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Ovary and calyx-tube 4*5 mm. long, calyx-lobes 7-8 mm. long or 

 expanded into a lamina over 5 cm. long and 4 cm. v^ide with a 

 stalk 7-8 mm. long. The corolla-tube may attain a length of 

 2-5 cm., the lobes 6-7 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, glabrous within for 

 nearly 1 cm. above the base, then densely villous in a ring where 

 the filaments are inserted, the throat above being less densely 

 villous, the indumentum increasing towards the mouth of the 

 corolla. The hairy covering of the corolla consists chiefly of scaly, 

 twisted, translucent hairs. Filaments 13 mm. or more long, 

 anthers 2-5 mm. long. The style is of variable length ; it is often 

 exserted, sometimes very considerably. 



Pseudohamelia, 

 Eubiacearum e tribu Hameliearum genus novum. 



Calycis tubus oblongo-ovoideus ; limbi lobi 4, longiusculi, 

 patentes, persistentes. Corolla tubulosa insuper parum ampliata, 

 fauce glaberrima ; limbi lobi 4, ovati, rotundati, imbricati. Stamina 

 4, fauci corollse inserta, filamentis obsoletis ; antherae dorsifixae, 

 inclusae, lineari-oblongae. Discus parvus densi.ssime hirsutus. 

 Ovarium biloculare ; stylus brevis, validus, stigmate in duobus 

 brachiis validis obtusis diviso ; ovula in loculis perplurima, 

 placentis septo affixis inserta. Bacca parva, ovoidea, disci pilis 

 coronata, bilocularis, polysperma. Frutices v. arbores, ramulis 

 teretibus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, membranacea. 

 Stipules interpetiolares, nee mox deciduae. Flores in cymas ter- 

 minales di- trichotome ramosas subscorpioideas dispositi, secundi, 

 mediocres, plerumque sessiles ; bracteae parvi. 



The characters of the corolla, pistil, and fruit justify the 

 inclusion of this genus in HameliecB, and it bears a remarkable 

 superficial resemblance to Hamelia ; but it is quite distinct in the 

 androecium, the disc, the bilocular ovary, and the style and stigma, 

 as well as in the tetramery of the flowers. 



Pseudohamelia hirsuta, sp. unicum. Verisimiliter frutex, 

 ramulis dense pubescenti-hirsutis ; foliis ovalibus utrinque angus- 

 tatis, apice acuto, utrinque ferrugineo-pilosis, venis infra conspicuis, 

 secondariis approximatis, brevissime petiolatis; stipulis ovatis 

 caudato-acuminatis, glabratis ; cymulis dichotomis 6-11-floris, in- 

 florescentiis omnino densiter hirsutis, hracteis longiusculis setaceis 

 vel subulatis ; calycis extus densissime pilosi lobis lineari-setaceis ; 

 corollcB tubo gracili, elongato, rigido, extus praecipue insuper den- 

 siter piloso, lobis majusculis patentibus, bacca ovoidea densissime 

 villosa, calycis lobis patentibus persistentibus coronata. 



Hab. Ecuador : Fraser, in Hb. Mus. Brit. 



The rather lengthily and gradually acuminate leaves average 

 about 10 cm. long and nearly 4 cm. broad, with a densely hairy 

 petiole 5 mm. long. The stipules, apart from the almost setaceous 

 acumen, are 5 mm. long and nearly as broad ; the acumen may be 

 more than 5 mm. long. The inflorescence is a rather lax tricho- 

 tomous cyme, with peduncle over 2 cm. long and divaricate lateral 

 branches ; bracts up to 7 mm. long. Catyx-tube 3 mm. long, 

 lobes 2-3 mm. long, or over 4 mm. long in the fruit. Corolla- tube 



