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12. Lasegtjea foliosa^ nob. : Amblyanthera foliosa, Miill. in Linn. xxx. p. 427. Prope Mexico (Gies- 

 brecht) : non vidi. 



A species, according to Muller, resembling the precediag : its branches are 18 in, 

 long, with terete glabrous remote branchlets densely foliaceous ; leaves subsessile, erect, 

 obovate, cordate at the base, gradually acuminate, membranaceous, dusky, subglabrous 

 above, with 6-8 pairs of divergent prominulent nerves subarcuately conjoined, reticu- 

 lately veined, hirtellous along the nerves, puberulous on the margins, 3:|-4f in. long, 

 l^lf in. broad, on petioles If line long ; racemes axUlary, shorter than the leaves and 

 concealed by them, glabrous, with many small flowers upon a short peduncle, on pedicels 



4 lines long, supported by acuminate linear -lanceolate bracts 3^ Hnes long ; sepals 

 linear or triangular -lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate on the margins, Sj-Sf lines long, 

 with 4-8 inner subulate scales ; coroUa in the whole 9^ lines long, its tube narrowed 

 at the base for two thirds of its length, widening above ; its segments rhomboidally 

 obovate, short ; anthers short ; disk half-cleft into 5 obtuse lobes, as long as the ovoid 

 glabrous ovaries. 



13. Laseguea pubiploea, nob. : erecta, ramulis compressis, pubenilis : foliis elliptico-oblongis, imo sub- 

 acutis, apice in acumen breve constrictis, chartaceis, marginibus revolutis, utrinque sparse puberuUs, 

 supra viridibus, ad costam sulcatis, nervis impressis, subtus flavescentibus, opacis, nervis vix pro- 

 minnlis, venis valde reticulatis ; petiolis limbo 5plo brevioribus : racemis axiUaribus, crebre spi- 

 catifloris, undique pilis moUibus longis sparsim puberulis, bracteis spathulato-lanceolatis, imbricatis, 

 erectis, membranaceis ; pedicellis brevioribus ; sepalis acntissime lineaaibus, membranaceis ; corollse 

 tubo quam calyx triplo longiore, apice' patdlo ampliato, extus dense niveo-piloso, intus glabro j 

 segmentis membranaceis, oblique rotundatis, dextrorsum convolutis, margine exteriore pilosis ; sta- 

 minibus supra medium tubi inclusis ; filamentis brevibus, pilosis ; antheris linearibus, apiculatis, 

 imo breviter obtuse bilobis ; disco 5-lobo, lobis obtusis, ovariis 2 pilosis aequilongo. In AntUlis : 

 V. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. Jamaica (Dr. Wright, sub Echites suberecta). 



Leaves IJ-lf in. long, 7-9 lines broad, on petioles 3-4 lines long ; raceme 4 in. long ; 

 bracts 4 lines long, 1 line broad, 5-6 lines distant ; pedicels 4 lines long ; sepals 3^ lines 

 long, ^ line broad ; tube of corolla 9 lines long ; segments 3 lines long and broad. 



14. Laseguea Pentlandiana, A . DC. Ann. Sc. Nat. 3* ser. i. p. 262 ; Walp. E,ep. vi. p. 478. In Bolivia, 

 ad Illimani : non vidi. 



A scandent species, allied to the two preceding : branches glabrous below, puberulous 

 above ; leaves ovate or acutely ovate, glabrous above, incano-pubescent beneath, 2 in. 

 long, 1-lf in. broad, on petioles 6-10 Hnes long ; bracts of raceme 4 lines long ; pedicels 



5 lines long ; sepals 6 lines long, less than 1 line broad. 



15. Laseguea Hookeri, MiiU. M. Bras. xxvi. p. 136 : Parsonsia ? bracteata. Hook. Arn. Journ. Bot. i. 

 p. 287 ; A. DC. I. c. p. 402. In Brasilia, prov. Rio Grande do Sul (Tweedie 88). 



A strong climbing plant, with acutely ovate-cordate leaves, pubescent beneath, 2-3 in. 

 long, on short petioles ; racemes axillary, 8 in. long, spicately flowered ; flowers approxi- 

 mate, numerous, on short pedicels, which are hidden by as many imbricating lanceolate 

 bracts ; sepals lanceolate, as long as the bracts ; tube of corolla of the same length ; seg- 



