45 
The same collected by Spruce. Mr. Bang states that the bark 
is used for binding thatch and for other purposes requiring great 
strength and durability, but I think he must refer to some other tree. 
Lecanosperma lycioides Rusby, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 20:431. Vic. 
Cochabamba, 1891 (1121 and 1122). 
Lygistum ignitum (Vell.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 287. (Guangnebina i. 
Vell. Fl. Flum. 1: AJ. 115) = Manettia ignita Schum. Mart. FI. 
Bras. 6: Part 6, 171. Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.-]une, 
1892 (1372) — Rusby's 1126. 
LvarsrUM MICANS (Poepp. & Endl.) (Manettia m. Poepp. et Endl. 
Nov. Gen. et. Sp. 3: 24 = M. ignita micans Schum. in Mart. 
Fl. Bras. 6: Part 6,171). Espirito Santo, 1891 (1255). 
spp tthe TENUE Britton, sp. n. 
tems elongated, very slender, green, sharply angled toward 
the icant and, like the inflorescence, minutely scabrous; stipules 
i i i m lades 4-7 cm. 
tuse apex, entire, bright green, glabrous above, minutely scabrous 
on the midrib underneath, thin, venation very slender and incon- 
Spicuous, primaries about 7 on each side; racemes solitary in the 
axils, compound, secund, few and loosely flowered, about 4 cm 
long, the bracts 2 mm. long, oblong, acute, green, the bractlets 
linear; pedicels 2-3 mm. long, slender; calyx-tube from elon- 
gated-hemispherical to truncate-ovoid, 2.5 mm. long, the triangu- 
lar acute teeth half as long, recurved-spreading ; only undeveloped 
corollas seen, apparently narrowly infundibular, about 1 cm. long ; 
fruit brown, globose, about 4 mm. in diameter. 
Vic. Sorata, Nov., 1892 (1725). The same as Rusby's no. 2158, 
collected near wee Description taken from Mr. Bang's speci- 
mens. 
Lygistum sp. near L. umbellatum and apparently undescribed ; 
but material insufficient. Espirito Santo, 1891 (1268 
Lygistum specimens too incomplete. Espirito Santo, 1891 
1269. 
CONDAMINEA ANGUSTIFOLIA Sp. n. 
inely puberulent, except the glabrous upper leaf-surfaces, 
stipules and corolla; branchlets stout, terete; stipules 3-5 cm 
long, 7 mm. broad, iencodiate, long-attenuate, entire e, rigid, brown- 
ish-green, finely nerved, the midrib very prominent on the upper 
side, like a keel; petioles less a I cm. long and very stout; 
blades 2.5-3.5 dm. long, 6-8 cm. broad, oblong with subcor- 
