78 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
antheris lanceolatis acuminatis 3.2mm. longis. Ovarii rudimen- 
tum puberulum. Fl. 2? non vidi. — Srvavoa: shrub 3.3 m. high, 
with seven stems, and trunk 1.5 dm. in diameter, Altata, 15 June 
1897, Rose 1339 (TypE coti.: U.S. Nat. Herb. no. 300162, Gray 
erb.). 

APOCYNACEAE 
BELANDRA, genus nov. Echitidearum. Calyx majusculus 5- 
partitus, segmentis subacuminatis quoque basi squama deltoidea 
denticulata donato. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo limbum 
superante isodiametrico esquamato; lobi 5 oblongi dextrorsum 
obtegentes sinistrorsum torti. Stamina infra apicem tubi affixa 
apicem tubi attingentia sed non exserta, filamentis brevissimis; 
antherae sagittatae acuminatae circa stigma conniventes et ei 
adhaerentes, loculis basi in appendiculas rigidas productis. Discus 
ampulliformis ad apicem angustatus apice denticulatus ovarium 
superans et omnino occultans. Ovarii carpella 2 distincta multi- 
ovulata; stigma crassum pulvinare 5-angulatum basi cingulo 
brevissimo patente 5-lobato donatum. Fructus ignotus. — Herba 
(?) scandens minute hispidula. Foliaopposita penninervia eleganter = 
reticulata. Flores siccitate pallidi (flavi vel albidi?) in racemo 
simplici multifloro axi spiraliter torto per paria dispositi. a 
The genus Belandra (Sédos, arrow, and dvhp, for stamen), finds 
its nearest relative in Echites P. Br., but differs in the excessively 
developed disk. From Odontadenia Benth., which has a similar — 
disk, Belandra is sharply distinguished by itn strictly salver-form — 
corolla and simple spiralled raceme. ty 
BELANDRA concolor, sp. nov. Planta sine dubitatione scandens 
verisim. volubilis. Caulis herbaceus tenuis subteres pallide viridis 
minute hispidulus pilis basi valde incrassatis retrorsis. Folia 
opposita ovalia vel oblongo-ovalia abrupte breviterque (3-6 mm.) 
acutata basi rotundata vel obscure cordata integerrima sice- 
utrinque lutescenti-viridia concoloria glaberrima supra laevia sub- 
tus granuloso-papillosa, nervis lateralibus 6-8-jugis et venulis 
supra impressis subtus valde prominentibus reticulatis, 8.6-12. 6 
em. longa 3.2-4.7 cm. lata, in petiolis minute tuberculato-hispidulis 
immarginatis 5-7 mm. longis basi connatis. Racemus (an nor- 
maliter ?) collateralis multiflorus ad 7 em. longus, pedunculo 25 
em. longo, axi spiraliter torto; bracteae minutae vix bene visae} 


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