Tas. 4948. 
GALIPEA MACROPHYLLA. 
Large-leaved Galipea. 
Nat. Ord. Rutack#.—PENTANDRIA MonoGyYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx brevis, 5-dentatus. Petala 5, in corollam hypocrateriformem 
coalitis, seu valde approximata, tubo brevi pentagono, lobis patentibus acutis. 
Stamina 4—7, hypogyna, petalis subadheerentia, ineequalia, interdum omnia fertilia, 
sepius 2 majora antherifera, 2-5 breviora sterilia. Nectarium cupuliforme. 
Styli 5 in unicum mox coalita et stigma 4—-5-sulcum constituentes. Carpella 5 
aut abortu pauciora, biovulata, obtusa, cocculiformia, sessilia, endocarpio separabili. 
Semina abortu solitaria. Cotyledones magne, corrugate, biauriculate.—Frutices 
glabri. Folia alterna, simplicia aut plurifoliolata ; foliolis oblongis, acuminatis. 
Pedunculi avillares, multiflori. De Cand. 
GALIPEA macrophylla ; foliis simplicibus ovali-oblongis petiolatis basi rotundatis 
subtus glandulis nigris opacis punctulatis, trunco simplici tenui, florum 
racemis erectis, staminibus 7, fertilibus 2. 
GaLIPEa macrophylla. St. Hil. MSS. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 731. 
ConcHocarpus macrophyllus. Mikan, Del. Fl. Bras. v. 1. t. 1, 2. Nees et 
Mart. Now. Act. Bonn. v. 11. p. 160. t. 18. f. 5. 
Rapurta conchocarpus. Schult. Mant. v. 1. p. 126. 
Scruris simplicifolia. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 39. 
OBENTONIA castrata. Velloz. Fl. Flum. v. 1. t. 46. 
ERytHRocuiTon macrophyllum. Makoy, Cat. 
A Brazilian stove-plant, received from Mr. Makoy under the 
name of Hrythrochiton* macrophyllum. No doubt it is very 
closely allied to that genus, nevertheless it differs in several im- 
portant particulars, and we see no reason for separating it from 
Galipea, where De Candolle has placed it. It has, however, 
* Dr. Planchon (Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. IIT. t. 19. p. 76) justly observes :—“ On 
a jusqu’ici décrit'les fleurs de ? Erythrochiton brasiliensis comme pourvues de cing 
étamines égales et fertiles. Ce caractére n’est pas constante, en effet, sur deux 
exemplaires. . . . Nous avons vu tantot cing étamines fertiles, tantot quatre seule- 
ment, la cinquitme transformée en une longue languette.” We have now before 
us a flower of the plant without one fertile stamen: there are four sterile short 
filaments, and one extended into a long sterile “ languette.” 
NOVEMBER Ist 1856. 
