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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
supra sparse pilosis, subtus conferte fulvo-sericeo-villosissi- 
misjpetiolatis : paniculis terminalibus, divaricato-dicbotomis, 
aut in ramis axillaribus 1-foliosis, divaricato-dicbotomis, 
fulvo-bu'sutissimis ; sepalis laciniisque corollse longe subu- 
latis, viUosis, tubi apice villosissimo. — In Babia (Blancbet, 
215, 821, 1151, 2202) {non vidi). 
Tbe leaves are lf-2f Indies long, 1-1^ inch broad, on a 
petiole 3 lines long ; sepals 2 lines long ; tube of corolla 3 lines 
long. 
21. Messerschmidtia subsessilis, Don, Diet. iv. 370; — Toume- 
fortia subsessibs, Cham. Linn. viii. 119 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 521 ; 
Fresen. in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. p. 53 ; — scandens, ramulis 
tenuiter rectiusculis,teretibus,rigidule ferrugineo-tomentosis ; 
foliis cbvergentibus, elongato-obovatis, acute acuminatis, 
iino subrotundatis, utrinque ruguloso-punctatis, e tuberculis 
sparsim adpresse pilosis, nervis supra impressis, subtus cos- 
taque prominulis fulvo-pilosis ; petiolo tenui, rufo-piloso, 
limbo 15-plo breviore : panicula terminali, subpyramidata, 
alternatim breviter laxe ramosa, ramis inferioribus rufo- 
pilosis, imo pluribracteatis, superne ramulos 4 altemos spi- 
catifloros ebracteatos gerentibus, superioribus cum ramulis 
conjugatis floriferis, aut simpliciter spicatifloris ; floribus 
pedicellatis ; sepalis corollgeque laciniis longe subulatis, 
pilosulis, tubo fauce contracta. — In Brasilia : v. s. in herb. 
Mus. Brit., Pernambuco (Gardn. 1076). 
Tbe above plant agrees with Cbamisso’s description of this 
species : it is nearly allied to M. Pohlii. Tbe slender branches' 
have tbe axils 6-9 bnes apart; tbe leaves are 2-2| inches 
long, 11-14 lines broad, on a petiole 2 bnes long. Tbe ter- 
minal inflorescence- is 3 inches long ; the alternate branches, 
2-4 bnes apart, are about an inch long ; the pedicels are ^ bne 
long ; tbe sepals 1 bne long ; the tube of tbe corolla 1 j, the 
segments | bne long. 
22. Messerschmidtia Pohlii, nob. ; — Tournefortia Pohlii, 
in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. p. 52 ; — scandens, ramis subcom- 
pressis, fistulosis, rufo-pilosis ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis, 
acute acuminatis, imo rotundatis, supra tomentosis, nervis 
flavo-pubescentibus, subtus rufescenti-tomentoso-velutinis ; 
petiolo tomentoso, limbo 10-plo breviore : panicula termi- 
nab, pyramidata, alternatim divaricato-ramosa, ramis sim- 
pbeibus et spicatifloris, aut iteram brevissime ramulosis, 
ramo inferiore ssepe 1-foboloso ; floribus sessibbus, dense vil- 
losis ; sepalis corofljeque laciniis longe subidatis ; drupis 4- 
gastris, glabris. — In Brasilia : in herb. Imp. Vindob. (Pobl, 
