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obtusa vel subacuta, sat crassa, 4,5/2,8 3/2 3,5/2,5 cm., superne leviter 

 rugosa et pilis crispulis sparse pilosa, nervis haud conspicuis, subtus bre- 

 vissime et sparse birsuta, nervo medio et secundariis (4) arcuate anasto- 

 mosantibus prominentibus. Racemi paniculati, fasciculati, rachi pilis 

 crispulis subtomentosa, densiflori, floribus subsessilibus 5-6 mm. longis. 

 Sepala birsuta, anteriora per 1/3 connata subacuta, ovata; carina vix 

 Iriloba; androceum et ovarium pilosum. Fructus ignotus. StipultB cylin- 

 dricse, nitidce, brèves, basi pilis circumdatse apice leviter dilatalee. 



Frutex 2-4 pedalis, floribus intense coeruleis, in Bolivia ad Uaycani, 

 11000 ped, leg. R. Pearce (Hb. Kew). 



Monnina "Weddelliana Cliod., nov. spec. 



Gaules breviter tomentosi ; i'ami florentes virgati ; folia lanceolata 

 tenuia, utrinque pubescentia, basi sensim attenuata, subgrisea, petiolo 

 brevi, subacuta, vel obtusa, 40/18 40/15 mm, vel majora, stipulis parvis 

 sessilibus. Racemi graciles, demum longe pedunculati, racbi tenui pubes- 

 cente, gracili, bracteis filiformibus breviter sed per longam partem co- 

 mosi, ante an thesin 4-5 mm. lati. Flores 3,5-4 mm. longi, pedicello bre- 

 vissimo. Sepala ovato-acuta, ciliata leviter puberula, anteriora per 1/4 

 connata. Alse late ellipticse nervis subliberis. Carina leviter rostrata, lala. 

 Petalorum limbus linearis apice leviter curvatus. Pars media androcei 

 haud comosa; aniherse filamentis triplo breviores. Ovarium pilosum; 

 Stigma inferius distincte pendens. Nux ovato-cordata ineequilateralis. 

 5/5 mm. 



In Bohvia, Prov. Yungas, Weddel, n" 4280 (Hb. Mus. Paris). 



Monnina gracilis Chod., nov. spec. 



Rami fistulosi, cylindrici, sublignosi, puberuli, ramulis virgatis tenuibus. 

 Folia lanceolata longe acuminata, vel utrinque basi acuta, herbacea, 

 superne et inferne glabrescentia, tenuia, leviter marginata, nervis pen- 

 natis obsoletis, petiolo 6-7 mm. haud crasso basi bistipulato, stipulis 

 breviter vel longius cylindricis, apice incrassatis, luteis, medio impressis, 

 1,2 mm. lg. vel hrevioribus. Racemi solitarii vel subpaniculati, rachi gra- 

 cili, longe et anguste cylindrici, 6-10 cm. longi, 6-8 mm. lati, demum 

 sublaxiflori, longe attenuati, bracteis filiformibus haud longe comosi. 

 Flores 4-5 mm. longi ; sepala dorso et margine cihata, anteriora per 1/2 

 connata, ovalo-acuta; alae late obovatse nervis parce anastomosantibus, 

 glabriß ; carina lata vix triplicata ; limbus petalorum superiorum sublinea- 

 ris retusus ; androcei pars superior pilosa ; ovarium dense sed breviter 



