90 ME. Q. BEKTHAM ON BIXACEJ) AND SAMYDACE.E. 



1. L. Grayi, Griseb. Erltiut. Pfl. Trop. p. 26. Foliis a basi 3-nerviis 

 obtusis (l£-3-pollicaribus) basi subacutis, pedicellis plerisque flore 

 longioribus, staminibus saepius 6, disco truncato. 



Hab. Cuba, Linden, n. 2130 ; Wright, n. 464 and 1110. 



Linden's plant was, by mistake, referred by Grisebach, in the ' Flora of 

 the British West Indies,' to the L. racemosa, but he had not yet, at that 

 time, distinguished the two species. 



2. L. racemosa, Hook.Lond.Journ.Bot. iii. p. 317- 1. 11 et 12. Foliis 

 3-5-plinerviis acuminatis (3-5-pollicaribus) basi truncatis cordatisve, 

 pedicellis flore raro longioribus, staminibus saepius 6, disci dentibus 

 acutis glabris. 



Hab. Jamaica, Purdie, Wilson. 



3. L. parviflora, Spruce, sp. n. Foliis a basi 3-5-nerviis acuminatis 

 (4-5-pollicaribus) basi obtusis rotundatisve, pedicellis brevissimis, sta- 

 minibus saepius 10, disci lobis obtusis ciliatis. — Arbor tenuis, 18-pedalis, 

 ramulis subpendulis,tota glabra. Folia abrupte acuminata, integerrima, 

 fere L. racemosce, nervis tamen lateralibus basi a costa distinctis. 

 Racemi longi, lincares. Flores quam in L. racemosa multo minores et 

 fere sessiles. Perianthium per anthesin in lobos 2, rarius 3, primum 

 reflexos, mox circumscisse deciduos divisum. Stamina fere semper 10, 

 filamentis brevissimis ; antherae ut in caeteris speciebus oblongae in flore 

 modo apertaj arete conniventes et stricte extrorsse. Discus crassiusculus 

 breviter cupulatus, lobis brevibus latis obtusis ciliolatis. Stylus brevis, 

 conicus, obtusus, demum saepe tripartitus fere Osmelice. 



Hab. In young woods on the Yurimaguas, province of Maynas, West- 

 ern Brazil, R. Spruce, n. 3909. 



4. L. divaricata, sp. n. Foliis a basi 3-5-nerviis acuminatis (2-3- 

 pollicaribus) coriaceis basi acutiusculis, pedicellis brevissimis, stami- 

 nibus 6-8 cum disci segmentis truncatis alternantibus. — Ramuli in 

 specimine breves, valde divaricati, ad nodos incrassati. Folia quoad 

 formam iis L. parviflora subsimilia sed multo minora, magis coriacea, 

 in sicco pallida et basi plus minus angustata. Petioli subsemipolli- 

 cares, apice incrassati et inflexi. Racemi minute tomentelli, tenues, 

 2-3-pollicares, per 3-5 in paniculas valde divaricatas dispositi. Flores 

 fere sessiles, quam in L. parviflora adhuc minores. Calyx in sepala 

 2 reflexa rumpens. Stamina saepius 6, sed etiam 7 et 8 enumeravi. 

 Discus fere ad basin divisus in segmenta totidem orbiculato-truncata. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright, n. 1563, 



Banaba, AM. 



It is now admitted that Ascra, Schott, and Boca, Veil., are gene- 

 rically the same as Banara, and Clos has brought in close juxta- 

 position Kuhlia, H. B. et K., and Pineda, Euiz and Pav. (Christan- 

 nia, Presl). lie might have gone farther and absolutely united 



