68 MR. G. BENTHAM ON TTLIACE.E. 



U.S. rufa, Planch, in Herb. Hook. MS. Folia ovata, obtusa, basi 

 cordata, f-1-pedalia, coriacea, supra glabra et nitida, subtus rufo- 

 pubescentia v. villosa; venis primariis, venulis transversis, et rete minore 

 prominentibus ; petiolo 1-3-pollieari. Stipulse ovate, fimbriata:, per- 

 sistentes. Racemi breves, villosi. Pedicelli 2-3- lin. longi. Sepala 

 4-6, intus glabriuscula, 2-lin. longa. Staminum lionnisi fragmenta 

 adsunt. iis S.pubifiora similia videntur. Ovarium 4 (5-6?) -loculare, 

 apice incomplete di visum. Stylus apice divisus. 



Hab. Cayenne, Martin. 



12. S. Massoni, Sw.; Griseb. VI. Brit. W. Ind. p. 99. 

 Hab. Guiana and the West Indies. 



The diagnosis given above is taken from Grisebaeh's description, as 

 the specimens are not yet returned to the Kevv Herbaria. 



IV. Axilliflor;e brachystachyJ!. 



13. S. obtusa, Planch, in Herb. Hook. (Adenobasiura obtusifolium, 

 Moric. PI. Nouv. Amer. p. 83, t. 55.) 



Hab. Province of Bahia, Brazil, Blanchet, n. 1659. 



14. S. parviflora, Planch, in Herb. Hook. (Dasynema obtusum, 

 Splitg. PI. Nov. Surim. p. 4 ; Van Hoev. et De Vriese Tijdschr. ix. 

 p. 98; Schlecht. et Mohl, Bot. Zeit. i. p. 95). 



Hab. In woods near Port Belair, Surinam, Splitgerber ; also Hostmann, 

 n. 412. 



15. S. sinemariensis, Aubl. PL Gui.yt. 535, t. 212; Griseb. FLBrit. 

 W. Ind. p. 99. 



Hab. British Guiana, Parker; Rob.Schomburgk, 1st coll.n. 1021 (in part) 

 and 1044; St. Ann's Mountain, Trinidad, Purdie; St. Vincent's, 

 Anderson. 

 Some, however, of Schomburgk's and other flowering specimens are 

 rather doubtfully referred to this species. 



16? S. brevipes, sp. n. Folia obovata v. obovali-oblouga, 3-8 poll. 



longa, obtusissima, coriacea, supra glabra, subtus rufo-puberula ; venis 



primariis transversis reteque venularum elevatis. Petioli 1-4-lin. 



longi, uti ramuli molliter rufo-pubescentes. Racemi breves, flori- 



bundi. Bractere parva. Pedicelli circa 2-lin. Calyx pubescens; 



sepalis 4-6, vix H-lin. longis. Stamina exserta; filamenta villosa; 



antherse oblongse, iis breviores, puberulse, apicula brevi obtusa. Stylus 



apice breviter divisus. 

 Hab. British Guiana, Rob. Schomburgk, 1st coll. n. 1021. 

 Mixed with the last, of which it may possibly prove to be a variety, not- 

 withstanding the form and the pubescence of the leaves. 



17. S. stipitata, Spruce, sp. n. Arbor dense ramosa, 30-pedahs. 

 Folia late ovata, 5-6-pollicaria, grosse dentata, glabra ; venis primariis 



