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lapsis) annulatis : foliis heterophyllis, ellipticisj imo acutis, apice in acumen breve acutulum reflexum 

 subito constrictis, cbartaceis, supra opace viridibus, obsolete corrugulatis, ad nervos immersos sul- 

 catulis, subtus flavide opaciSj costa prominente, nervis ssepe rufulis prominulis ; petiolis subtenuibus^ 

 canaliculatis, linea arcuata transversa conjunctis : panicula axillari, brevij pauciflora ; pedunculo 

 bifureato, ramis alternatim braeteolatis, 2-floris ; pedicellis ramos sequantibus ; sepalis parvis, ovatis, 

 mucronatis, ciliatisj intus squamula plurilacinulata munitis ; coroUjE tubo anguste cylindrico, imo 

 latiore, segmentis brevioribus, dolabriformibus, sinistrorsum convolutis; staminibus gracilibus, 

 2-aristatiSj cum filamentis circa basin tubi insertis ; disco nuUo; ovariis oblongis ; stylo bra vi. In 

 Peruvia : v. s. in hb. nieo (Matthews 1542). 



The stoutish branchlets, at their leafless nodes, 3-5 lines apart, are annulated by a 

 curved ridge; the leaves, unequal at each node, are 4 and 2 in. long. If and 1^ in. 

 broad, on petioles 4 and 3 lines long ; peduncle 6 lines long, 2, branches, each 4 lines 

 long; pedicels 4 lines long, 2-3-bracteolated in the middle; sepals 2 lines long; tube of 

 corolla 9 lines long ; segments 5 lines long. 



26. Peschiera acuminata, nob. : Tahernmmontana acuminata, Miill. in Linn. xxx. 406. In Bolivia 



(Cuming 121) : non vidi. 



A species said to be near P. Gaudichaudii, P. Lundii, J?.fuchsicsfolia, and P. affinis. 

 It has smooth branches, with internodes three times as long as the leaves, and dichoto- 

 mons, compressed, glaucous-green branchlets ; leaves oblong lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, membranaceous, with about 12 pairs of divergent nerves, 2-3f in. long, 9^12 lines 

 broad, on petioles 2-3 lines long, scarcely conjoined across the nodes; corymbs in the 

 dichotomies of the branchlets, 3-fasciculate, each branch twice trichotomously and 

 densely divided, 18-25-flowered, glabrous, 1-lJ in. long ; peduncles short ; flowers in bud 

 6j lines long ; bracts large, 2-3 lines long, ^ line broad ; sepals erect, linear lanceolate, 

 blunt at the point, with a recurving margin, each with an inner basal 4-5-lacinulated 

 scale ; tube of corolla in bud twice the length of the calyx, distinctly swollen near the 

 base, and there staminigerous on a pilose ring ; disk none ; ovaries 2, obtusely ovoid, 

 about as long as the style. All these characters are obviously those of Peschiera. 



27. Peschiera puberiplora, nob. : ramulis crassiusculis, 4-angulatis, sulcatis, axillis subcrebris et 



annulatis : foliis ellipticis, imo acutis, apice in acumen breve latiusculum recurvum constrictis, 

 chartaceis, marginibus interrupte revolutis subundulatis, supra opace viridibus, nervis tenuibus vix 

 prominulis, subtus opace pallidioribus, ochraceis, costa nervisque prominulis ; petiolis tenuiter canali- 

 culatis, imo linea curvata transversal! conjunctis, limbo 12plo brevioribus : paniculis axillaribus, 

 oppositis, folia superiora sequantibus ; pedunculo petiolo triplo longiore, bis dichotome diviso, ramis 

 huic sequilongis, 2-3-floris, cum bracteis oblongis margine membranaceis ; pedicellis gracilibus, medio 

 braeteolatis; sepalis parvis, acute oblongis, submembranaceis, ciliatis, singula squamula lata pluri- 

 dentata intus munitis ; coroUse tubo anguste cylindrico, infra medium sensim latiore, glabro, seg- 

 mentis dolabriformibus, brevioribus, sinistrorsum convolutis, intus pubescentibus ; staminibus paullo 

 supra basin insertis ; disco nuUo ; cseteris ut in pr^cedentibus. In Peruvia : v. s. in hb. meo 

 Tarapota (Spruce 4245) . 



In my specimen, only the upper leaves are present, on axils 4-6 lines apart ; they are 

 11-2 in. long, |-1 in. broad, on petioles 2 lines long ; the peduncle is 4-5 lines long, its 



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