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the e strongly declined, sub-saccate on the upper side, the 
body swollen on the lower side, the mouth sub-equal, the lobes 
3m gis erect, E ovary short and broad, style stout, 
pubescent ; stigma ovoid, the apex concave; disk annular, short, 
sinuate. 
Espirito Santo, 1891 (1211). 
ACHIMENES RUSBYi Britton, sp. n. 
de Sol habs. d and the younger pr long-pilose; a por- 
tion of the nearly horizontal rhizome sely imbricated with 
fleshy scales each I cm. long and two- thirds as — reddish 
brown with whitish margins; stem erect, simple, 3-6 dm. or more 
high, reddish, the internodes .7-1 dm. long the leaves pow or 
opposite below ; petioles 1-2 cm. long, slender; blades 5-8 cm. 
ong, 2.5-4 cm. broad, ovate, the base obtuse, the apex taperin 
and acute, coarsely serrate, the teeth acute, purplish underneath, 
a icels m. 
long, ascending; calyx nearly 2 cm. long, the campanulate tube 
one-third of its length, the lobes linear or almost setaceous, the 
sinuses broad and rounded; corolla deep maroon-purple, 4 or 5 
cm. long, nearly straight, the base ver ry oblique; narrow basal 
portion of tube 1 cm. long, 5 mm. broad (as pressed), gradually 
dilated into the ventricose body, which is 1.25 cm. broad; mouth 
2 cm. broad, lightly oblique, the lobes reflexed, beautifully mar- 
gined and spotted with deep indigo-purple; stamens barely exserted. 
Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1721) — Rusby's 
1102. 
ACHIMENES FLACCIDA sp. n. 
Rhizome slender; hirsute; stems erect or F ascending, slender 
and weak, sparingly branched or simple, green or purplish below, 
long-pilose, the internodes about 1 dm. long; petioles only 2-3 
m. long, very broad ; blades 6-9 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad, ovate, 
short-acuminate and acute, minutely serrate and strongly ciliate, 
thin and flaccid, pale, strigose underneath and very sparsely so 
above; peduncles I-flowered, solitary in the upper axils, and ter- 
minal, 2-4 cm. long; calyx 1 cm. long, lobed to or a little below 
the middle, the tube turbinate, purple (like the peduncle), densely 
strigose, the lobes green, subequal, lance-ovate, long-acuminate 
and acute; corolla deep ro me Pini tomentose, 3 cm. long when 
fully developed, I.5 cm. broad,as pressed, the base oo the 
narrow basal portion scarcely any, body ven aps uth sub- 
equal and contracted, lobes small, erect-spreadin and 
style about as long as the corolla; disk annular, diy inlet 
lobed ; style stout, pubescent, stigma void. 
Espirito Santo, 1891 (1213). 
