48 
branches nearly 1 mm. long, oblong with rounded apex; fruit not 
seen. 
Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1636). 
Chomelia tenuiflora Benth.; Rusby, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 3: Part 3, 
45. Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1738) — 342. 
The characters of the fruit (mature ?) of this species, unknown 
until now, are as follows: Nearly 1 cm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad, 
oblong, the base slightly narrower, the apex subtruncate, tipped 
by the conspicuous cup of the calyx-limb, which about equals 
the strongly recurved teeth, blackish, minutely hispidulous, irreg- 
ularly and rather lightly costate, slightly curved. 
Chiococca brachiata genuina Muell. oe Mart. Fl. Bras. 6: Part 5, 
51. Mapiri, Urbe s 1892 (150 
ey Arabica L. Sp. Pl. 172. on (Cult), July-Aug., 1892 
(1560). 
COUSSAREA RUDGEOIDES sp. n. 
Glabrous; branchlets stout, Adobe flexuous, fleshy, the in- 
ternodes 2-3 cm. long; stipules 3 or 4 mm. long, 4 or 5 mm. 
broad, the summit rounded; ED des proper scarcely percep- 
tible; leaves 1.25-2.5 dm. long, .5-1 dm. broad, oval, abruptly 
short-acuminate at both ends, entire, bright green, thin but rigid, 
‘the primaries 10-13 pairs, intercommunicating about 5 mm. from 
the margin; cymose panicles Psy | solitary at the summit, suc- 
cessively trichotomous, 5 or 6 cm. long, including the stout pe-` 
duncles which comprise nearly e their length, 4 or 5 cm. broad, 
dilated at the branching-points, the bracts and bractlets wanting, 
e flowers sessile or very short-pedicelled; calyx turbinate-cam- 
panulate, 4-angled, truncate, the border obscurely sinuate; ex 
panded corollas not seen, in the bud 6-8 mm. long, lance-ob- 
long, the lobes free at the 
Between Tipuani and Come Dec., 1892 (1666,) Very near 
Spruce’s 2486. 
Faramea salicifolia Presl. Symb. Bot. 24. pl. 70. Between Tipuani 
and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1684) — Rusby's 2626. 
Faramea anisocalyx Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 28. Be- 
tween Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1641) = Spruce's 4873. 
Mapourea brachypoda Muell. Arg. in Mart. Flor. Bras. 6: Part 5, 
422. Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1710) — Rus- 
by's 1882. 
