over the flowers to guard them from the rays of the sun.” 
Seven or eight species of this fine genus of plants are described, 
all inhabiting the tropical regions of South America: the present 
inhabits mountain-woods about Cumana, Cariepe, Caraccas, and 
La Victoria, and bears the name, among the inhabitants, of 
“ Rosa del Monte,” or “ Palo de Cruz.” 
Descr. A small ¢ree, we understand, in its native country ; 
branches stout and downy. Leaves large, a foot and more long, 
drooping, alternate, abruptly pinnate; pinne upon very short 
petiolules, and extending the whole length of the very downy 
ferruginous petiole, alternate, oblong or lanceolate, penninerved, 
entire, glabrous, obtuse at the base, much and sharply acumi- 
nate, almost caudate at the apex, the sides unequal, the margins 
_ wavy: lowest pinnules perfectly cordate, with a narrow subulate 
acumen, nearly as long as the leaf. Mowers large, red, exceed- 
ingly numerous, forming a dense globose thyrsus, or very large 
pendent capitulum, eight inches across, which proceeds from the 
very downy apex of a branch. Pedicels short, downy. Bracts at 
the base of the pedicels, large, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, con- 
cave, coloured, downy at the back. Bracteoles formed of two, 
united by their margins, bifid at the apex, resembling an outer 
calyx. Calyx funnel-shaped, tripartite, upper segment longer and 
deeply bifid. Pe/als large, spathulate ; /amina obovate, waved ; 
claws slender. Stamens arising from the tube of the calyx, as 
long, or rather longer than the petals, monadelphous at the 
base: anthers linear, versatile. Ovary stipitate, springing from 
the tube of the calyx, linear-oblong, downy ; style filiform, 
subulate, exceeding the petals and stamens in length; stagma 
capitate. 
Fig. 1. Flower, with its pair of united bracteoles. 2. Bract. 3. Tube of 
the calyx and of the filaments, including the pistil:—more or less magnified. 
