19. Mendoncia gracilis Turrill Mendoncia gracilis Turrill, Kew Bull. 1919: 418, 1919. The type was col- lected at Mesa Grande on the Río Negro, Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, 1,200 to 1,300 meters, by Lehmann, No. 8792, and is deposited in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Stem subquadrangular, appressed-hirsute, the hairs tawny; leaf blades elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 6 to 14 cm. long, 3 to 7 cm. wide, acute or acuminate at apex, obtuse or rounded at base, firm, rather sparingly hirsute above (hairs arising from star-shaped bases), rather densely pubescent beneath, the hairs tawny, curved, ascending, the costa, veins (4 or 5 pairs), and veinlets prominent; petioles 1 to 3 cm. long, hirsute, the hairs appressed to ascending; flowers 1 to several in each axil; pedicels 2 cm. long, densely hirsute, the hairs appressed to ascending; bracts elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 1.5 cm. long, 0.8 to 1 cm. wide, obtuse and apiculate at apex, rounded at base, rather sparingly appressed- hirtellous; corolla white, proximally lined with reddish brown, 2.5 cm. long, 5 mm. broad at throat, the lobes suborbicular, about 7 mm. long and wide, shallowly emarginate; fruit elliptic-obovoid, slightly compressed, 1.5 to 2 cm. long, 1 to 1.2 cm. broad, glabrous. Fields, pastures, and thickets on mountain slopes from 1,100 to 2,080 meters. Colombia. ANTIOQUIA Jardín, southwest of Antioquia, Bro. Daniel 2974 (GH, US). La Sulza, near Titiribi, Archer 818 (US). Támesis, vicinity of Medellín, Toro 960 (NY). CUNDINAMARCA: Above Sasalma, Estacion Santana, Dugand & Jaramillo 3871 (US). CAUCA: Quindío, Triana s. n. (Col.). EL VALLE: Vicinity of La Cumbre, Killip 11584 (NY, US). Miraflores, Palmira, Killip 6147 (NY, US). Alto de Miravalle, vicinity of Leonera, Cuatrecasas 18314 (US). TOLIMA: Road from Fresno to Falán, Cañon del Río Gualí, Garcia-Barriga 8337 (US).