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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



setaceous, nearly as lon^ as the anthers. Beak of the stigma 

 equaling the corolla-lobes, the summit obscurely 2-lobed. 



Huachi, 1,800 feet, 0. E. White, August 15, 1921 {no. 966). 

 "A woody vine, to 12 feet, growing in damp sandy loam in shady 

 forest, the flowers creamy white." Species dedicated to Mr. 

 K. H. Hutchison, the efficient secretary of the Mulford Expedi- 

 tion. 



Funastrum fragile 



Gray-tomentellate thi-oughout. Stems very slender, terete, 

 finely costate. Petioles to 1 cm. long, slender, mostly twisted. 

 Blades to 5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, ovate, with lightly cordate 

 base, acute at the summit, with a very slender acute beak 3 or 4 

 mm. long, very thin, sj^aringly pubescent above, more so be- 

 neath, the midrib strong, reddish-green, the secondaries 10 or 

 12 on each side, divaricate, forking and connecting near the 

 margin, the venation coarsely anastomosing. Peduncles short, 

 densely many-flowered. Pedicels 15 mm. long. Calyx 7 or 8 mm. 

 broad, deeply lobed, the lobes ovate, acutish. Corolla rotate, 2 cm. 

 broad, deeply lobed, the lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Outer crown 

 adnate to the corolla-base, Avith a thickish sinuate margin. Inner 

 crown of 5 thin scales, which are a half longer than the stamens, 

 ovate, obtuse, plane. Anthers nearly 2 mm. long, the basal mem- 

 branes conspicuous, the inflexed terminal appendages short and 

 broad, auriculate at the base. Corpuscles small, rounded, the 

 pollinia oblong, more than 1 mm. long, lightly curved. 



On the River Ibon, 500 feet, 0. E. White, February 23, 1922 

 (ho. 208S). "Climbing bushes along water-side in full sunshine. 

 Calyx greenish-cream color; corolla white." 



Funastrum lanceolatum 



Densely and softly white-pubescent, with spreading hairs. 

 Stems very slender, twining, terete. Petioles 2 or 3 mm. long, 

 broad, tomentose, like the nodes. Blades to 4 or 5 cm. long and 

 1.5 cm. broad, varying from lanceolate to oblong or slightly ob- 

 lanceolate, with rounded base and acutely mucronate summit, 

 thin, lightly puberulent above, where the principal veins are 

 lightly prominent, tomentellate beneath, the secondaries 12 or 14 

 on each side, almost divaricate, connecting at the margin. Pe- 

 duncles unequal, mostly elongate, slender, loosely several- to 

 many-flowered. Pedicels slender, 2 or 3 cm. long. Calyx 8 mm. 



