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8. Vismia, sp. 
Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 6). Hb. Kew. 
Order XXII. GUTTIFER. 
Guttifere, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 167. | 
Trees or shrubs, sometimes epiphytal. About 230 species, belonging to twenty-five 
genera, all natives of tropical or subtropical regions, chiefly in America and Asia. 
1. CLUSIA. 
Clusia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1154; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 170. 
Trees or shrubs, many of them epiphytes. Upwards of fifty species are known, all | 
natives of Tropical and Subtropical America. 
1. Clusia acuminata, Pl. et Tr. Mém. Gutt. p. 53. 
Renggeria acuminata, Seem. 
Panama (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
2. Clusia guatemalensis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 2. 
Arborescens, foliis vix coriaceis venosis longe petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis obtusis basi valde 
attenuatis, cymis plurifloris terminalibus lateralibusve, floribus pedicellatis, sepalis petalisque 
4, filamentis liberis crassis. 
Arbor ornata (Salvin), ramis crassis. Folia longe petiolata, vix coriacea, lanceolata, 4-6-pollicaria, 
subito acuminata, obtusa, basi gradatim attenuata, petiolo usque pollicari, venis lateralibus 
confertis (prominentibus in siccis) versus apicem excurrentibus. flores $ (rosei?) basi bi- 
bracteolati, pedicellati, 1-13 poll. diametro, in cymas trichotomas pedunculatas bracteatas 
dispositi, cymis 2-3-pollicaribus, 3-12-floris, pedicellis sepissime 2-3 lin. longis, basi brac- 
teatis, bracteis triangularibus acutis 1-2 lin. longis, bracteolis bracteis simillimis ; sepala 4, 
decussata, fere orbicularia, 2 exteriora multo minora; petala 4, qualia, obovato-oblonga, basi 
lata; stamina numerosissima, congesta, filamentis liberis brevibus crassis, antheris magnis 
bilocularibus, connectivo mutico. Flores 2 ignoti. 
GuatemaLa, Barranca Honda, Volcan de Fuego, at 3800 feet (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
This species belongs to the small section Stauroclusia (Planchon et Triana, in Ann. Sc. 
Nat. sér. 4, vol. xiii. p. 351), and is easily. distinguished by its foliage and small, appa- 
rently red, flowers, &c. 
3. Clusia minor, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 510. 
Clusia venosa, Linn. 
Clusia pratensis, Seem. 
?1Guaremata, Volcan de Fuego (Salvin); Panama, very common in savannas (See- 
mann, Duchassaing)—Also widely spread in the West Inpies, VENEZUELA, and 
CotomBia. Hb. Kew. 
