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apice brevissime cuspidulatos ipso obtusiusculos diviso, corolla 

 comparate elongata infundibulari ima basi aliquantulum expansa 

 extus glanduloso-puberula intus pilosa, filamentis basi dense 

 glanduloso-pubescentibus ceterum glabris, antheris unilocularibus 

 apice obtusis basi breviter appendiculatis, staminodio stamina bene 

 excedente dense glanduloso-barbato. 



Hab. Matto Grosso, Sant' Anna da Chapada # ; Robert, 675. 



Caulis summum 4-0 cm. alt., 0-2-0*3 cm. diam., aliquanto 

 angulatus. Foliorum rhachis valida, 10*0-25*0cm. long., deorsum 

 nuda, pilosa, fac. sup. canaliculata ; pinnae 5-0-10-0 cm. long., fac. 

 sup. item canaliculate ; foliola 1-0-1-3 x 0-3-0-4 cm., fol. terminale 

 obovato-oblongum, 0*45-0-6 cm. lat. Panicula circa 3*5 cm. long. 

 Bracteae 0-3-0*4 cm., pedicelli 0*4-0*5 cm. long. Calyx 0*5 cm. 

 long. ; hujus lobi 0-4 cm. long. Corolla 4*5-5*0 cm. long. ; tubus 

 ima basi 0*5 cm., paullo supra basin 0*35-0*4 cm., sursum adusque 

 1*5 cm. diam. gradatim augmentatus ; lobi circa 1*0 x 0*9 cm., 

 facie interiori pilosi. Filamenta longiora 1*3 cm. long.; antherse 

 0*3 cm., harum appendix # 06 cm. long.; staminodium 2*75 cm. 

 long., deorsum glabrum. Stylus glaber. 



The only species with which this can be compared is /. de- 

 currens Cham, which also has decurrent pinnules, but its leaves 

 have many more juga, and the leaflets are different in shape. 

 Among other points, the long corollas of /. Boberti are worthy of 

 mention. 



An immature fruit, 3*0 x 2*0 cm., accompanies the specimen. 



PoDOSTEMACEiE. 



I brought from Matto Grosso two of these plants, but, by 

 some oversight, no mention was made of them in my Memoir 

 (Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. $, vol. iv.). For calling my attention to 

 this matter I am indebted to Dr. Rendle, who also gave me the 

 following names : — 



Lonchostephus elegans Tul. in Arch. Mus. Par. vi. p. 198. 

 Fixed to stone in bed of R. Paraguay about Santa Cruz (Barra 

 dos Bugres) ; 709. 



Mniopsis scaturiginum Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 3. 

 Attached to stone in bed of R. Paraguay above Santa Cruz ; 711. 



ElJPHORBIACE,aE. 



A short time ago I saw in the Kew Herbarium a specimen of 

 the South American Croton sparsiflorus Morong, which had, 

 curiously enough, turned up in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, its 

 introduction having been due most probably to transport of grain. 

 Opportunity is taken to mention this fact here as it should be 

 known that Morong's plant has since been twice redescribed. 

 My own G\ nivifer, published a little time after C. sparsiflorus 

 appeared, is undoubtedly the same plant; and more recently 

 MM. Chodat and Hassler have given (Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1901, 

 p. 395) the name Croton rivinoides to specimens absolutely identical 

 with those of Morong. 



