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those collected in Bolivia by Pearce. Different from Mathews’ 
and Spruce's. Species near D. urticaefolia. 
IsOLOMA SPRUCE! Britton, sp. n. 
Strigose ; stem rooting at the base, erect or ascending, 3-6 cm. 
slightly inequilateral, closely serrate, the teeth mostly acute, above 
bright green and short-strigose, underneath bright purple and 
sparsely pubescent, the veins densely strigose ; peduncles in the 
upper axils, 2 or 3 cm. long, stoutish, umbellately 5—8-branched, 
the branches at length nearly as long as the peduncles, 1-flowered, 
the bracts in the form of small leaves; calyx densely tomentose, 
7 mm. broad, the tube very short, saucer-shaped, the lobes 
short, n ovate to semi-circular, Pr pointed, soon re 
e rolla tomentose, deep purple, 1.25-1.5 cm. long, the 
base ay oidce , the tube campanulate, ventricose, curved, 7 
mm. broad, the somewhat oblique mouth but little broader; fruit 
Vic. Mapiri, Aug., 1892 (1541). The same as Rusby’s no. 
2151. Description taken from Mr. Bang’s specimens. 
ISOLOMA PARVIFLORA sp. n 
y long-pilose throughout; rhizome elongated, purple, 
not AEEA in my specimens; stem apparently ascending, 
slender, simple, sulcate, the internodes about 4 cm. long; petioles 
I-1.5 cm. long; blades 4-8 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. broad, ovate with 
broad, oblong, obtuse, herbaceous; corolla red- sagen, 7 mm. 
long, 6 mm. broad, the narrow basal portion very short, the ob- 
lique mouth much narrower than the body, the reflexed lobes 
very short and broad; stamens barely exserted; disk of (always?) 
8 globose brown glands, 6 of them united into three per the 
others solitary to right and left of the lower pair; fruit not seen 
Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1563a. Perhaps partly distributed. as 
1565.). This is very similar to, if not the same as, no. 544 pre- 
viously enumerated, with doubt, as a Besleria. It is very near 
Spruce's 4962 from Chimborazo. 
Alloplectus Patrisi DC. Prod. 7: 545. Espirito Santo, 1891 
(1259) — Spruce's 2604, and a specimen in Herb. Kew. marked 
* ex Herb. Sagot 425." 
