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438., Upright . Be.stardia viscose. (L.)H.B.K. — • - - 
5-4 ft'-. Common ieeelly on irrigated lands at Cienaga, Sept.. 7-12 
19 specimens* about half good. 
/ A sTirdib to 5 ft. 
488( already sent in) .Specimen from a clearing near Masinga 250 ft.Wov.16 
Flowers yellow. Rare mLn this vicinity. The leaves of the Masinga plant' © 
are all small. and less attenuated at the apex than those of the Cienaga 
plants. This is due, no doubt, to the situation on an open end comparative- 
ly dry place., 
489 Side pyramidata Cav,. Upright with few branches, 2-5 ft,. Commom in dry © 
forest below 1000 ft. Flowers Nov. Jan. (Specimens are from near Mamato®l\ 
Nov. 22. Flower yellow. Full set, scent and poor. 
489 Dissecting Material., The species is loca.l in damp and shady situation: 
generally near sea- level. 
4 90 Abut i Ion diver Icetum Turc z. (. QmA. M To - ) 
Suffruticose, upright, branching, 2-5 ft. Common ib clearings end waste 
places below 1500 ft. beginning to flower in -Bee Nov, but on irrigated ie _ 
lands at Masinga found early in Sept. Belated flowers seen in June. (Sped>_ 
mens from near Bonda, Nov. 
490 Specimens from Flaya Braba, coast E, of Santa Marta, Nov, Full set, 
■Petals very badly eaten and specimens poor anyway, 
491 Side, nervosa DC, 
Upright, branching, suffruticose, 4-5 ft. Observed only in open places 
in hillside forest, Agua Bulee Road, 1500 ft. Nov. -Jan, (specimens col- 
lected Nov. 22. Flower pale yellow, in some plants nearly white. 15 specie- 
mens j* scent. 
492 Pa v on i a Mutisii Ii.B.K. 
Suffruticose, 5-5- ft. Observed only in an open, damp place in forest near 
river, 2 miles east of Masinga (about 500 ft.) Flowers Oct. -Dec_. ) 
Petals white (collected Oct. 18) Leaf viscid.. Good, full set. Petals pink. 
492 Dissecting Material. A very similar but more hairy species or vardLeft 
(a high shrub) is sometimes planted and used a s a medicine; I do not 
know if it grows wild.. 
495 We ltheria. involucrata Benth. 
A/shrub or small tree. Common in campo and open places, below 2500 ft. 
principally between 50 0 and 1500 ft. Flowers Oct. 1 5-Dec. 15. , yellow (specif 
men/ is from near Maeinga, 500 ft, Oct. 25. Full set. f 
495. Dissecting Material. The plant is in bloom for eight or ten weeks, 
Oct. -Jan., but only a few flowers are open at one time. hence it is-aeay 
nearly impossible to get specimens showing a- large number of flowers. 
494 Me.lachra rotundifolia Schrank. 
Suffruticose, upright, branching, 5-6 ft. PlowerNg-©renge-yellow. Ob- 
served only in thickets on the outskirts <r£tMrt1nga (about 500 ft.) 
Flowers Oct. -Dec. (collected Nov. 17, ) set; only 7o^8 with lower 
leaves . 
495 Pavoni a. oiculata Cav. Suffruticose ; i^Bght with long branches/, B-8 
oft. Local, open places in damp forest, 1000 ft . -5000. Flowers Nov. -Dec. 
( specimen is from the Agua Dulce Load, 1000 ft. Nov. 20) Full set, good. 
495 (already sent in) Var . from Don Amo Viejo, 200 ft. Dec, 6. Leaves of 
this form are found occasionally on nearly all the plants of this spec 
ies . and above or belowtl/e the other leaves; in the Don Amo Viejo plants 
they seem to be rather the mile than the exception. 
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