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sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis dense villosis, petalis sepala 
excedentibus late obovatis emarginatis, staminibus circa 69 a ditis 
staminodiis exterioribus paucis parvis subulatis filamentis inter 
sese fere liberis, carpellis 5 villosis, ovulis pro carpello 2. 
Hab. Foot of Mount Bakewell, in black humus with granite 
and quartz subsoil; O. H. Sargent, 517, in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Folia vulgo 2-3 cm. long., 8-10 mm. lat., in sicco griseo- 
olivacea ; costa media tenuis solum aspectabilis. Bractez circa 
5 x 45m i mm. long. Flores 
3-5 mm. sursum 7°5 mm. lat. Filamenta tenera, circa 2mm. long.; 
anthers oblonge, 1:25 mm. long. Staminodia circa 1 mm. long. 
Pea egre 2 mm. long.; stylus subterminalis, filiformis, 
mm. long. 
To be inserted between H. lasiopus Benth. and H. potentille- 
flora F. Muell., differing from both in its shortly pedunculate 
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H. lasiopus in its oblong leaves. On a first view it might be 
mistaken for H. montana, to which, Mr. Sargent tells me, some 
authorities whom he has consulted would refer it; but I cannot 
accept this opinion, for H. montana, besides having glabrous 
carpels, a matter of some systematic importance in this genus, 
belongs to another subsection of § Euhibbertia, of which one of 
6. Norse on ACHATOCARPUS Triana. 
Triana proposed this genus in 1858 (Ann. Se. Nat. Sér. iv. ix. 
p. 45) after careful examination, referring it to Phytolaccacee. In 
1880, Bentham Hooker (Gen. Pl. ii. 26) transferred it to 
Mexico claims two, the Andine region three, and Argentina, ex- 
clusive of its Andine portion, one; while Paraguay has five and 
Brazil one species. 
The object of this short note is to point out that at least one 
more species is native to Brazil, there being in the British Museum 
specimens from Corumbi collected by Robert in 1902. These 
situated. 
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