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axillary and terminal, ene, mostly 5—8-flowered; pedicels slender, 
m. long, minu tely” subulate-bracted at the base; buds 
t 
are semi-circular and minutely ciliate, one pair — a half larger 
than the others; petals slightly longer than the sepa 
“A slender bush; San Juan, 3200 ft., Mar. 22, a (No. 218). 
COMBRETACEAE 
Sparattanthelium Burchellii sp. nov. 
Branchlets thick, flexuous, ascending, the younger portions 
finely scabrous, the lower leaf-surfaces ferruginous-tomentellate; 
petioles a mm. long, rather slender; blades at maturity 10-15 
cm. broad, elliptical-oval, above finely scabrous, 
underneath een the midrib and about 4 pairs of strongly 
i 
mostly tipped with the small blackish styles, broadly Abbed: 
“A shrub feet high; San Buena Ventura, 1400 ft., Nov. 13, 
1901” (No. 6. 
is is Hts same as the fruiting specimen of Burchell’s No. 8512. 
I am not sure that his flowering specimen is of the same species. 
ONAGRACEAE 
Jussieua marginata sp. nov. 
Pubescent throughout, the white hairs divergent; stem, branches 
es 4—- g : 
obtuse, rounded or truncate at the base, entire, 
ae seen hice a See ene about 12 pairs, with 
intermediate shorter ones, very strong, prominent on both sides, 
inflorescence paniculate; pedicels slender, eprcaene, I-I.5 cm. 
long in flower; calyx-tube long- turbinate, 5 mm. long, the lobes 
8 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, ovate, ey ee purple 
and reflexed in ae petals 12 mm. long and ee pee: shortly 
clawed, very veiny; mature fru ia not seen; when g bearing 
8 strongly white pilose lines radiating from the base ee me style to 
calyx. 
“Six ft. high; Apolo, March 2, 1902” (Wo. 27). 
This is the same as Rusby’s No. 1221. The species is near 
J. peruviana. 
