+ 
74 
Lobelia nana H. B. K. Nov. Gen. 3: 317. pl. 272. Below Cocha- 
bamba, 1891 (1052) = Rusby’s 1075. Vic. Sorata, Nov. 1892. 
(1622). 
VACCINIACEAE. 
Psammisia leucostoma Benth. ; Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 7 : 127. 
Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1516).— Spruce's 2465. 
Chupalon pubescens (H. B. K.) Kuntze. (See no. 290.) Between 
Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1383). Leaves some- 
what narrower than in no. 290. 
ERICACEAE 
Defaria g glauca H. et. B. Pl. Equin. 2: 118. A. 777. Espirito Santo, 
1891 (1167) — Rusby's 2010 and 2123. 
Clethra Brasiliensis Cham. (See 393 and 474.) Between Guanai 
and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1403). 
MYRSINEAE. 
Myrsine Gardneriana A. DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (IL) 16: 86. Be- 
tween Guanai and a o Apr.-June, 1892 (1422) — Rusby's 
866 and 869. 
Myrsine Guianensis (Aubl) R. & S. Syst. Veg. 4: 509. (Rapanea 
Guianensis Aubl. Pl. Gui. 1: 121 [1775]). Between Guanai 
and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1463) — Schomburghk's 695, 
Spruce's 3918 and Matthews' 1564. 
MYRSINE VIRIDIS sp. n. 
Glabrous; branchlets purple, slender, terete; petioles .5—1 cm. 
long, uh channelled; blades 4-8 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, 
oblanceolate to obovate, mostly a little inequilateral, acutish at base 
and apex, entire, revolute, coriaceous, deep-green, pale beneath, the 
spicuous ; fascicles axillary axillary, about 8—10-flowered, 
the flowers very short- PO Eni „the pedicels sharply angled ; only 
withered flowers seen; calyx whitish, 3 mm. broad, lobed two- 
thirds of the way to the opu corolla purple, coriaceous, lobed 
nearly to the base, the lobes m. long, oblong-ovate ; as ex- 
tremely short and stout, bcr kage, peltate, lobed and pp 
ently lightly fimbriate ; fruit purple, 4 mm. broad. 
Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1476) — Fendler's 758 from Ven- 
ezuela. 
