240 
Songo, Nov. 1890 (853). Near C. aureonitens Hook. 
BESLERIA MONTANA Britton, sp. n. 
Shrubby (?), strigose and bristly-hirsute, the stems or branches 
ascending, obtusely quadrangular and sulcate, purplish; petioles 
3-4 cm. long, broad, the blades 1.5-2 dm. long, 6-8 cm. broad, 
oval to ovate, base acute or short-acuminate, apex abruptly short- 
acuminate, minutely spinulose-toothed, sparsely and coarsely 
strigose both sides ; flowers crowded in the axils, the flowers short- 
pedicelled; calyx (in flower) 1. cm. long and broad, fleshy;- purple, 
coarsely-hirsute, divided half-way to the base, the lobes broad, with 
foliaceous recurved obtuse or acute tips; disk annular; corolla 
1.5 cm. long, cylindraceous, somewhat curved, thick, hirsute, a dis- 
tinct annulus at the somewhat oblique mouth, the base not ap- 
pendaged, the very short sub-equal lobes veiny, rounded, re- 
exed; stamens and pistil destroyed by insects in all my flowers. 
Yungas, 1890 (412) — Rusby's 2425. 
Fluckigeria Fritschii Rusby, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 21 : 488. 
BESLERIA FOLIACEA sp. n. 
Habit unknown, leaves and flowers crowded; leaves sub-equal, 
the petiole, inclusive of the narrowed base,6-8 cm. long, blade proper 
1.5-2 dm. long, ovate to oval or even obovate, below abruptly 
narrowed into a petiole-like base, apex abruptly short-acuminate, 
acute, crenate-dentate, very thin and herbaceous, strigose both 
sides and below sparsely pilose, the midrib broad and purple, prin- 
cipal veins 8-10 pairs, very coarsely and slenderly reticulate, purple 
underneath when young; pedicels slender, 2 cm. long; calyx- 
lobes 4 cm. long, 7 mm. broad, lance-linear, crenate-dentate, ob- 
tuse, very membranaceous, veiny, erect; disk sub-annular, one 
lobe elongated, keeled and acuminate; corolla 2.5 cm. long, ample, 
slightly curved, little if at all ventricose, the mouth broad, some- 
what oblique, the lobes unequal, very short and broad, spreading, 
deeper purple than the tube; anthers short, the cells oblong, 
parallel; fruit perfectly 2-valved ; seeds oval-ovate, obtusish at both 
ends, the funiculus not apparent. 
Yungas, 1890 (338.) Distributed as “ Alloplectus ?" 
BESLERIA OVALIFOLIA sp. n. 
rib broad, slightly sulcate, principal veins 18 or 20 pairs, strongly 
curved, the salient, spinulose teeth 1 mm. long and half as broad ; 
