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Hab. Nicaragua: Seemann, 117. 



Leaves about 8 cm. long, 3 cm. broad. Petioles barely 4 mm. 

 long. Stipules 5 mm. long including sheath, 1-5 mm. long. 

 Inflorescence 5-6 cm. long, and equally broad in the widest part. 

 Calyx barely 2 mm. long ; corolla-tube 5 mm. long. Lobes 

 3-4 mm. long, 1-3 mm. wide. Anthers 2*5 mm. long. 



Galium Trianae, sp. nov. Caule diffuso validiusculo nitente 

 angulis nee uncinulatis sparsissime piloso nodis sub foliis densi- 

 uscule villosis exceptis ; foliis plerumque deflexis, uninerviis, 

 brevibus, oblongis ad linearibus vel subovatis, margine valde 

 reflexo, glabris vel subglabris, in siccitate nigricantibus, supra 

 nitentibus minute papillosis, subcoriaceis, apice acuto ; inflores- 

 centia paniculata multiflora, longa laxiuscula nee lata ; fructu parvo 

 pilis uncinulatis hispidissimo, pedicellis brevibus divaricatis. 



Hab. Colombia : Triana. 



Distinct in the short stunted-looking, shining, almost leathery, 

 deflexed leaves, not exceeding 6 mm. and usually less than 5 mm. 

 in length ; the internodes are about eight times as long. The 

 nearest af&nity is G. canescens, at once distinguishable by the 

 indumentum. 



Galmm larecajense, sp. nov. CmUe subscandente, angulis 

 sparsiuscule et minute uncinulatis, glabro ; foliis uninerviis, nee 

 deflexis, longitudine mediocra, lanceolatis apicem subsetaceum 

 versus leniter acuminatis, planis nee revolutis, margine venaque 

 media subtus nonnunquam aliter uncinulis minutis indutis, aliter 

 glabris, membranaceis ; infiorescentia pauciflora ; fructihus majus- 

 culis pilis uncinulatis hispidissimis, plerumque solitariis in ramu- 

 lorum brevium lateralium axillaribus, pedicellis demum rectis 

 longiusculis. 



Hab. Bolivia : prov. Larecaja, viciniis Sorata inter Munaypata 

 et rivum Challasuyo, in dumosis. Alt. 2600-2700 m. February 

 to April, Mandon, 339. 



Near G. Mandoni, but readily distinguished by the hispid fruits. 



Galium Fraserii, sp. nov. Caule diffuso, angulis minutis- 

 sime uncinulatis, glabro ; foliis trinerviis, 4-natim verticillatis, 

 breviusculis, ovalibus margine plerumque revolutis hinc oblongis 

 apparentibus, brevissime acuminatis acuto apice, subrigidis, scabris, 

 validiusculis, glabris; infiorescentia 2-S-^OTa,', fncctibus mgiic^nti- 

 bus, majusculis, subcarnosis, laevibus, glabris. 



Hab. Ecuador ; Fraser in Hb. Mus. Brit. 



Notable for the short, rigid, scabrid, tough-looking leaves, and 

 large black berry-like fruit. The latter is the chief point of 

 difference from G. Triance, the nearest af&nity. 



Explanation of Plates. 



Plate 520. — Garmenocania porpMjrantha. Fig. 1. Portion of plant, natural 

 size. Fig. 2. Flower in longitudinal section, x 2, showing one subulate calyx- 

 lobe, and part of the foliaceous lobe. Fig. 3. Ovary in transverse section, x 2, 

 Fig. 4. Flower-buds and bracts, x 2. 



Plate 521. — Pseudohamclia hirsuta. Fig. 1. Portion of plant, natural 

 size. Fig. 2. Flower in longitudinal section, x 2. Fig. 3. Fruit, x 2, 

 Fig. 4. Flower-bud, x 2. Fig. 5. Ovary in transverse section, x 2. 



