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ing, the blades about as long and broad, cordate with broad shallow 
sinus, abruptly short-acuminate, co oarsely dentate, thin, the 
: A - 
5-7 mm. 
equal, averaging about the length of the tube, ee corolla 
campanulate, 2 cm. one and broad, the margin loosely fimbriate; 
stamens short, in the base of the corolla, the style less than half 
as long as the corolla; capsule linear-oblong, eon m. long, the 
Be calyx-lobes recurved, larger than in ‘the flower 
“Flowers white; Tumupasa, 1800 ft., Jan. 14, oy (No. 578). 
RUBIACEAE 
Sabicea erecta sp. nov. 
t shrub, gray-tomentose or hirsute throughout; branch- 
lets elongated thick but w eak, flexuous, ascending, the internodes 
about 2.5-5 cm. long; ce: ‘broadly ovate, obtuse, about 8 mm. 
contracted into the petiole, short-acuminate and acute, thickish, 
dark above, light-gray beneath, the strongly up-curved bate 
about 12 pairs; ena solitary i in the axils, 18-25 m ong, 
erect, stout; cymes about 2.5 cm. broad, sub- heuiepiencal: ses 
pedicels about half ae length af the flowers; bracts ovate, acumi- 
nate, shorter than the calyx; calyx-tube campanulate, rather 
shorter than the lanceolate, acuminate spreading lobes, which are 
3-4 mm. long; alee - mm. long, the tube rather shorter than the 
ae lobes; ant and 5 styles about reaching the base of 
the corolla-lobes; waka narrow and thick. 
“A bush 8 ft. high; Tumapasa, 1800 ft., Dec. 13, 1901” (No. 
446). No. 590, from the same locality, June 18, 1902, is the 
same. 
Species very near S. cuneata Rusby, which also appears to be 
erect 
Randia oblanceolata sp. nov. 
Glabrous. Branchlets slender, eee Petioles about 1 
long, the blades Bk cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. broad, ecient with 
cuneate base and abruptly short-acuminate, obtuse ummit, very 
thin, bright-green, ae ee secondaries about i on each side, 
strongly upcurved, very slender, uebtly prominent on both sides. 
Fruit sub-sessile, globose, about 1.5 cm. long, the beak broader 
than long, the calyx teeth 6 or 7 mm. long, slenderly spiniform, 
pungent. 
“A stout shrub, 10 ft. high. San Buena Ventura, 1400 ft. alt., 
Nov. 22, 1901”? (Wo. 617). 
