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*¢ Six to ro ft. high, abundant in wet soil, the flowers yellow.” 
Near Coroico, July 22, 1894. (Vo. 2757.) 
SPHAERALCEA Manponi Baker fil. Jour. Bot. 31: 364. 1893. 
(No. 7927.) The same as Mandon 808. 
Pavontra communis A. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 1: 224. ‘A yel- 
low-flowered shrub, 8-ro ft. high, common in dry gravelly slate.” 
Coripata, Yungas, February 28, 1892. (/Vos. 2067 and 7979.) 
Bombax (fachdropsis) Rusbyi Baker fil. sp. 
robably a tree; young branches almost eee Leaflets 3-7, 
ovate or oblong-ovate, coriaceous, base subcordate, apex obtuse or 
6-16 cm. long, 6.5-9.5 cm. broad, petiolule 1.5-2 cm. long, petiole 
the base; petals strap-shaped, externally olive-colored or ferruginous- 
tomentellous, 10-12 a long; staminal column glabrous, 2-2.5 
cm. long; free filaments 4-6 cm. long; anthers hippocrepiform, 
at least in the dried state; oe about 15 cm. long; seeds immersed 
in light-brown wool. 
Yungas, 6,000 “tt -, 1885. First collected by Dr. A. HZ. Rusby 
(no. 1928). Bang (no. 2282a). This is the plant referred to in 
Bull. Torrey Club. 16: 154 (1889) as ‘“‘“Bombax ?.” It is allied 
to Bombax longiflorum K. Schum. and B&B. cyathophorum K. 
Schum., the staminal tube being glabrous and the leaflets also gla- 
brous. Ihave much pleasure in dedicating this species to the dis- 
coverer, Dr. H. H. Rusby. 
(Mr. Bang’s specimens of this number were accompanied by the following 
note: ‘‘ More flowers and fruits to be sent next. The leaves all dropped off 
now, and buds already coming out.”” This note doubtless refers to the cor- 
iaceous leaves, which fall just as the next year’s growth commences, The 
specimens were followed, according to promise, by others, but the latter 
were evidently taken from a different tree and present marked differences. 
column 3-3.5 cm. long; free portions of stamens 7-8 cm. long. The original 
2282 showed the follo fi proportions: leaflets 12-18 cm. long, 8-10 em. 
broad and less strongly cordate ; pedicels 2.75~3 cm. long, calyx 2-2.5 cm. 
long by 2 cm. broad (as’ nee stamen-column 3.5 cm. long, free por- 
tions of aes tdm. long. The form of leaves and calyx-tube and rela- 
tion of stamens (free portion) to tube are so markedly different that Iam 
inclined to think they represent two species. I, therefore, call the first and 
larger-leaved collection 2282, the second 2282a. H.H. R.} 
