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long, 1-li in. broad, on petioles 2-3 lines long ; secondary branchlets of panicle 4 lines 

 long, bracteolated in the middle ; tertiary branchlets 3 lines long ; pedicels 2 lines long ; 

 sepals 1| line long ; tube of corolla in bud 4 lines long. 



37. Peschiera xorifera, nob. : ramulis dichotomis, pallide brunneis, striolatis, axillis remotis et annu- 



latis : foliis heterophyllis, longe ellipticis, imo acutis, apice in acumen longum et angustatum subito 

 attenuatis, membranaceis, marginibus revolutis subundulatis, supra viridibus, pruinoso-opacis^ nervis 

 tenuissimis utrinque prominiilisj subtus pallidis, flavicantibus ; petiolis tennibus, canaliculatis, limbo 

 25plo brevioribus : panicula in dichotomiis^ brevij pedunculo ramisque brevissimis, pedicellis longi- 

 oribus, bracteolatis ; sepalis parvis, obtuse oblongis, margine membranaceis^ singulis squamula 

 3-lacinulata intus munitis ; coroUse tubo anguste cylindrico^ imo latiore, glabro, segmentis latiuscule 

 ■ dolabriformibuSj glabris, tubo brevioribus^ expansis, sinistrorsum convolutis ; staminibus inclusis ; 

 filamentis prope basin tubo insertis ; disco nuUo ; ovariis 2, ovatis ; caeteris ut in prsecedentibus. In 

 Guiana: v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. Guiana Brit. (Schomb. 138), Surinam (Hostmann 1313). 



Axils 3-4 in. apart ; leaves 5^ and 4J in. long, 2j and 1^ in. broad, on petioles 3 and 

 2 lines long; panicle 1^ in. long; peduncle 2 lines, its branches IJ line long, each 

 2-flowered ; pedicels 5 lines long ; sepals 1 line long ; tube of corolla 6 lines long, seg- 

 ments 3^ lines long. 



38. Peschiera ? Linkii, nob. : Tabernrnmontana Linkii, A. DC. 364 : Tabermemontana multiflora, R. & Sch. 



Syst. iv. 431 (non Sm.). In Brasilia: non vidi. 



A species with characters obscurely defined. It bas smooth dichotomous branchlets, 

 witb ovate-lanceolate leaves, acuminated, subrepand, smooth, membranaceous, 3-4 in. 

 long, 1^ in. broad, on petioles 3-4 lines long ; axillary corymbs in the dichotomies of the 

 branches, many -flowered, dicbotomously divided; sepals obtuse, 1| line long; tube of 

 corolla 4J lines long, segments 3 lines long, 



39. Peschiera pr^eclara, nob. : ramulis Adrgatis, pallide griseis, subangulatis, striatis, sparse lenticellatis, 



ad nodos remotos dilatatis : foliis majusculis, lanceolato-oblongis, imo acute cuneatis, apice sensim 

 acutis et in acumen lineare reflexum attenuatis, glaberrimis, jlaccide cbartaceis, supra Isete viridi- 

 bus, opacis, nervis tenuibus semiimmersis, divaricatis, arcuatim nexis, costa tenui, flavida, semi- 

 immersa, subtus pallidioribus opacis, costa prominente, nervis flavidis promiuulis, venis transversis 

 reticulatis ; petiolis semiteretibus, imo fuscis, limbo 15plo brevioribus : racemo terminali ; pedunculo 

 subtenui tereti, petiolo 4plo longiore, alternatim plurifloro; pedicellis brevibus; sepalis oblongis, 

 obtusis ; corolla ignota ; disco nullo ; ovariis 3, striatis. In Caracas : v. s. in hb. meo (Cockburn) . 



A species with the habit and inflorescence of Peschiera tenuiflora, Poppig (tab. 280), 

 from the same region, but with much larger leaves, baving the same texture and 

 venation ; the upper internode is If ia. long, the lower one more than 4 in. long ; the 

 leaves are TJ-lOj in. long, 2:|-3f in. broad, on petioles 6-9 lines long, not united at 

 their base by a transverse line ; the solitary peduncle is IJ in. long. The pedicels and 

 calyces were lost after the above memorandum was made ; little doubt, however, can be 

 entertaiaed that it is a species very near Poppig's plant from the Amazonas river, in 

 the same longitude as Caracas. 



