MULFORD KXPLOKATIOiJ OF THE AMAZOiSr VALLEY 



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A species collected hy Dr. Kose near Huigram, Ecuador, is 

 v^ery similar, but is distinct and undescribed. 



Myriocarpa purpurascens 



(Only the staminate plant seen.) Entire plant lightly sca- 

 brous, especially the lower leaf-surfaces. Branches stout, red- 

 dish, striate-wrinkled. Petioles 3 to 12 cm. long, slender, 

 grooved above, the blades 1 to 2 dm. long, 5 to 15 cm. broad, 

 ovate, abruiDtly very short-acuminate and acute, with broad ob- 

 lique base, finely sinuately serrate, the teeth obtuse or minutely 

 mucronulate, thin but of firm texture, bright-purple, especially 

 when young, coarsely and shallowly pitted on the upjaer surface, 

 the venation lightly prominent beneath, the slender secondaries 

 8 or 10 on a side, at first widely spreading, then strongly falcate, 

 connected by very slender tertiaries, these connected by a coarse 

 reticulation. Stipules nearly 1 cm. long, purple. Spikes l)rancli- 

 ing at the base, very numerous, exceeding the leaves, filiform, 

 densely flowered, the flowers purple. Calyx 2 mm. broad, 

 4-parted, the divisions slightly unequal, the anthers mostly 4, 

 occasionally 5 (the fifth perfect!). 



Along the Bopi River, 3,000 feet, H. H. Rushy, September 11, 

 1921 {no. 659). A small tree with purple flowers, in the edge of 

 the forest. 



LOEANTHACEAE 



Phrygilanthus cordifolius 



Glabrous, the stems stout, terete, gray, sparsely and minutely 

 black-punctate, the internodes much shorter than the leaves. 

 Leaves sessile, clasping, 5 to 8 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide, obtuse, 

 shallowly cordate, entire, thick, pale-green, the venation lightly 

 prominent, strongly so beneath, 10- to 12-nerved from the base, 

 with abundant, very slender reticulation. Flowers orange-red, 

 densely aggregated at the ends of the stems. Calyx 3 or 4 mm. 

 long, the corolla 3 cm. long, curved before expanding, very slen- 

 der, the dried petals filiform. 



Trinidad, M. Cardenas, March, 1922 {no. 10, special). 



Phrygilanthus falcatus 



Glabrous, the stems stout, terete, gray, swollen at the nodes. 

 Leaves opposite, subsessile, 5 to 7.5 cm. long, 2 to 4 cm. broad. 



