60 ME. G. BENTHAM ON TILIACE.E. 



mum flavae. Capsula orbiculata, apice breviter et obtusissime acumi- 

 nata, ad margines coriaceo-attenuata at vix alata. 

 Hab. In tbe gapo of the Rio Negro in North Brazil, near the Lago <le 

 Alexao, R. Spruce, n. 1591, and in the gapo of the Rio Uaupes, 

 n. 2538 and 25/6. 



M. tomentosa, Spruce. Foliis amplis ovatis acuminatis supra ad 

 venas subtus undique pubescentibus, floribus fructibusque apice retusia 

 rufo-villosis. — Arbor 25-pedalis. Folia 6-8-pollicaria, integerrima v. 

 apiceni versus remote dentata, subtus pube brevi haud densa rufes- 

 centia. Pedicelli fasciculati, pollicares, uti sepala (iis longiora) mol- 

 liter rufo-villosi. Ovarium hirsutissimum. Capsula subpollicaris, 

 apice angustissime alata, late rotundata, retusa nee emarginata. 



Hab. In the gapo of the Rio Uaupes in North Brazil, near Panure, 

 R. Spruce, n. 2653. 



Teichospeemum, Blume. 



I have seen no specimens of Blume's species, but from the detailed 

 character given by Clos in the ' Annales des Sciences Naturelles' 

 (ser 4, v. viii. p. 265), I have no doubt that it is erroneously- 

 referred to Bixacece, and is a strict congener of, although not 

 specifically identical with the Diclidocarpus, so well described and 

 figured by A. Gray in the ' Botany of the American Exploring 

 Expedition,' and of which I have examined specimens gathered in 

 Feejee by Dr. Harvey. It has the fruit of Mollia, with very different 

 flowers and seeds. Blume's name, having the right of priority, 

 must of course prevail over A. Gray's. 



Gxyphjea, Hoolc.fd. 

 This genus, of which we have two west tropical African species, 

 is remarkable for the close affinity in structure of its stamens, 

 many-celled ovary, and indehiscent fruit, to those of the tropical 

 American genus Apeiba, although the resemblance is disguised by 

 differences in outward form and proportion more striking to the 

 eye. The flowers in both genera are yellow. 



Apeiba, Aubl. 



The A. Tibourbou, Aubl., a very common Guivaa tree, was 

 gathered also by Spruce in rocky places at Maypures, on the 

 Orinoco, and distributed under n. 3625. He found it a tree of 

 about forty feet. The membranous appendage of the anthers is 

 shorter than the cells. 



A. hypoleuca, Steud. in Flora, 1843. p. 735, from Surinam, Host- 

 mann, n. 294, appears to be identical with the A. Petowno, Aubl. 



