100 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
MONS. A. ROBERT’S MATTO GROSSO PLANTS.—IL. 
By Spencer te M. Moors, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
Rusiacez (continued from p. 39). 
Coutarea speciosa Aubl. var. pubescens K. Schum. Corumba. 807. 
Machaonia acuminata H. B. K. . Corumba. 741, 792. 
Faramea (§ lv- seals pike chapadensis, sp. nov. Glabra 
oastiltig proved * in nodis paullum incrassatis Sheds quadrangu- 
laribus vel fere subteretibus, tobi brevipetiolatis lanceolatis sursum 
cym 
3-(an semper ?) brachiatis, brachiie brevibus compressiusculis 2- 
bracteatis inter bracteas 3- (an semper ?) floris, bracteis amplis ovatis 
obtusis dilute —- calycis limbo ovarium subequante cupulari 
impariter 4-dentato intus glandulis paucis onusto, corolla bracteas 
bene excedente aris et intus glabra tubo gracili sursum gradatim 
dilatato lobis 4 tat dita quam tubus multo brevioribus, stamini- 
bus supra medium tubi insertis, antheris linearibus apice acutis, 
disco alto glabro, stylo glabro, stigmatibus variniiclitay oblongis, 
fructibus ——. 
ab. Sant’ Anna da Sees cera 557. 
Folia 6-0-8:0 em. long., 0-15-0- . lat.; petioli 0-4 em. 
long. Stipularum pars ampla 0:2 Phi as attenuata 04 cm 
long. Bractew circa 1:0 cm. long. et 0-6-0° 7 em. lat. Calycis 
tubus vix 0-2 cm. long.; glandule fusce, majores rs 01 cm. diam. 
Corolle vorisithiliter albee tubus 1'5 em. , lobi 0-6em. long. Stamina 
0:5 cm. infra fauces inserta; filamenta 0-1 em. se 0:5 cm. 
long., he 0-1 cm. lat. Stylus 0°65 cm., stigmata 0-2 cm. long. 
Resem mbling F’, By Mill. Arg. in habit, but easily distin- 
guished from it by the smaller green bracts, glandular calyces, &¢. 
sychotria xanthophylla Mill. Arg. 670. 
P. homoplastica $. Moore “681. The specimens under this 
number are young and not at all satisfactory ; others, also from 
Sed Anna da Chapada, but without number, agree well with 
6 type. 
P. tomentosa Mill. Arg. 893. 
Palicourea rigida H. B. K. 576. 
