D. flava, t. 4702, a species of Urechites, which is distin- 

 guished by the long twisted tips of the anther, and the 

 stigma of Odontadenia and Echites. 



D. illustris is a native of Brazil, where it has a 

 very wide range, from the province of Bahia in the north 

 to that of St. Paul in the south. Specimens are in 

 the Kew Herbarium, collected in Central Brazil by M. 

 Glaziou, Director of Public Parks, &c. It is an ex- 

 ceedingly variable plant as to foliage, and Mueller has 

 devoted a page to its diversity of form and clothing, from 

 oblong to orbicular and from perfectly glabrous, as in the 

 form here figured, to softly tomentose or almost woolly. 

 D. Gardneria?m is a form with sparingly pubescent oblong 

 leaves, but not otherwise distinguishable. D. illustris is 

 likely to be confounded with another Brazilian coriaceous 

 leaved species, D. gentianoides, in which the lower cylindric 

 portion of the calyx is only one-fourth or one-third as long 

 as the upper, which is more inflated and subcylindric. The 

 fruit of D. illustris consists of two long perfectly straight 

 acuminate follicles, eight to ten inches long, not so thick 

 as a goose-quill. The plant has been described as poi- 

 sonous to cattle. 



The specimen figured was sent by Messrs. Sander, of 

 St. Albans, in July of this year. — /. I). H. 



Fig 1, Calyx, tube of corolla and stamens ; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, pistil — 

 all enlarged. * 



