394 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. 8ICYOB. 
Ad pedem mont. Chimborazo, altit. 850 metr. (Spruce n. 6206 in 
herb. Kew. et Brit. Mus.); prope Guaranda ad pedem occid. Chim- 
borazo altit. 2668 metr. (Ed. André in herb. suo); prope Canchacoto 
ad decliv. oecid. mont. Corazon altit. 2000 metr. (Ed. André n. 3773 
in herb. suo); prope Mindo altit. 1260 metr. (Ed. André n. 3773 in 
herb. suo); in Nova Granata ad La Paila (Holton n. 717 in herb. DC. 
et Kew.); inter Guaranda et Botegas (J. Remy in herb. Mus. Par.); 
in via Tuquerres-Barbacoas altit. 1500 metr. (Ed. André in herb. suo); 
in Venezuela prope coloniam Tovar (Fendler n. 502 in herb. Kew.). 
24. S. Andreanus (Cogn. in Bull. Acad. Belg. ser. 2, v. 49, 
p. 200); foliis supra grosse sparseque punctato-asperis, subtus brevis- 
sime villoso-scabris, basi profunde emarginatis, fere usque ad basim 
5-lobatis, lobis lanceolato-linearibus, longe acuminatis, margine remo- 
tissime leviterque undulato-denticulatis; cirrhis 3-4-fidis; racemis 
masculis subsimplicibus, 15-30-floris, folio zequalibus vel paulo bre- 
vioribus ; antheris liberis ; floribus femineis solitariis vel geminatis ad 
apicem pedunculi petiolo longioris ; fructu oblongo-subfusiformi, basi 
rotundato, apice longe attenuato, ad medium non gibboso, puberulo, 
4-10-aculeato, aculeis brevibus, reflexis, uncinatis, basi tuberculatis. 
Caulis gracilis, angulato-sulcatus, glaber, in arboribus scandens. 
Petiolus gracillimus, striatus, glaber, 1*/,-2 cent. longus. Folia rigi- 
diuscula, supra atroviridia, subtus pallide viridia; lobus terminalis ad 
basim interdum leviter constrictus, 8-11 cent. longus, 6-17 mill. latus: 
lobi intermedii 5-8 cent. longi, 6-12 mill. lati, patuli ; exteriores reflexi 
et interdum subconniventes, 2-3 cent. longi, 5-8 mill. lati; nervi late- 
rales basilares imum sinum 1 mill. distantes. Cirrhi robustiusculi, 
satis breves, angulati, glabri. Inflorescentia mascula 6-11 cent. longa: 
peduneulus communis satis gracilis, angulatus, glaber; pedicell 
capillares, subrecti, glaberrimi, patuli vel reflexi, 1-2 cent. longi- 
Flores parvi. Calycis tubus subrotatus, glaber, 2 '/, mill. latus; den- 
tes subulati, */, mill. longi. Corolla alba, segmentis ovato-oblongis, 
acutis vel subobtusis, 5-nerviis, brevissime papillosis, patulis, 2%) 
mill. longis, 1*/, mill. latis. Staminum filamentum capillare, */; mill. 
longum; antheræ vix */, mill. longæ, loculis flexuosis. Pedunculus 
fructiferus capillaris, glaber vel subglaber, 3-5 cent. longus, flexu? 
sus. Fruetus compressus, 15-17 mill. longus, 5-6 mill. latus, 2 mill. 
crassus; aculei */,-2 mill. longi. 
In Ecuadore, ad Rio del Cristal in decliv. occid. mont. Chimborazo: 
altit. circiter 350 met. (E. André n. 3996 in herb. suo). 
