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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
corollse lobis subulatis, patentibus, tubum sequantibus. — In 
Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro (Lotscby) {non vidi). 
Leaves 4-5 inches long, ineh broad, on a petiole 3-4 lines 
long. It is remarkable for the extreme length of the lobes of 
the border of the eorolla. 
9. Messerschmidtia vicina, nob. ; — ramis teretibus, rugosis, 
lignosis ; ramulis subcompressis, angulato-sulcatis, juniori- 
bus pallidis, glabris ; foliis oblongis, imo obtusis, apiee 
acuminatis, submembranaceis, supra sparse scabridulis, 
rigide adpresso pilosis, pilis brevibus e tuberculis majusculis 
albis enatis, subtus pallidioribus, rugoso-punctatis, glabris, 
costa tantum subpilosa; petiolo supra piano, scabridulo, 
limbo 12-18-plo breviore : racemis axillaribus, subglabris, 
geniculatim flexuosis ; ramulis alternis, 3-4, gracilibus ; 
floribus remotiusculis, parvis, sessilibus ; baccis glabris, 4- 
gastris. — Iii Brasilia : v. s. in herb. Mus. PenSdo, Rio 
S. Francisco (Gardn. 1362). 
The leaves are 3-4| inches long, IJ-l^ inch broad, on a 
petiole 3 lines long ; peduncle of infloreseence bare, 9 lines 
long, genieulated at the axils of the alternate branches, which 
are 5-6 lines apart, and 2^ diminishing to 1 inch long ; sepals 
very narrow, 1 line long. 
10. Messerschmidtia ramijlora^ nob. ; — scandens, ramis laxe 
ramulosis, ramulis pendentibus, fistulosis, compressis, sul- 
catis, subglabris ; foliis oblongis, vix lanceolatis, imo aeutis 
aut subobtusis, apiee acuminatis, nervis tenen-imis utrinquc 
immersis, glaberrimis, nisi in costa parce puberula, fusco- 
viridibus, opace rugulosis, concoloribus ; petiolo tenui, su- 
perne tomentoso,' limbo 8-plo breviore : paniculis axillaribus, 
multiramosis, folium excedentibus,brevissimepubescentibus; 
pedunculo petiolo 3-plo longiore; ramis plurimis, alternis, 
longiusculis, simplicibus aut 2-fidis, uniserialiter spicatis ; 
floribus remotiuseulis, breviter pedicellatis ; sepalis corollm- 
que lobis longe subulatis. — In Brasilia ; v. s. in herb. Mus. 
Brit..! Rio Parahybuna, prov. Minas Geraes (Gardner, 
5037). 
The axils are | inch apart ; the leaves 2|-3 j inches long, 
1-1^ inch broad, on a petiole 5 lines long ; each axil is flori- 
ferous. The panicle is inches long, upon a bare pe- 
duncle 1-1-^ inch long, with many alternate branches 3 lines 
apart, 1-2^ inches long, often bearing a small leaflet at the base ; 
flowers 1 -serial, 1-2 lines apart, slightly pubescent ; sepals 
1^ line long ; tube of corolla l|-2 lines long, below glabrous, 
segments 1 line long ; anthers cohering by their barbate sum- 
