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The Kew isolectotype has mostly lanceolate bracts, 10-15 x 2-3.5 mm., usu- 

 ally 2 per flower but sometimes 4. The lectotype, Geneva isolectotypes, and the 

 Seemann collection have wider ovate to oblong-ovate bracts, 11-16 x 6.5-8 mm., 

 mostly 2 per flower. The Paris isolectotype and the Jameson specimens have 

 bracts similar in size to the lectotype, but mostly 4 per flower. Of 14 flowers ex- 

 amined in the Hartweg collection, 7 were 4-merous, the remainder 5-merous; in the 

 Jameson collection 4 of 7 were 4-merous, the others 5-merous; in the Seemann col- 

 lection 4 of 6 were 4-merous, the others 5-merous. The Jameson sheets are num- 

 bers 8 and 9 of the set marked by Asa Gray, but seem to be all parts of one col- 

 lection. Through a misinterpretation, the Kew isolectotype was at first assumed 

 to be the lectotype, and photographs of this mislabeled sheet were distributed from 

 New York. B. benthamianum is very closely related to B. andreanum, but is dis- 

 tinguishable from the latter, on the basis of present collections, by the relatively 

 narrower leaves, the acute-tipped inner floral bracts, and the oblong, non-imbricate 

 sepals. 



4. Brachyotum andreanum Cogniaux, Bull. Acad. Sci. Brux. III. 14: 938. 1887. 



Trichomes smooth. Branchlets obscurely quadrangular, densely loose-strigose. 

 Petiole 3-5 mm. Blade 11-16 x 7-12 mm., with length/width ratio 1.2-1.7, broadly 

 elliptic to broadly ovate with the apex broadly acute to broadly obtuse and the 

 base obtuse to sub-truncate, the 5 primaries and 10-12 pairs of secondaries as in 

 B. benthamianum; above densely long-strigulose to short-strigose 4-6/mm. 2 , the 

 hairs as in B. benthamianum; below pubescent as in B. benthamianum. Flowers 

 5-merous, ternate or solitary (when ternate occasionally with an additional pair of 

 flowers at the node below the dichasial node), with each flower closely invested 

 by 4 persistent bracts. Pedicel 1-2 mm. below bracts, 0.5-1 mm. above; bracts 

 8-12 x 6-8.5 mm., broadly elliptic with the apices rounded, 7-9-nerved, firm, out- 

 side densely strigose 11-12/mrr.. 2 , inside glabrous or sparsely hirsutulous bas- 

 ally. Hypanthium 6-7 x 6-6.5 mm., 0.3 mm. thick medianly, very densely sericeo- 

 strigose, the hairs to 3*6 mm. long. Sepals 6-8.5 x 5.5-6 mm., broadly ovate with 

 the apices broadly acute to obtuse, united at bases 0.3-0.6 mm., imbricate 1-1.5 

 mm. on each side. Petals "vivide sanguinea" (fide holotype), 15 x 10-11 mm., 

 obovate and slightly asymmetrical with the apices rounded, the gland-tipped cilia 

 0.1-0.3 mm. (the apical few 1.3-2.3 mm.). Filaments 5.5 mm.; anthers 4-5 mm.; 

 connective at anther base 0.8-1.2 mm., free of anther 0.3-0.5 mm., the ventral lob- 

 ing 0o2 mm. Style 22 x 0.35 mm.,exserted 4 mm. Ovary 6 x 4-4.5 mm., very densely 

 short-strigose on the apical 3"3.5 mm., the apical lobes 0.8-1.5 mm. above the 

 locules. 



Type Collection and Locality: Andre s.n, (HOLOTYPE K; isotype BR); "in 

 Andibus centralibus Ecuadorensibus, altit. 3300 m." 

 Ty^e Photograph: Gleason 87-4 (holotype). 



Distribution: Definitely known only from Prov. El Oro-Loja border in Ecuador, 

 alt. 2950 m. 



Chepel northeast of Zaruma, Espinosa 2003 (NY). Without province, Jameson s.n. (US). 

 "Amer. Merid.," Bonp land s.n. (P). 



All of the 12 examinable flowers among the various specimens seen were 5" 

 merous. This species is very closely related to B. benthamianum and has leaves 

 quite similar to B. campii. 



5. Brachyotum campii Wurdack, sp. nov. 



Trichomata laevia. Ramuli novelli obscure quadrangulati cum petiolis pedi- 

 cellisque dense brunneo-strigosi. Petiolus 2-5 mm. Lamina 9-13 x 6-9 mm., late 

 elliptica apice basique late obtusa vel rotundata, nervis primariis 5 supra impres- 



