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mucronate, glabrous, the superior ones spathulate, 1^ in. long, 6-8 lines broad, on 

 petioles 1 line long ; peduncle terminal, 2 in. long, bearing a few purplish scarlet flowers 

 yellow in the mouth, on bracteolate pedicels 4-6 lines long ; sepals acuminate, 6 lines 

 long ; tube of corolla 1 in, long ; segments 6-8 lines long, 2 lines broad ; stamens inserted 

 in the middle of the tube, with membranaceous tips ; disk of 5 erect lobes, subciliate* 



12. Temnauenia palustris, nob.: Echites palutstris, Salzmann: Echites tomentosa, var. laticordata, 

 A. DC. I. c. p. 463 : Amblyanthera palustris, Mull. /. c. p. 145. In Brasilia, prope Bahia (Salz- 

 mann) : non vidi. 



A climbing plant, with branches covered with yellow shaggy hairs, its axils remote ; 

 leaves oblong-elliptic, openly cordate at the base, with a long acute acumen, membra- 

 naceous, darkish above, sparsely hirsute, more densely hirsute beneath, 4-5 in. long, 

 2 in. broad, on petioles 1 in. long ; raceme lateral, on a long rigid peduncle, fulvo- 

 hirsute, bearing about 12 large flowers on pedicels 3 lines long, with lanceolate-ovate 

 bracts 3 lines long ; sepals acuminately ovate, hirsute, 6 lines long, with an inner mul- 

 tidentate scale ; corolla yellow, 2 in. long i tube narrowly cylindrical for two thirds of 

 its length, broadly campanulate above, sericeo-pilose within ; segments half its length ; 

 disk sub-5-lobed, shorter than the 2 ovaries ; follicles 2, terete, obtuse at the base, toru- 

 lose, hirsute, 4 in. long, conjoined at the apex ; seeds 2-3 lines long, comose. 



This species is near T. lasiocarpa, and must not be confounded with the Bhabdadenia 

 paludosa (Echites paludosa, Vahl), nor with the Echites paludosa, H. B. K. 



13. Temnadenia semidigtna, nob. : Echites semidigyna, Berg, in Abb. Ulyssingen (Flushing), iii. p. 588, 

 cum icone ; Gmelin, Syst. Veg. iv. p. 436 ; A. DC. /. c. p. 474. In Guiana Batava : v. s. in herb. 

 Mus. Brit. Surinam (Anderson, ex hb. Rudge) . 



Anderson's specimen agrees with the description and drawing of Berg. It is a climb- 

 ing plant, having terete branches, roughly striate, with axils 1|— 2 in. apart ; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, acuminate, chartaceous, green and concolorous on 

 both sides, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, on slender petioles 4-6 lines long ; racemes 

 axillary and opposite, 4 in. long, on a very slender peduncle thickened at the summit, 

 minutely bracteolate at the base, 3 lines long ; sepals obtusely oblong, imbricate, 2 lines 

 long, with several inner basal scales ; tube of corolla cylindrical, narrower below the 

 middle, somewhat swollen in the mouth, 10 lines long ; segments obliquely oblong, 6 

 lines long, 2 lines broad ; stamens inserted on the contraction of the tube ; filaments 

 very short, pubescent ; anthers acuminate, sagittate at the base, pilose behind ; disk 

 urceolate, cleft into 5 oblong, obtuse, emarginate lobes, longer than the 2 subglobose 

 ovaries ; style slender, shortly bifid at the base ; clavuncle oblong, S-sulcate, expanded 

 at the base, and adhering to the anthers. 



14. Temnadenia tomentosa, nob : Echites tomentosa, Vahl, Symb. fasc. iii. p. 44, Icon. tab. 5 ; A. DC. 



I. c. p. 463 ; Benth. Joum. Bot. iii. p. S47 : Amblyanthera tomentosa, Miill. in Linn. xsx. p. 450. 

 Prope Cayenne : non vidi. 



A plant with tortuous, slender, hirsute branches, with axils 1|— 2 in. apart j opposite 



