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Aristolochia apoloensis sp. nov. 
Stems slender, elongated, twining; petioles 10-15 mm. long, 
slender; blades 4-8 cm. long, 2~3 cm. broad, triangular-ovate, 
acute, cordate, the sinus broad and rounded, the lobes straight, 
rounded, 3-nerved, the lobes 1-nerved, the purple venation finely 
and strongly reticulate, Bay ie above, prominent underneath; 
owers not seen; peduncle of the capsule 15 mm. long, the capsule 
broadly ovoid, 4 cm. ie the stout beak 6 mm. long, then lobed 
summit; seeds 5 mm. long and broad, triangular-obtuse, 
slightly cordate. 
“Apolo, 4800 ft., Sept. 6, 1902”’ (No. 1567). 
AMARANTACEAE 
Pfaffia soratensis sp. nov. 
nsely aaa the older portions glabrate; stems greatly 
Prereror flex , apparently decumbent or reclining, except 
the ascending ami portion, loosely branching, the internodes 
very long (12-15 cm.), finely eee leaves opposite, all wanting 
in my specimen, except the floral ones, which closely subtend the 
inflorescence and are 6-12 mm. lon a mm. broad, oval, sessile, 
acutish, green above, yellowish- pee underneath; heads sessile, 
subhemispherical, 10-12 mm. broad; scales shorter than the flowers 
imilar to i 
stamens equaling the sepals, the anthers 1 mm. long, oblong, 
bright yellow; ovary subglobose, slightly broader than long; 
styles and stigmas 3, two-thirds the length of the ovary, erect, thick, 
reddish, upwardly thickened, rounded at the end. 
“Flowers yellow; Sorata, 7500 ft., Sept. 2, 1901” (No. 2385). 
Gomphrena ixiamensis sp. nov. 
nsely eae with long appressed hairs; stems 20-30 cm. high, 
Peony: osely branched, the branches elongated; leaves oppo- 
site, 12-18 mm. long, 5~7 mm. broad, oblong-oblanceolate, acute, 
abruptly eee into a very short, broad petiole, thickish, the 
midrib broad, reddish, the venation obscu ure; heads solitary at 
elongating as the flowers fall at the base; scales 2 mm. long, broadly 
Bis cae scarious, with a broad greenish keel which is continued 
nto an awn; bractlets 8 mm. long, slenderly acu pee perianth 
ape woolly, the segments subequal, 6 mm. long, nar owly lanceo- 
late, rigid, attenuate, one-third longer than the oe stigmas 3, 
large, oblong, black, exceeding the stamen 
“Txiamas, es ft., Dec. 24, 1go1” (No. 273). The same as 
Rusby No. 1515 and 1516. 
