294 MR. J. MIEliS ON THE SYMPLOCACE^S. 



fructu : in inontib. Organensibus. Specimen meum cum planta 

 Bahiensi apte convenit. 



Sectio 2 1 . Flores irregulares, scepe poly garni ; calyx 4-5-jidus, ciliatus ; 

 petala 4-5, sublibera, revoluta ; stamina 10-30, bi- triserialia, 4-5- 



delpha, in $ longiora, in & breviora, cum stylo brevi ; ovarium 3-/o- 

 culare, inter dum effcetum ; fructus abortu monospermus. 



5. B. crenata, nob. — Epigenia crenata, Velloz, For. Flum. 

 p. 184; Icon. iv. tab. 138. In Brasilia, prov. Rio de Janeiro: 

 v. v. et sice, in herb, meo (4553), montib. Organensibus : in pi. 6 

 petala 4, stamina 12, insequalia, 3-serialia, elongata ; ovarium 

 effcetum. 



6. B. hirsuta, Veil. I. c. p. 235 ; Icon. v. tab. 117. — Symplocos 

 hirsuta, A. DC. I. c. p. 253 ; Miguel, Fl. Bras. 1. c. p. 33. — Sym- 

 plocos arbutifolia, Casar. 1. c. p. 30; A. DC. 1. c. p. 673. In Bra- 

 silia, prov. Rio de Janeiro et Minas Grerae : non vidi. 



7. B. celastrinea, nob. — Symplocos celastrinea, Mart, in Fl. 

 Bras. I. c. p. 31, tab. 12. In Brasilia, prov. Minas Gerae : v. 8. 

 in herb, meo (6330), Gardner 4996. 



8. B. ramentacea, nob. — Symplocos ramentacea, Mart, in FL 

 Bras. I. c. p. 33. In Brasilia, prov. G-oyaz : non vidi. 



9. B. revoluta, Mart. — Symplocos revoluta, A. DC. I. c. p. 

 253 ; Casar. Z. c. p. 31, et A. DC. 1. c. p. 675. In Brasilia, prov. 

 Minas et Rio de Janeiro : v. v. et sice, in herb, meo (4555), in 

 montib. Organsib. 



10. B. cubensis, nob. In Cuba : v. s. in herb, meo (13170), 

 Cuba {Linden 2089). 



A species with the habit of B. crenata, but with solitary flower* 

 in the lower axils of the fallen leaves ; stamens numerous, tri- 

 serial.as long as the 5 petals. 



11. B. antillana, nob. — In Antillis : v. s. in herb, meo 

 (18123), Cuba {Linden 1831). 



A species with the habit of C. celastrinea. Flowers 2-3, with 

 many basal bracts on short axillary racemes scarcely longer than the 

 petioles ; petals 5, stamens 10, of the same length ; stigma 3-lobed. 



1 Olira gen. Symplcura, nob. Concerning this section, Prof. DeCandolIe ob- 

 serves (/. c. p. 673) : — <: Ob flores polygamos numer unique staminorum in fl. o 

 et £ diversum, pcculiarem seetioneru in genere Symplocos constituere poterunt. 



