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Rami supremi furfuracei, inter nodos fere complanati. Petiolus 2- 
3 em. longus. Folia fragilia, 1 dm. longa, 4-5 em. lata, nervis robus- 
tis, nervulis numerosis. Calyx sub anthesim 2'/, cm. longus, 1 cm. 
crassus. Petala purpurea, fere 3 em. longa. Antherz dorso inappen- 
diculatæ. 
In monte Quindio Novæ Granatæ (Bonpland). 
9. C. phlomoides (Triana, l. c. 72); foliis subcoriaceis, anguste 
ovatis, basi rotundatis, apice acutis, undulato-denticulatis, supra 
glaberrimis, subtus puberulis præcipue ad nervos ; paniculis termina- 
libus, longe peduneulatis, ramulis pedicellisve verticillatis; floribus 
5-meris, longiuscule pedicellatis; calyce dense furfuraceo-tomentoso, 
limbo apice obtuso. 
Rami tetragoni, leviter furfuracei. Petiolus robustus, dense furfu- 
raceo-puberulus, 2-4 cm. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus 
viridi-cinerea, 14-18 em. longa, 7-9 em. lata, subtus reticulata. Pedi- 
celli robustiuseuli, breviter denseque hirtelli, 1-1 '/, cm. longi. Calyx 
sub anthesim 11-12 mm. longus, 6-7 mm. latus, suleatus. Petala obo- 
vata, obtusa, 12 mm. longa. Antherz 7 mm. longze, connectivo inferne 
elongato, in appendicem basi tuberculatam producto. Ovarium apice 
5-tubereulatum ; stylus crassiusculus, apice truncatus, 1'/, cm. lon- 
S. 
In Costa-Rica (Hoffmann, Oersted); ad Desengaño altit. 2300 m. 
(Wendland). 
10. €. sessilifolia; glaberrima; foliis sessilibus vel 'subsessili- 
bus, rigidiusculis, oblongis, basi subcordatis, apice obtusiusculis, sub- 
integerrimis; eymis trifloris; floribus 5-meris, longe pedicellatis; ca- 
lyeis limbo obtuso. 
Frutex 2-4 m. altus, ramis gracilibus, teretiusculis. Folia viridia, 
6-8 em. longa, 2-3 em. lata, subtus tenuissime reticulata. Pedicelli 
graciles, infra apicem artieulati, 2-2 '/, em. longi. Calycis tubus sub- 
hemisphzerieus, 8-9 mm. latus; limbus tenuiter membranaceus, 6-7 
mm. longus. Petala chermesina, magna. Stylus apice attenuatus, 11- 
12 mm. longus. 
In Ecuadore ad Huacapamba (Poortmann in hb. Drake). 
D. Folia 7-plinervia. — Spec. 11.12. 
11. €. pulchra; foliis planis, anguste ovatis, basi rotundatis in- 
