98 BOTANY OE THE VOYAGE OP H.M.S. UEUALD. 
RHAilNEiE. 
172. GouANiA Blanchetiana, Miq., Wlprs. Ann. vol. ii. p. 272.— Fructibus trialatis glabris. 
Near the village of Remedios, Veraguas. 
My spccimena agree perfectly well witli Miquel's description ; the leaves are however occasionally 
lanceolate and long-acnminated. 
173. GouANiA tomentosa, Jacq., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 39.— G. corylifoUa, Raddi, Mem'. 
Fl. Bras. add. p. 16? — Nomen vemacul. " Javonsillo." Very common in Southern Veraguas and 
Panama. 
SAMYDE^. 
174. Caseaeia ramiflora, Vahl, De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 49. excl. sjn.—Iroucana Guianensis, 
Aubl. Guian. vol. i. p. 329. t. 137. In woods near the ^-illage of Cruces, Province of Panama. 
175. Case ARIA corymbosa, H.B.K., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 49". From Panama to David, 
in open exposed situations. 
176. Caseabia spinosa, Willd., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 49. 
savanas. 
eraguas 
177. Casearia parviflora, Willd., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 49. From Santiago de Veraguas 
to David, in savanas. 
178. Casearia Javitensis, H. B. K., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 51.— C. densiflora, Benth. in 
Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. iv. p. 113 ! In Southern Vera^as. 
I do not think there is any real distmction between C. Javitensis of H. B. K. and C. densiflora of Ben- 
tham ; I should also be inchned to consider C.parvifiora of Willdeuow and C. syhestn^ of Swartz the same, 
the leaves of the two ktter being sometimes quite entire, sometimes shghtly crenated. 
179. Edmonstonia pacifica, Seem., (Tab. XVIII.) (Gen. nov.) Calyx persistens, coloratus 
(roseus), quadrifidus, laciniis obtusia per sestivationem angustc imbricatis. Corolla nulla. Stamina 
4, calycis fundo inserta, filamenta libera, omnia fertilia. Antherm intrors^, cordato-ovatte, biiocu- 
lares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium Uberum, uniloculare, placentis parietalibus 3, o\'ulis 
plurimis semianatropis. Stigmata 3, scssilia. Fructus . . . .— Frutex Bariemmis, ramuUs suban- 
gulatis; foliis alternis, coriaceis, impundatis, glabris, ohlongis, acuminatis, dentatis, basi obtusis vel 
iruBquilateralibus ; stiipvMs pet iolaridus geminis ; paniculis axillaribus, bracteatis ; floribus sessilibus, 
basi bractea cupul<jeformi instructis. 
Cape Corrientes, Darien. 
A shrub or small tree, from 10 to 12 feet high. Leaves from Ii to 1^ feet long, and 5 inches broad - 
panicles glabrous, about 4 inches long, and the rhachis, as weU as the floAvers, of a more or less dark rose- 
colour ; flowers about half a Hne in diameter ; ovary hairy .-I have placed this genus among Samyde<s 
because it agrees in nearly aU essentials with that Order, but its place in the Natural System can only be 
defimtely settled when the fruit shall be known. There are no transparent dots in the leaves, but that 
would be no objection to its union with the Order with which I have provisionaUy incorporated it, as aU 
Saynydew with coriaceous leaves, as for instance CaseaHa Javitensis, are destitute of dots. 
I have named this genus in commemoration of Mr. Thomas Edmonston, a native of Buness, l^ovih 
