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7. Amblyanthera BkidgesiIj Mvill. in Linn. xxx. p. 420. In Bolivia (Bridges, Cuming 120) : non 



A glabrous plant, with spreading verruculose branchlets ; leaves oblong-ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, or ovate, cordate at the base, with a long acumen, membranaceous, glabrous 

 above, with 6-8 pairs of divergent prominulent nerves nearly conjoined close to the 

 margins, with reticulated, pellucid, fuscous veins, 2|-4 in. long, 1-lf in. broad, on 

 petioles 7^ lines long ; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, glabrous, on a peduncle 

 3^4f in. long, bearing laxly many flowers, on glabrous pedicels 7-9 lines long, supported 

 by sublinear subglabrous bracteoles 85-45 lines long ; sepals narrow, linear-lanceolate, 

 subglabrous, of the same length, each with an inner, deeply bifid, subulate scale ; corolla 

 in bud If in. long ; tube narrowed below, contracted in the middle ; segments dimi- 

 diato-obovate, length unknown ; stamens inserted in the contraction of the tube on a 

 retrorsely pilose ring; disk of 5 truncately ovate lobes, three times shorter than the 

 oblong-ovoid acuminate ovaries. 



A species also probably belonging to Laseguea. 



8. Amblyanthera Moritziana, Miill. in Linn. xxx. p. 421. In Columbia (Moritz 31) : non vidi. 



A scandent species, with hirto-pubescent branches and branchlets; leaves broadly 

 ovate, or obovate, cordate at the base, with a short acumen, rigidly membranaceous, 

 with 5-6 pairs of divergent prominulent nerves and transverse veins, 2f-4f in. long, 

 1|_2|- in. broad, on petioles 7 lines long; racemes axillary, a little longer than the 

 leaves, glabrous, on a peduncle IJ in. long, bearing many flowers If in. long on pedicels 

 4-6 lines long, supported by linear spathulate bracts 1 in. long ; sepals acuminately 

 oblong, rugous outside at the base, each with an inner crenately dentate truncate 

 scale ; tube of coroUa narrow as far as the middle, dilated upwards ; segments obovoid, 

 less than half the length of the tube ; stamens seated in the contraction of the tube ; 

 anthers short, glabrous ; disk of 5 oblong lobes, connate at the base, nearly as long as 

 the glabrous cylindrically ovoid ovaries. 



9. Amblyanthera Schlimii, Miill. I. c. p. 419. In Nova Granada, prov. Ocanna (Linden, ScMim 



575) : non vidi. 

 A species differing from the preceding in its smaller, narrow, lanceolate leaves and 

 shorter racemes ; its slender fuscous branches are pubescently hirtous, 1-1^ line thick ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subcordate at the base, narrowing above into an obtuse 

 acumen, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, blackish, shining, reticulately rugous, covered 

 beneath with velutinous, woolly, white or yellowish hairs, with 15-18 pairs of liorizon- 

 tally-spreading nerves, lf-2| in. long, 2|-4J lines broad, on petioles 1-li line long; 

 racemes lateral, shorter than the leaves, on a short peduncle bearing many dense 

 flowers on pedicels supported by triangularly ovate acuminate bracts ; sepals trian- 

 gularly ovate, acuminate, subcarinate, 1 line long, each with an inner, deltoid, denticu- 

 late scale ; corolla in the whole 1 in. long, yellow ; tube narrowly cylindrical for half its 

 length, dilating above, pubescent or glabrous ; segments obliquely ovate, acute on one 

 edo-e, much shorter than the tvibe ; stamens seated in the contraction of the tube, upon 



