92 MB. O. BENTHAM ON BIXACE.E AND SAMYDACE.E. 



branacea, impunctata; petiolo 4-8 lin. longo. Paniculae axillares; 

 riuiiis bis, ter, quaterve 3-4-nis gracilibus, divaricatis. Pedicelli gra- 

 ciles, calyce longiores. Sepala saepius 3, ovata, acuta, 1 lin. longa, 

 nunc in alabastro petala valvatim includentia, nunc saepius jam ante 

 anthesin plus minus aperta et cum petalis imbricata. Petala sepalis 

 sequilonga, obtusa, imbricata, extus puberula, cum sepalis per anthesin 

 reflexa. Stamina perigyna, ultra 30 ; filamentis filiformibus, flexuosis ; 

 antheris subglobosis. Ovarium glabrum, basi attenuatum ; placentae 

 2 (v. 3?), valde prominentes, infra medium septum completum for- 

 mantes, superne ad axin libera;. Stylus brevis, integer. Bacca glo- 

 bosa. 

 Hab. Western Brazil and Eastern Peru, frequent on the banks of the 

 Marahon and Pastasa, R. Spruce, n. 4964. 



5. B. pubescens, Spruce, sp. n. Molliter pubescenti-hirta, foliis bre- 

 vissime petiolatis ovali-oblongis acuminatis serratis basi rotundatis 

 subcordatisve penninerviis paniculis axillaribus folio brevioribus. — 

 Arbor 40-pedalis, dense ramosa liguo duro. Folia 4-5-pollicaria, ser- 

 raturis glanduliferis, saepe obliqua, supra demum asperula, subtus 

 molliter pubescentia ; glandula utrinque ad petiolum brevem v. ad 

 basin laminae. Paniculae axillares 1-3-pollicares, laxiuscule tricho- 

 tomy v. saepius irregulariter ramosae, pubescentes. Sepala 2 lin. 

 longa, in alabastro plus minus aperta, v. rarius hinc inde valvatim 

 clausa. Petala paulo majora, imbricata, extus puberula, per anthesin 

 patentia at non reflexa. Stamina fere 100, perigyna; filamentis fili- 

 formibus, antheris subglobosis. Ovarii placentae in flore examinato 

 6, fere ad medium cavitatis prominentes; ovulis parvis, numerosis, 

 pluriseriatis. Stylus breviter subulatus, integer. 



Hab. Eastern Peru (or Ecuador?), in woods at Pallatanga, R. Spruce, 



n. 5528. 

 The flowers, according to Spruce, have the scent of our common lime 

 tree. 



§ 2. Flores pyramidato-paniculatee. Sepala strictius valvata, petala in 

 alabastro includentia. 



6. B. glauca (Kuhlia glauca, H. B. et K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii.p. 236. 

 t. 652). 



Hab. New Grenada, Humboldt $• Bonpland. 



I have seen no authentic specimen of this species, but from Kunth's figure 

 and description it must be very closely allied to, if not identical with, the 

 B. guianensis. 



7. B. guianensis, Aubl., Closin Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, viii. p. 259, with 

 the synonyms adduced. (B. mollis, Tub, Clos, I. c. with the synonyms. 

 Trilix glandulosus, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 22.) 



Hab. Widely spread over tropical America. We have specimens from 



