44 ON SOUTH-AMEEICAN APOCTNACE^. 



branches 4 lines; the pedicels 5 lines long; the sepals 1 line long; tube of corolla 

 4J lines long, segments 3 lines long. 



28. Peschiera concinna, nob. : ramulis validiusculis, pallidis, angulato-sulcatisj infeme defoliatis et 

 annulatis : foliis heterophyllis, ellipticis, imo acutis, apice in acumen latiusculum plicato-recurvum 

 seusim terminatis, tenuiter chartaceis, supra opace viridibus, minute granulatis, eosta sulcata, nervis 

 tenuibus semiimmersis, subtus flavide pallidioribus, costa promiuente, nervis rufulis prominulis; 

 petiolis canaliculatisj imo fossulatis et linea transversa conjunctis, limbo ISplo brevioribus : pani- 

 culis axillaribus et terminalibus, 2-3-4-fasciculatis, e basi ramosa circa 16-floris, ramis sub 3-floris ; 

 pedicellis medio bracteolatis j sepalis parvis, acute ovatis, submembranaceis, intus singulatim 

 squamula plurilaciniata ad basin munitis; corollse tubo cylindrico, imo pauUo latiore, glabro, 

 segmentis dolabriformibus, intus pro dimidia parte inferiore dense pubescentibus, sinistrorsum con- 

 volutis j staminibus tubi versus basin insertis. In Peruvia : v. s. in hi. meo Tarapota (Spruce 

 4534). 



Axils f in. apart ; leaves of unequal length in each node, 5 and 2J in. long, 2 and 1 in. 

 broad, on petioles 5-3 lines long ; the upper pairs smaller ; panicles 1 J in. long ; branches 

 of peduncles 3 lines long; pedicels 3-5 lines long; sepals | line long; tube of corolla 

 7 lines long, segments 4 lines ; filaments of stamens ^ their length, inserted near the base 

 of the tube ; anthers 2-aristate at the base ; disk none ; 2 free ovaries ; style short ; rest 

 conforming to the general character. 



29. Peschiera blanda, nob. : ramulis subdichotomis, teretibus, striatis, ad nodos compressis et annu- 

 latis : foliis heterophyllis, ellipticis, imo sensim acutis, apice in acumen recurvum longiuscule ros- 

 tratum subito constrictis, marginibus revolutis, chartaceis, supra viridibus, opacis, leviter corrugu- 

 latis, nervis adscendentibus semiimmersis, subtus flavide pallidioribus, opacis, nervis paullo pro- 

 minulis, petiolis tenuibus, canalicidatis, linea trans versali conjunctis, limbo 8-lOplo brevioribus: 

 cyma in dichotomiis terminali, circa 12-flora, e basi 3-ramosa, ramis petiolo brevioribus, ramulis 

 pancis, bracteolatis, bi- V. trifloris; pedicellis tenuibus, medio bracteolatis ; sepaHs parvis, obtuse 

 ovatis, membranaceis, imbricatis, singulis squamula interna trilaciniata munitis; corolla tubo 

 anguste cylindrico, supeme intus puberulo, imo ampliore et glabro, segmentis inaqualiter oblongis, 

 tubo brevioribus, glabris, sinistrorsum convolutis; staminibus inclusis; filamentis tenuissimis circa 

 basin tubi insertis; antheris gracilibus, tenuissime biaristatis ; disco nuUo; ovariis 2, liberis; stylo 

 tenui, brevi, clavnncula incrassata 5-sulcata, imo membrana donata ; stigmatibus 2 terminalibus. 

 In Peruvia : v. s. in hb. meo Tarapota (Spruce 4209). 



A species near the two preceding : leaves in pairs 5 and 4 in. long, or 4 and 3 in. long, 

 l|-li in. broad, on petioles 5 and 4 lines long, or on petioles 9-7 and 5 lines long; cyme 

 Ifin. long; peduncles 2 lines, their branches 2 lines long; pedicels 3-4 Hnes long; 

 sepals 1 line; tube of corolla 5 lines long, segments 3^ lines long. 



30. Peschiera umbrosa, nob. : Tabernmmontana umbrosa, H. B. K. iii. 226 : A. DC. /. c p 375 I 

 Venezuela : non vidi. • • i-- 



A tree, with smooth branches; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, membrana- 

 ceous, nerves prominent below, nearly 5 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, on channeUed petioles 

 3 m long, whose margins are conjoined across the node by a very short transverse 

 membrane; corymb subdichotomous, much shorter than the leaves, pedunculated and 



