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one side, scabridly granular on the other, 4>-^i lines long, half enveloped in scarlet flashy 

 funicles. ' 



8. Peschiera granulosa, nob. : ramis validiusculis, dichotomis, rugulosis ; ramulis tenuioribus, pallidis, 

 striatisj ad nodos compressis; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, imo cuneatis, apice in acumen subbreve 

 obtusulum constrictis, marginibus subretuse undulatis, tenuiter cbartaceis, supra viridibus, costa 

 sulcata, nervis patule divaricatis, sensim arcuatis et subimmersis, subtus pauUo pallidioribus, opacis, 

 granulatim subpruinosis, costa nervisque flavidis, prominuiis ; petiolis longiuscule tenuibus, canali- 

 culatis, linea transversa nexis : racemis axillaribus, ssepius valde depauperatis, pedunculo (seu 

 ramulo novello) tenui, ter opposite bracteolatis ; bracteis linearibus, subfoliaceis, 1-7-floris; pedicellis 

 in axillis bractearum ssepius abortivis aut in sinu ultimarum, 1-floris ; pedicello bracteis calycique 

 aequilongo ; sepalis lanceolatis, pallide marginatis, erecto-patulis, intus squamula basali 4-5 lacinu- 

 lata munitis ; corolliE tubo anguste cylindrico, imo latiore, glaberrimo, segmentis oblique ovatis, 

 tubo ter brevioribus, sinistrorsum convolutis ; staminibus inclusis, filamentis complanatis, circa 

 basin tubi insertis ; disco nullo ; ovariis 2, ovatis, obtusis, sepalis dimidio brevioribus ; stylo paullulo 

 longiorej clavuncula et stigmatibus prsecedentium ; pedunculis fructiferis valde incrassatis, acute 

 angulatis, stramineis : foUiculis 3, oblongis, divaricatis, vix compressis, exigue granulatis, imo 

 obtusis, dorso rectis, apice subreflexim breviter rostratis, veatre orbicuiaribus et sutura dehis- 

 centibus ; seminibus compresse ovatis, ventre canaliculatis, et hinc in medio ab hilo funiculis crassis 

 pulposis rubris suspensis. In prov. Rio de Janeiro : v. v. et sice, in herb, meo (n. 3065, 4038), in 

 flore et infructu montibus Organensibus, infructu immaturo (n. 4654) Monte Corcovado. 



A well-marked species, peculiar in the appearance of its leaves, which resemble those 

 of Taberncemontana amygdalcefolia : the axils of its branchlets are 1-1^ in. apart ; the 

 leaves are somewhat heterophyllous, SJ-^i in. long, 1-lJ in. broad, on petioles 7-9 lines 

 long. In the Organ -Mountain plant the peduncle of the depauperated raceme is 1 in. 

 long, bearing 3 pairs of bracts 4 lines apart, which are flowerless, and only a single flower 

 is seen at the extremity between the last pair of bracts on a pedicel 2 lines long ; sepals 

 2 lines long ; the tube of the corolla 6 lines long, the segments 2 lines long and broad ; 

 follicles 1^ in. long, including the rostrum, J in. broad; seeds h^ lines long, 8| lines 

 broad, suspended by thick red coloured funicles. 



9. Peschiera cuspidata, nob. : ramis dichotomis, teretibus, ramulisque pallidis, striatis, snbfistulosis : 

 foliis majusculis, in paribus altero opposite multo minore, ovato-oblongis, imo subito acutis, apice 

 in acumine longe lineari repente cuspidatis, membranaceis, retuse undulatis, supra profiinde 

 viridibus, opacis, sub lente sparsim pUosulis, nervis tenuissimis semiimmersis, subtus pallide opacis, 

 flavescentibus, in nervis fulvidis prominuiis patentim hirsutulis, reticulatis ; petiolis tenuibus sul- 

 catis, pilosis, limbo 24p]o brevioribus : racemis ad nodos supremos solitariis, folio dimidio brevioribus, 

 puberulis j pedunculo elongato infra medium undo, superne ramose, ramis brevissimis subcrebris, 

 bracteolatis, apice 2-floris, pedicellis aequilongis bracteolatis ; sepalis lanceolatis, recurvulis ; corollie 

 tubo longo, augustissime cylindrico, imo latiore, intus pilosulo, segmentis oblique oblongis, tubo 

 triplo brevioribus ; staminibus supra basin insertis ; disco nullo appareute : folliculis 2, divaricatis, 

 oblongis, sensim angustioribus, creberrime hamato-muricatis. In Nova Granada : v. s. in flore et 

 fructu in hb. meo (n. 22029) Eio Magdalena (Weir 76). 



A species peculiar in its pilose branches, very cuspidate subpilose leaves, and in its 

 inflorescence : each pair of leaves measure 4 and 7^ in. long (including the acumen of 

 9 lines), 2^-3^ in. broad, on petioles 2-4 lines long ; in some of the axils they are some- 



