68 New Species of South American Plants 



about 9 mm. long and broad, the obovoid body about half of 

 the total width, one wing about twice as large as the other. 



"Local and not common, on wet rocks by streams in forest 

 and clearings, Las Nubes, 4,500 feet, December 15, (Herbert 

 H. Smith, Colombia, No. 1265.) 



Grislea compacta. 



Inflorescence and petioles minutely and sparsely puberu- 

 lint, the stems slender, slightly angled at the nodes, the inter- 

 nodes about 2.5 cm. long. Petioles 6 to 10 mm. long, slender, 

 reddish, the blades lightly ascending, some of them lightly fal- 

 cate, 6 to 12 cm. long, 12 to 25 mm. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 

 regularly acuminate at both ends, acute, entire, thin, bright- 

 green, the slender venation prominent underneath, the principal 

 secondaries 10 or 12 on a side, strongly ascending, lightly con- 

 necting near the margin, the venation coarsely reticulate. 

 Peduncles axillary, shorter than the petioles, stout, angled, 

 dilated at both ends, mostly branched, the branches similar, 

 the|bracts lanceolate, acuminate, mostly shorter than the pedi- 

 cels, which are 3 to 6 mm. long, slender. Flowers deep crim- 

 son. Calyx 7 mm. long and 5 mm. broad, the tube urceolate, 

 abruptly contracted into the pedicel, striate, about four times 

 the length of the broadly ovate obtusish lobes. Petals linear- 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, about a third the length of the calyx. 

 Exserted portion of stamens nearly as long as the calyx, the 

 style very slightly exceeding them. 



"A shrub, rare in thickets on rocky banks, generally near 

 water, 500-2000 feet. Specimens collected at 1000 feet, June 

 6." (Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, No. 1875.) 



Species very near G. secunda, H. B. K., also collected by 

 Mr. Smith, and which he compares as follows: "Specimens 

 collected from four or five plants are constant in the form of 

 the leaf and in the somewhat low and compact habit, which is 

 very different from the other." 



The flowers are longer and more slender, and the leaf-form 

 is quite different. 



Amttiania pedunculata. 



Glabrous, the stems slender, erect, about 5 dm. high, simple 

 or sparingly branched, the branches erect, the internodes about 

 2 to 4 cm. long, sharply quadrangular. Leaves almost divari- 

 cate, 3 to 6 cm. long, 4 to 8 mm. wide, the base clasping, its 

 lobes short and broad, the summit acutish, the margin thinly 

 revolute, the midrib stout and prominent beneath, rounded, 

 the venation obscure, the principal secondaries numerous, 

 nearly straight. Peduncles about 3 mm. long, mostly 3-flowered, 



