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C. Folia 7-9-nervia, dentata. 
20. M. radula (Triana! l. c. 66); ramis obtuse tetragonis ; foliis 
mediocribus, ovatis, acutis, basi leviter emarginato-cordatis, inzequali- 
ter crenulato-denticulatis, 7-nerviis, supra dense crasseque asperatis, 
subtus creberrime foveolatis et dense tomentosis. — Axinæa purpurea 
Ruiz et Pav. Syst. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. I, 122 et Fl. Peruv. ined. tab. 
410; DC. l. c. 102. — Axinæa radula Benth.! Pl. Hartw. 130. 
Rami robusti, subsimplices, glabri, laeves vel vix rugosi. Petiolus 2- 
3 em. longus. Folia rigida, supra atro-fusca, 6-10 em. longa, 4-6 em. 
lata. Panieulze terminales, multiflorze, paulo ramosze, ramis brevibus ; 
pedicelli leviter furfuracei, fere 1 em. longi Calyx leviter furfuraceus, 
subhemisph:ericus, 7-9 mm. latus, limbo satis dilatato. Petala purpu- 
rea, obovata, 2 cm. longa. 
In Peruvia (Ruiz et Pavon, Hartweg). 
21. M. tetraquetra (Triana! l. e. 66); fere glaberrima ; ramis. 
tetraquetris, angulis carinatis; foliis amplis, ovato-oblongis, breviter 
obtuseque acuminatis, basi rotundatis, remote dentatis, 7-9-nerviis, 
subtus ad nervos nervulosque leviter furfuraceo-puberulis cæteris 
utrinque glaberrimis. 
Rami robusti. Petiolus robustissimus, puberulus, 4-6 em. longus. 
Folia membranacea, 3-4 dm. longa, 1'/,-2 dm. lata, nervis subtus 
valde prominentibus, nervulis reticulatis, areolis quadratis. Panieulze 
3 dm. longz, late pyramidatz ; pedicelli 3-6 mm. longi. Calyx late 
campanulatus, 6 mm. longus, limbo satis dilatato, truncato. Petala 
late. obovato-spathulata, 1 '/, cm. longa. 
In Peruvia ad Chacapoyas (Mathews in hb. Kew. et Deless.). 
Sect. IV. DAVYA, Triana, l. c. 66; Cogn. l. c. 25 (Davyæ sect. Eu- 
davya Naud.l. c. 135). — Flores in paniculam terminalem saepius 
multifloram dispositi. Calycis tubus sæpius late campanulatus vel 
subhemisphzrieus; limbus truncatus vel obscure lobatus, rarius 
calyptriformis et sub anthesi irregulariter lacerus; denticuli ex- 
terni nulli aut subnulli. Antherze dorso appendicem elongatam sur- 
sum vergentem gerentes. — Spec. 22-34. 
A. Calycis limbus calyptriformis et sub anthesi irregulariter lacerus. — Spec. 
22-24. 
22. M. calyptrata (Triana! l. e. 66); undique glabra; foliis bre- 
