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ILICINEZE. 
{Lex Borıvıana, Britton, sp. п. Branches gray, branchlets brown- 
ish, very leafy, and like the petioles, peduncles, pedicels and 
calyx, minutely puberulent ; petioles 2 mm. 
lamina 3-4 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. broad, oval, the base rounded 
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glands, strongly reticulate; racemes compound, loose, 5-10 
flowered, the peduncle about 8 mm. long, the pedicels 2 mm. 
long, at the base bearing 2 minute subulate bracts: flowers 
dicecious, the staminate only seen, these 4-merous ; calyx lobes 
very short and broad, the apex rounded ; petals broader than 
long ; ovary rudimentary, depressed ; fruit (collected by Pearce) 
strongly depressed.globose, 4 mm. broad, lightly 5-grooved. 
Yungas, 1890 (450). Distributed as “Maytenus” (Same as 
specimen in Herb. Kew, collected by Pearce, Santa Cruz, 
6,000 ft., and one collected by Pentland, Bolivia; fide Britton.) 
П.Ех AMYGDALIFOLIA, n. sp. Dicecious, glabrous nearly through- 
апа, 7,000 ft., Herb. Kew, in fruit, fide Britton. 
RHAMNACEZE. 
Ruamnus BOLIVIANA, n. sp. Divaricately much branched, the 
ranches grayish-red, the branchlets, peduncles, calyx, etc 
ferruginous tomentose; petiole about 1 cm. long, leaf 5-8 cm. 
long by 1.5-4 cm. broad, oblong to obovate, the base narrowed 
