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subtus paullo pallidiora utrinque subdense hispido-pilosa pilis ru- 
fescentibus adscenderttibus basi tuberculatis, nervis lateralibus 
majoribus 5-7-jugis, 3.3-5 cm. longa 1.2-2 cm. lata, in petiolis 
immarginatis rufescenter hispido-pilosis pilis subpatentibus 6.5-8.5 
mm. longis. Pedunculi incurvo-hispiduli pilis paucis longioribus 
intermixtis 7—10 mm. longi; flores 6-9 subumbellati; pedicelli ca. 
1.5 cm. longi. Calycis segmenta 5 ovata obtusa hispidula 2 mm. 
longa. Corolla sice. viridis rotata paene ad basin 5-lobata 12 mm. 
diametro, lobis ovali-ovatis apice obtusis extus hispidulis intus 
glabris ca. 9-nerviis 5 mm. longis 2.8 mm. latis. Corona duplex: 
exterior annularis erecta obscure 5-lobata apice dense piloso-ciliata 
ad 1.5mm. alta (pilis exclusis); interior brevior glabra carnosa 
medio exterioris adnata pauci-crenulata. Fructus deest. — 
British Honpuras: a rather high climber in forests and thickets, 
near Manatee Lagoon, 30 Jan. 1905, M. E. Peck 323 (rvPe in 
Gray Herb.). — This species like the last belongs in the old genus 
Gonolobus, for which the name Vincetoxicum of Walter is now used 
by all American botanists. 
SoLANACEAE 
MERINTHOPODIUM internexum. sp. nov. Frutex sine dubita- 
tione epiphyticus, caule valde ruguloso juventate sparse hispidulo- 
strigilloso. Folia obovata apice abrupte acutissime breviterque 
(ad lem.) acuminata basi acuta integerrima subconcoloria sub- 
chartacea glaberrima, nervis lateralibus ca. 7-jugis, (8.5) 10.8-15.2 
cm. longa 3.3-6.8 em. lata, petiolis 1-1.5 cm. longis. Pedunculus 
ca. 18cm. longus valde rugulosus; flores pauci ad apicem axis 
dense cicatricosi 18 cm. longi hispiduli, in pedicellis glandulari- 
granulosis 3-3.7 em. longis apice incrassatis. Sepala 5 lanceolata 
longissime attenuata granularia 2.6-2.9em. longa. Corolla e 
basi tubulosa campanulata ca. 5m. longa extus granulari-pu- 
berula; tubus 1.8 cm. longus apice ca. 7.5 mm. diametro in 
fauces campanulatas ca. 2.8 em. longas (sicc.) 2.8 em. latas ab- 
rupte ampliatus; limbi lobi triangulares ad 1 cm. longi ut videtur 
patentes vel reflexi. Antherae 11 mm. longae exsertae. Stylus 
exsertus stamina aequans. — GuaTemaLa: Cobilquitz, Dept. Alta 
Verapaz, 350 m., July 1903, von Tuerckheim 8435 (Tre in Gray 
Herb.). — Distributed as M. neuranthum, but quite distinct in Its 
very attenuate sepals and campanulate corolla, in respect to which 
