70 ME. a. BENTHAM ON TILIACE5:. 



lissimse, hirtellse, in capsula juniore tomentum breve velutinum for- 

 mantes, in matura 2 lin. longse. 

 Hab. In the Organ Mountains near Rio Janeiro, Gardner, n. 327. 



24. S. monosperma, Veil. Fl. Flum. v. t. 100 (Adenobasium salici- 

 folium, Presl, Symb. Bot. p. 40, t. 27. — Dasynema ochrocarpa, Mart. 

 Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 831). Similis S. riparioe. Folia angustiora, paulo 

 minora ; petiolo nunc brevissimo, rarius 2-3-lin. longo. Pedunculi 

 breves, pauciflori. Flores minores, evidentius angulati. Ovarium 

 defloratum pyramidato-tetragonum, tomentellum. Capsula fere S. 

 riparia. 



Hab. In the province of Minas Geraes, Brazil, Claussen ; on the Cor- 

 covado Mountain near Rio Janeiro, Gardner, n. 826. 



25. S. hibsuta, Planch, in Herb. Hook. (Dasynema hirsutum, Schott 

 in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 408). Folia S. monosperma v. angustiora, 

 subtus pubescentia. Ramuli et petioli molliter villoso-pubescentes. 

 Flores in speciminibus desunt. Capsula <S. riparice, setis tamen paulo 

 longioribus rigidioribusque. 



Hab. In woods at Tijuca near Rio Janeiro, Gardner, n. 5374. 



26. S. Fendleriana, sp. n. Ramuli et inflorescentia cano-puberuli. 

 Folia obovata v. obovali-oblonga, obtusissima, 1^-2 poll, longa, supra 

 glabra et nitidula, subtus juniora canescentia, adulta fere glabra ; venis 

 primariis elevatis ; petiolo 3-4-lin. longo. Pedunculi subsemipollicares, 

 1-3-flori. Flores nutantes. Sepala 4, subcanescentia, 3 lin. longa. 

 Antberse hirtellse, breviter acuminatae, filamento paulo breviores. 



Hab. Near the colony of Tovar, in Venezuela, Fendler, n. 2489. 



27. S. quadrivalvis, Seem. Bot. Her. p. 85, t. 15 (Dasycarpus quadri- 

 valvis, Oerst. PL Nov. Centr. Amer.). Pedunculi longe 3-flori, uti 

 sepala glabri. Antherse puberulse, filamento longiores et longiuscule 

 apiculatsc. Capsula velutina. 



Hab. Central America, province of Veraguas, Seemann, and of Nica- 

 ragua, Oersted. 



28. S. laurifolia, Benth. (Dasynema laurifolium, Benth. in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. iv. p. 132). Arbor dumosa, 30-pedalis. Flores albidi. 

 Antherse glabriusculae, tenuiter apiculatsc, filamento hirsuto multo 

 breviores. 



Hab. On the Rio Negro in North Brazil, Rob. Schomburgk, 1st coll. 

 n. 936; in the gapo below San Isabel, R. Spruce, n. 1961. 



29. S. oppositifolia, Spruce, sp. n. Affinis S. laurifolia. Folia 

 (laurina) 4-8-pollicaria, ovato-lanceolata v. oblonga, longiuscule acu- 

 minata, basi angustata ; petiolo }-l-pollicari; venis primariis promi- 

 nentibus, venulis parum conspicuis. Pedunculi quain in S. laurifolia 

 longiores, tenuiores, laxe pauciflori, uti sepala glabri. Flores minores. 



