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Lycrum (Mesocope Miers) Johnstonii Blake, sp. nov. “ Frutex 
scandens” vel interdum “arbor 3-5 m. alta,” ramulis spiniformibus 
armata. Caulis tenuis glaber cortice incano tectus; ramuli spinosi 
usque ad 6 cm. longi foliati novelli puberuli vetustiores glabri. 
Folia fasciculata cuneato-spathulata apice rotundata basi acumin- 
ata integerrima glabra crassiuscula pallide viridia sice, paullum 
ruguloso-foveolata sed venulis veris obscurissimis vix petiolata 
8-16 mm. longa 2-3.5 mm. lata, in ramulis reductis brevissimis 
(ca. 1 mm. longis) dense breviterque ochraceo-pilosulis insidentia. 
Flores “purpurei’’ sparsi axillares solitarii A(rarius 5)-meri; 
pedicelli glabri tenues 4-6 mm. longi. Calyx anthesi 2-3 mm. 
longus per tertiam partem longit. 4(rarius 5)-lobatus, nervis 
4(-5) majoribus intermediis aequinumeris reticulato-venulosis, 
dentibus deltoideis acutiusculis praecipue ad apicem dense cilio- 
latis, in fructu vix accrescens demum bacca fissus. Corolla ca. 
9.5 mm. longa extus glabra; tubus 3.5 mm. longus; fauces infun- 
dibulari-campanulatae 3.5 mm. longae intus supra insertionem 
staminum et sub apice annulo pilosulo donatae; limbi lobi 4(—5) 
oblongo-ovales patentes eciliolati 3.5 mm. longi 2 mm. lati. Sta- 
mina 4(—5) exserta (sed quam lobi corollae paullulo breviora) 4—5 
mm. supra basin corollae exserta; filamenta 4.5 mm. longa basi 
dense (praepicue antice) pilosula pilis pluriloculatis; antherae 
Ovarium 
paullo longior. Bacca (submatura ?) subglobosa ad 5 mm. dia- 
metro. Semina reticulata. — VenezveLa: Vela de Coro, 1 April 
suleatis 4-7.5 mm. longis. Flores per 8-15 in axtllis aggregati petiolum sub- 
requantes, pedicellis hispidulis ad 3 mim. longis. Calycis 5-partiti 1.5 mm. 
longi segmenta ovata vel ovali-ovata apice rotundata viridescentia searioso- 
i i ' vel Corollae (late 
validiore) pereursa 4.5 mm. longa basi 1.3 mm. apice 0.7 mm. lata. Corona ad 
ium basi adnata, lobis in margine conspicuis rotundatis. Stigmatos 
rostrum conicum bifidum 0.7 mm. longum. Fructus deest. — Micnoacan or 
Guerrero: clayey soil, Baqueta, 150 m., 22 Oct. 1898, Langlaseé 489 (TrPx in 
i similar in . 

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ive t, which , however, has | Pp mi t lat ins to the 
lobes of the more slend h longer stigma-rostrum (about 1.5 mm 


