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+ BROWNA erandiceps. 
Large-headed Brownea. 
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LeGumrnosz CASALPINIES. 
BROWNZEA. Jacq. Calyx tubo elongato, persistente, limbi quinque- 
partiti, decidui laciniis longis, duabus v. quatuor per paria coheerentibus. 
Corolle petala 5, summo calycis tubo inserta, longissime unguiculata, sub- 
zequalia. Stamina 10-15, cum petalis inserta, in tubum hinc fissum coalita, 
omnia fertilia. Ovarium stipitatum, sex-septemovulatum. Stylus filiformis; 
stigma acinaciforme, compressum. Semina ovata, compressa, fibris fungosis 
obvoluta. Arbuscule Americe tropice inermes, speciose ; ligno flavescente, 
duro, foliis paripinnatis, foliolis integerrimis, inflorescentia terminali, floribus 
racemosis v. plus minus dense spicato-capitatis, bracteatis, coccineis v. albis, 
pedicellis apicem versus bibracteatis, bracteis in tubum infundibuliformem bilo- 
bum connatis. Endlicher genera, no. 6810. 
B. grandiceps ; foliolis sub-12-jugis lanceolato-oblongis longissimé cuspidato- 
acuminatis eglandulosis, staminibus longitudine corolle, ramis petiolis- 
que pubescentibus, floribus densé capitato-spicatis. DeCand. prodr. 
2. 477. 
B. grandiceps. Jacg. coll. 3. 287. t. 22. f. a. t. fragm. t. 22 § 23. Humb. 
Bonpl. Kunth. nov. gen. & sp. amer. 6. 313. Lamarck. illustr. te 
575. f. 2. 
Frutex in caldario strictus, orgyalis, trunco simplici, versus apicem tan- 
tum ramulosus. Folia densa, multijuga, sessilia. petiolo ramulisque tomentosis ; 
foliola infima cordata, superiora oblonga, omnia cuspidato-acuminata, undu- 
lata, ad costam pubescentia, nune opposita, nunc alterna. Bractese 2, tomen- 
tose, obtuse, convexe, basi in tubum connate, calyce breviores. Calyx tubu- 
losus, glaber, tripartitus, lacinid supremd oblongd emarginatd, inferioribus ob- 
longis obtusis indivisis. Petala 5, spathulata, rotundata, long? unguiculata, 
Stamina 11, petalorum longitudine, basi monadelpha, calycis fauce inserta ; 
antherse ovales subsagittate. Ovarium stipitatum, tomentosum, stylo filiformi 
ascendente, stigmate simplici ; stipite calycis tubo accreto. 
All the species of this genus are stove shrubs, inhabiting 
the hottest parts of America. ‘That before us was collected 
* So named by Jacquin in honour of Dr. Patrick B 
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of a Natural History of Jamaica, excellent in its day. middie ces. 
June, 1841. M 
