66 MB. G. BENTHAM ON iTLIACEJE. 



Fendleriano) H-2-pollicaris, aculeis pollicaribus rectis echinata, 

 pericarpio crasso, intus monosperma. 

 Hab. In woods near the village of St. Isabel, on the Pacimone, an 

 affluent of the Casiquiare in Venezuela, R. Spruce, n. 3376 ; near the 

 ►;.-; colony of Tovar, Venezuela, Fendler, n. 1746. 



4. S. paniculata, Spruce, sp. n. Folia oblonga, obtusa, 4-5-polli- 

 caria, integerrima, basi anguste eordata, auriculis brevibus rotundatis, 



...rigide coriacea, nitida, venulis inconspicuis. Panicula terminalis, 

 foliata, subcorymbosa, laxe multiflora. Pedieelli semipollicares. 

 Alabastra subglobosa, circa 2-lin. diametro. Antherse quam in S. 

 durissima, paulo minores, caeterum similes. Ovarium 4-loculare. 

 Stylus apice attenuatus. 

 Hab. On the banks of the Rio Uaupes in North Brazil, R. Spruce, 

 n- 2714. 



II. CORYMBUXOS^. 



5. S. synandka, Spruce, sp. n. Arbor nobilissima, 100-pedalis, radici- 

 bus emersis compressis suffulta. Folia late ovata, obtusissima, 8- 

 pollicaria, basi late rotundata v. subcordata, coriacea, elevato-penm- 

 nervia etreticulato-venulosa; petiolo 1-2-pollicari, canescente. Pedun- 

 cuU axillares, 3-polbcares, paniculam brevem dichotomam ferentes. 



.- Flores albidi. Sepala lato-lanceolata, crassa, canescentia, 9-10-hn. 

 longa. Filamenta brevissima. Antherse puberulae, lineares, intenores 

 6-lin. longae, vix apiculatae, exteriores breviores, evidentius apiculatsc, 

 omnes in massam densam leviter cohaerentes et simul deciduee, nee 

 vere monadelphae. Ovarium 4-gonum, 4-loculare; ovulis paucis, pen- 

 dulis. Stylus elongatus, integer. Capsula junior oblongo-4-gona, 

 tomentella, baud setosa, sed verisimiliter tardius setis armata. 

 Hab. In woods near the banks of the Rio Uaupes in North Brazil, R- 

 Spruce, n. 2807. 



6. S. Schomburgkii, sp. n. Tota glabra. Rami crassi. Folia ovata 

 T.elliptica, 8-pollicaria et majora, pleraque obtusa, basi cuneata; petiolo 

 1-2-pollicari, coriacea, nitidula, prominenter penninervia, retequevenu- 



• larum saepe conspicua. Pedunculi 1-H-pollicares, axillares, crassi, 

 subcompressi, cymam H-pollicarem 2-3-chotomam ferentes. Sepala 

 semipollicaria, crassa, canescenti-tomentella. Antherse lineares, 4-5 

 lin. longae, vix apiculatse, fere glabrae, filamentis brevissimis. Ovarium 

 vix complete 4-loculare, placentis medio conniventibus nee coadunatis. 

 Stylus elongatus, integer. 

 Hab. British Guiana, Rob. Schomburgk, 2nd coll. n. 773 ; Rich. Schom- 

 burgle, n. 1440. 



7. S. floribunda, Spruce, sp. n. Arbor 20-30-pedalis. Folia elhp- 

 tico-oblonga, acuminata, 8-pollicaria et longiora, crasso-conacea, 

 nitida, venis primariis prominentibus et rete venularum conspicua, 



