New Species of South American Plants G9 



a pair of subulate bracts at the point of branching, the pedicels 

 in fruit almost as long and 2-bracteolate at about the middle, 

 the bracts scarcely a mm. long. Flowering calyx 5 mm. long 

 and nearly as broad, campanulate with slightly contracted 

 mouth, strongly 8-nerved, the teeth 8, triangular ovate, acute, 

 short, slightly recurved. Petals 4, nearly rotund, purple, 

 about twice as long as the caAyn-teeth. Stamens 4, shorter 

 than the stout style. Capsule sub-globose, 5 or 6 mm. in di- 

 ameter. 



"Erect, commonly without branches, 18 to 20 inches high. 

 In swampy lands near Cienaga and not far from sea-level, 

 September 10. Commonly in water of shallow pools and 

 ditches." (Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, No. 548.) 

 Combretum, latipaniculatum. 



Softly tomentose, the upper leaf-surfaces very sparsely so. 

 Branchlets stout, terete, the internodes 2 to 4 cm. long. Peti- 

 oles I cm. long, stout, terete, the blades 4 to 8 cm. long and 

 nearly as broad, oval, the base lightly cordate with regularly 

 rounded lobes, the summit rounded or minutely cuspidate, the 

 margin entire, the venation lightly prominent on both surfaces, 

 the secondaries 4 on each side, strongly falcately ascending. 

 Panicles axillary, stoutly peduncled, diffusely branched, the 

 racemes 5 to 7 cm. long, slender, loosely flowered, the 5-merous 

 flowers closely sessile, the bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about 

 as long as the ovary. Bud, just previous to expanding, 3.5 

 mm. long. Middle half of calyx-tube rather abruptly expanded, 

 the limb, in flower, 2.5 mm. wide, crateriform, lobed about half 

 way, the lobes obtuse. Petals pilose, their exserted portions 

 about as long as the calyx-tube, long-clawed, oblanceolate. 

 Stamens long-exserted. 



"A twining vine, 25 to 30 feet, with woody stem 2 inches 

 in diameter and armed at intervals of about 3 inches with soli- 

 tary short, needle-like spines. An abundant watery sap runs 

 from the stem when it is cut and this is sometimes used as an 

 external application to sore eyes. Very rare in dry forest near 

 sea-level. Collected 5 miles north of Bonda, 100 feet, March 

 18. Flowers white." 



(Herbert H. Smith, Colombia, No. 2101.) This may be the 

 same as that collected in fruit by Tonduz in Costa Rica (13503) 

 and Spruce (6255). 

 Combretum multidiscum. 



Minutely lepidote, the inflorescence golden yellow. Branch- 

 lets stout, sub-terete, the internodes 4 or 5 cm. long. Petioles 

 7 to 10 mm. long, stout channelled alaove, the blades 10 to 12 



