MONS. A. ROBERT'S MATTO GROSSO PLANTS 107 
long., 0-8 cm. diam.; lobus major 0:25 em. x 0°8; lobi reliqui 
0°4-0°6 cm. X — 0: Sem. Corolla tota + 45 cm. long.; limbus 
circa 2°5 cm. diam.; tubus deorsum ad 0°35 cm. a Rae sursum 
gradatim anapliats, soni 1:0 cm. faucibus 1°5 cm. diam.; lobi 
1-2cm.long. Sta d 0'7 cm. supra ets corolle oe 
pre basi inecrsitantas: et sparsim ape omeny majora 
minora 1:5 cm. long. Anther. loculi 0°22 cm. long., lied 
lineares. Staminodium vix 0°5 ¢ eee ., capitellatum, omnimodo 
glabrum. Discus 0-1 cm. alt. Ov arium 0°35 cm. long. Stylus 
complanatus, fere 2-0 cm. long. Bisuusté lanceolata, 0°2 cm. long. 
Kasily ve feaacaremmae by means of - its small leaves, 4-lobed calyx, 
and glabrous i 
Siaid phi Tlait perfereio Miers. 566. 
Perianthomega Veilozit Bur. Corum bé. 747. 
Tabebuia nodosa Griseb. Paraguay. 835. 
AcanTHAcEx.—II, (Vide ante, pp. 33-35.) 
Ruellia Tweediana Griseb. Porto Murtinho. 856, 864, 
R. geminiflora H. B. K. var. subacaulis Nees. 7 
R. uda (Cryphiacanthus wus Nees), var.? Corumbé. 712a. 
This is the same plant as my No. 964, also from Corumba. Besides 
2. . p. 426) 
remark. Possibly a distinct species. I have not seen the type. 
R. Lorentziana Griseb.? (e descript.). Porto Murtinho. 865. 
Salpingacanthus, Acanthacearum e tribu Ruelliearwm genus n 
vum. Calyx amplissimus, foliaceus, phyllis 3 alte partitis ovatis 
ris vel 
s 
atus; limbus patens, subsqualiter 5- A Eke lobis wstivatione con- 
tortis. Stamina 4, subdidynama, prope fauces affixa, breviter ex- 
atten phn deorsum per paria lateralia in membranam Listed 
entem connata; anthere dorsifixe, loculis inter se equalibus bas 
rise **Pollinis grana globosa, faviformi- -exsculpta (Wabenpolien. 
Discus prominens. Ovarium oblongum, profecto 2-loculare. Styl 
elongatus, stigmaté 1-lobo lineari terminatus. Ovula quove iis 
loculo 5-6. Capsula EE aan falciformis, fere i 6- 
sperma. Bonita | orbicularia, compressa, levia.—Verisimiliter fru- 
tex sursum foliosus. Folig norma a Flores magni, speciosi, 
in axillis superioribus solitarii, subsessiles. Bractee bracteo- 
leque 0. 
Salpingacanthus nobilis, sp. unica. Foliis petiolatis — 
ovato-lanceolatisve acutis vel breviter Se ae acuminatis b 
obtusis sin aliter rotundatis membranaceis su uberulis ibid 
ioli multo brevioribus validis minute pubescentibus, calycis 
Pascal atta minoribus ovato-lanceolatis postico ovato omnibus 
acutis membranaceis, corolle extus pubescentis tubo calye og mul- 
toties excedente limbi lobis late obovatis obtusissimis, ovario glabro, 
stylo griseo-pubescente breviter exserto, capsula quam eaiyt brevi- 
