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paullo brevior. Stamina 1.7 cm. supra basin corollae in annulo 
retrorse comoso inserta, filamentis breviter comosis. Folliculi — 
moniliformes 1.3-2.1 dm. longi glabri. Semina 5.5 mm. longa, 
coma rufescente 1.5 em. longa donata. — British HONDURAS: — 
a vine climbing 3-7 m. over shrubs, pine ridge near Manatee Bee 
Lagoon, 11 June 1905, M. FE. Peck 35 (rypx in Gray Herb.). ag 
ForsTERONIA Viridescens, sp. nov. Frutex alte scandens. Ramus 
subvalidus teres brunneus glaber lenticellatus. Folia elliptica vel 
ovalia vel parum obovato-elliptica breviter acuminata (apice su- 4 
premo obtusiusculo mucronulato) basi cuneata vel cuneato- 
rotundata integra vix revoluta chartaceo-coriacea glaberrima 
supra obscure viridia subtus vix pallidiora fusco-viridia pennivenia, 
venis 6-8-jugis subconspicuis venulis obscure reticulatis, 1-1.4 dm. 
longa 3.3-4.6 cm. lata, in petiolis nudis glaberrimis supra sulcatis 
2-4 mm. longis insidentia. Flores ad apices rami et ramulorum 
axillarum dense cymoso-paniculati (paniculis 1.5-2.8 cm. latis), 
pedunculis ad 1.2 em. longis cum axi paniculae sordido-rufescenter 
glandulari-puberulis; bracteae triangulari-ovatae acuminatae plus 
minusve glandulari-puberulae 0.8-1.7 mm. longae;_pedicelli ultimi 
1.5 mm. longi vel breviores. Calycis 1.2 mm. longi intus eglandu- 
losi segmenta 5 triangulari-ovata acutiuscula utrinque plus mi- 














- convoluta dextrorsim obtegentia, tubo intus supra insertionem 
staminum barbato-annulato pilis albidis valde clavatis. Stamina 
5 prope basin tubi inserta apicem tubi paullum superantia circa 
i conniventia lineari-oblonga (corpore 1 mm. longo), appe2- 
dicibus hyalinis lanceolato-subulatis attenuatis 0.7 mm. longis 
praedita; filamenta ad 0.25 mm. longa. Stigma crasso-cylindri- 
cum circa medium parum constrictum, rostro valde bifido 0.8 mm. — 
longo donatum. Glandulae disci 5 subquadratae subtruncatae ad 
medium connatae ovario puberulo duplo breviores. — BRITISH — 
Honpuras: a climber reaching the tops of large forest trees, with | 
greenish-white flowers, in forest near Manatee Lagoon, 7 July — 
1906, M. E. Peck 450 (type in Gray Herb.).— A species appat 
ently most closely allied to F. brasiliensis A. DC., which is de 
scribed as with corolla glabrous outside and calyx-segments glan- 
dular-appendaged within. 
