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Jussieua ferruginea sp. 
erruginous-pilose ees the hairs coarse, rigid, oe 
branches purple, short, loosely spreading, angled; petioles 3 m 
long, slender; blades 1.5—3 cm. long, 10-20 mm. broad, oval- ae 
abruptly contracted into a short acute acumination at each end, 
her 
obscure; Lease exceedingly short; calyx-tube (in flower) about 
mm. g, oblanceolate, the obes 4-5 mm. long, lanceolate, 
Sco inaees petals ve thin, little exceeding the calyx; stamens 
ea 16, half the length of the petals, the anthers short and 
road; ca sule 3 cm. long, linear, lightly 16-costate, crowned by 
a green ae calyx-lobes 
““Mapira, 1600 it., Sept. 17, 1901” (No. 807). The same as 
Appun’s No. 268 and Rusby’s No. 1793. Species near J. affinis. 
OGenothera rubida sp. nov. 
Gray-puberulent, the upper portions white-pilose, the stems, 
capsules and lower leaf-surfaces bright red-purple; stems simple, 
erect, terete; leaves 2-4 cm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, lanceolate, 
acuminate, tapering into a short petiole, unequally and sharply 
sae aes thick, the venation inconspicuous; flowers sessile, 
_ long, the lanceolate acuminate calyx-lobes about one- 
nes he length of the tube and two-thirds to three-fourths the 
length of the petals; filaments broad, nearly as long as the petals, 
the anthers linear, 5 mm. long; style stout, as long as pul filaments; 
stigmas 2.5 mm. long, oblong; capsule 18 mm. long, m. b 
lance-oblong, ae ribbed, = apices ve the oe oer 
seeds small, unequal, oval, blac 
“Meguina, Peru, 7500 ft., i 8, 1901”? (No. 2524). 
HaLorrHAGIDACEAE 
Myriophyllum pallidum sp. nov. 
Stems a ae rather stout, yellow, the internodes abou 
5 cm. lon es blue-green, verticillate, mostly in 4’s, cesale, 
the | bases diac on connected, pectinate, the ane 5-20 pairs, 
narrowly linear, the longest 15-20 mm. long, drying channelled 
on the upper surface, the midrib rather conspicuous beneath, 
obtuse. Dissection material wanting. 
Species differs conspicuously from Af. Titicacense, its closest 
ally, in its shorter foliage, of bluish-green or glaucous appearance. 
“Fed to cattle at Chilalaya, Lake Titicaca, 12540 ft. alt., Oct. 6, 
1902” (No. 887). 
ERICACEAE 
Befaria parvifolia sp. nov. 
A low, much branched, densely leafy glabrous shrub; petioles 
6-12 mm. 
1-2 mm. long, tout, margined: blades 12-18 mm. long, 
