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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
grescentibus, junioribus ferrugineo-tomentosis ; foliis ovato- 
oblongis, imo subrotundis, vix cordatis, apice subobtusis, 
integris, e basi 3-5-nerviis, nervis conspicuis, reticulato 
venosis, supra nitidis, glaberrimis, subtus flavido-glaucis, 
undique pr£esertim in axillis nervorum molliter ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus ; petiolo tenui, fere glabro, limbo dimidio 
breviore ; stipulis geminis, reniformibus, fere sessilibus, 
extus parce puberulis : paniculis axillaribus, folio paulum 
brevioribus, nifo-pubenilis, bis dichotome divisis, cum flore 
in dichotomiis ; pedicellis incrassatis, bracteobs minimis, ca- 
ducis ; fructu camoso, tuberculato, globoso, pisi majoris 
mole. — In Nova Granada et Peruvia : v. s. in herb, meo, 
Peru (Mathews, 3048) ; in herb. Mus. Brit* 
3. Vallea cordifolia, R. & P. Syst. FI. Per. 132 ; Prodr. 75, 
tab. 14 ; DC. Prodr. i. 520 ; — ramulis teretibus, junioribus 
rufo-tomentosis ; foliis elongato-oblongis, imo cordatis vel 
tnincatis, sursum gradatim angustioribus, longiuscule acu- 
minatis, marginibus ssepius sinuatis, supra obscure viridi- 
bus, nitentibus, glabris, nervis tenuibus, reticulatis, subtus 
fusco-ferrugineo-glaucis et undique prgesertim in nervis 
rufo-pubescentibus ; petiolo subtenui, tereti, parce puberulo, 
limbo 3-plo breviore ; stipuhs deficientibus et forsan nullis : 
panicuhs in ramulis junioribus subterminahbus, pubescenti- 
bus, laxe dichotome divisis, cum flore in dichotomiis ; brac- 
teis foholosis ; pedicellis crassissimis ; stigmate 5-fldo. — 
In Peravia : v. s. in herb, meo, Peru (Mathews, 892) ; in 
herb. Mus. Brit. 
The leaves in this species are 4-4^ inches long, 2^3 inches 
broad, on a petiole If inch long. No stipules can be disco- 
vered in any of the' specimens I have seen, although DeCan- 
dolle states their presence, perhaps under a mistake : they are 
not mentioned by Ruiz & Pavon. 
4. Vallea glabra^ n. sp. ; — ramulis teretibus, glabris ; foliis 
imo truncatis (non cordatis), ovatis vel obovatis, subpandu- 
rseformibus, apice obtusule ac breviter attenuatis, integris, 
3-nerviis, supra pallide viridibus, nitentibus, reticulatis, 
subtus pallidissime flavo-glaucis, glabris (nisi axillis nervo- 
rum qu« barbatae sunt), nervis venisque nudis, stramineis ; 
petiolo tenuissimo, glaberrimo, imo apiceque paululum in- 
crassato, limbo dimidio breviore ; manifeste exstipulatis : 
panicuhs glaberrimis, terminalibus, bis dichotome divisis, 
cum flore in dichotomiis, pedicellis apice incrassatis ; sepalis 
* This species, with ample details, is figured in Plate 81. 
