear and enlarged and papillose at the ends; placentae 4 mm 
long, bifid, oblong. Staminate flowers not seen. 
“Four feet high, ser ae white; Santa Barbara, 5500 ft.; 
Aug. 30, 1902” (No. 15 
The same collected eee on Mt. Chimborazo, June, 1860. 
MyrracEaE 
Mpyrtus mapirensis sp. nov. 
Glabrous; branchlets short, Bray; petioles 3 mm. long, margined; 
blades 5—7 cm. long, 18-35 mm. broad, rhomboid- ovate, abruptly 
short-acuminate, obtuse, short-cuneate at the base, thick, with 
“A fates. tree; aa oe it, Sept. 23, 1901” (No. Sor). 
Eugenia matlierioides sp. nov. 
Glabrous; branches whitish, slender, much branched, the 
branchlets diverging; petioles 3 mm. long; blades 4-5 cm. long, 
12-18 mm. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse at the base, the 
venation very slender, little prominent on both sides; fascicles 
