57 
(77) 
violacea praecipue subtus, 2-4 cm. longa, 6-11 mm. lata. 
Pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi, ebracteolati. Calyx purpurascens, 
tubo 4 mm. longo, lobis rigidiusculis, 2 mm. longis. Mapiri, 
2,500 ft. (2616). 
TlBOUCHINA: sect. nov. OCTOMERIS, Cogn. 
Flores 8-meri, pedicellis supra medium bibracteatis. Caly- 
cis segmenta persistentia. Antherae lineares, superne satis 
attenuatae, connectivo basi paulo incrassato. 
TlBOUCHINA OCTOPETALA, Cogn. sp. nov. (sect. Octomeris ); 
ramis junioribus petiolis pedunculisque breviter denseque 
hirsutis; foliis longiuscule petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, basi 
rotundatis, apice acutis, integerrimis, 7-nerviis nervis inter- 
mediis basi coalitis, supra dense strigoso-hirsutis, subtus bre¬ 
viter denseque villosis ; paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque, 
paucifloris; floribus longiuscule pedicellatis; bracteis sub- 
pellucidis, sessilibus, obovato-cuneatis, extus densiuscule bre- 
viterque villosis, intus glabris; calyce subadpresse longiuscule 
denseque striguloso-setoso, tubo subhemisphaerico, lobis 
lanceolato-linearibus, tubum subaequantibus; petalis brevissime 
ciliatis; staminibus satis inaequalibus, filamentis glabris, ma- 
jorum connectivo infra loculos breviuscule producto; stylo 
inferne hirsuto. 
Rami robustiusculi, obscure tetragoni, ferruginei. Petiolus 
2-3 cm. longus. Folia submembranacea, 1-1^ dm. longa, 
5-6 cm. lata. Paniculae 6 cm. longae; pedicelli 1-2 cm longi. 
Bracteae purpurascentes, adpressae, circiter 1 cm. longae. 
Calyx purpurascens, tubo 8 mm. longo, 10 mm. lato, lobis 
7-8 mm. longis. Petala purpureo-violacea, anguste obovata, 
i }4 cm. longa. Staminum filamenta 8 vel 10 mm. longa; 
antherae majores satis arcuatae purpurascentes 8 mm. longae, 
minores subrectae, flavae, 6 mm. longae. Stylus crassiusculus, 
I cm. longus. Yungas, 4,000 ft. (2332). 
Brachyotum microdon (Naud.), Tri. 1 . c. 49. Unduavi, 8,000 ft. 
( 2340) - 
Aciotis paludosa (Mart.), Tri. 1 . c. 51. Mapiri, 5,000 ft. ( 2333) . 
Aciotis annua (Mart.), Tri. 1 . c. 52. Falls of the Madeira (2582). 
AxinalA SPECIOSA, Britt, spec. nova. Arbor; foliis 15 cm. lon¬ 
gis, 6 cm. latis, oblongis, coriaceis, utrinque acutis, glabris, 
5-nervis, integris, supra opacis, subtus pallidis, nervis promi- 
nentibus; paniculis terminalibus, decompositis, 12 cm. longis, 
10 cm. latis; ramis densifloris; floribus 4 cm. latis, pedicellis 
