OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 309 
superne preditum. Capsula cordato-suborbicularis, membranacea, 0'2 cm. long. 
Semina fusco-brunea, hispidula, 0°15 em. long., 0:08 em. lat.; caruncule appendices 
late oblongze, quam semen saltem triplo breviores. 
Polygala Timoutou, Aubl., P. timoutoidi, Chodat, et P. hygrophile, H. B. K., affinis, 
ab illis vero primo obtutu secernenda ob habitum ramosum et racemos elongatos 
pedunculatos. Ceteram P. timoutoides sepala exteriora calva, carinse cristam parvam, 
necnon seminum minorum carunculam longe appendiculatam ostendit, et P. Timoutou 
racemos conspicue comosos, alas acutas, et semina appendicibus seipsam saltem semise- 
quantibus instructa. P. hygrophila, planta elatior, foliis angustis, racemis et floribus 
minoribus, carine cristá dentatá, seminum carunculá longius appendiculatá gaudet. 
[ Amer. Trop. | 
POLYGALA ANGULATA, DC. Prod. i. p. 328. 
Hab. Reperi ad Serra da Chapada. (N. 188.) [Amer. Trop. | 
VOCHYSIACEA. 
CALLISTHENE FASCICULATA, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 126. 
Hab. Ad Jangada flores suaveolentes preebet mens. Sept. ; mens. seq. floret ad Santa 
Cruz. (Nn. 260, 539.) [Bras. Or., Goyaz, Bolivia. ] 
CALLISTHENE, sp. nov., ex affinitate preecedentis, abs qua diversa videtur ob folia majora 
(usque ad 16:0 cm. long. et 7:0 cm. lat. interdum attingentes) per paria plerumque 
4-8 ramulis florentibus insidentia. Flores non suppetebant. Fructus admodum 
minutissimi solummodo obvii, cylindrici, glabri, rugati, 0°5 cm. long. pedunculis 
crassiusculis pubescentibus usque 1:0 cm. long. fulti, et stylo paulisper persistente 
ssepe incurvo iis ipsis «equilongo coronati. 
Hab. Frutex altus, vel potius arbuscula; crescit ad Santa Cruz. (N.731.) [Bras. Or., 
Goyaz, Bolivia. | 
QUALEA GRANDIFLORA, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 133. 
Hab. Crescit juxta Santa Cruz, mens. Nov. florens. Pautéra incolarum. (N. 740.) 
The popular name, spelt as above, was given me by an intelligent inhabitant of Santa 
Cruz. Martius spells it Pão terra, and this I suspect to be the correct rendering. The 
fruit is mashed up and applied to sores at Santa Cruz. | Bras. Or., Goyaz, Amazonia. ] 
QUALEA PARVIFLORA, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 135. 
Hab. Ad Santa Cruz mens. Oct. florescit. (N. 486.) : us 
Mine is the * forma glaberrima "—/very different in its leaves from typical Q. parviflora, 
but apparently identical in its flowers.  [ Bras. Or.] 
QUALEA PILOSA, Warm. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiii. pars ii. p. 45. 
Hab. Crescit ad Santa Cruz, Dec. florens. (N. 751.) 
VOCHYSIA DIVERGENS, Pohl, Pl. Bras. Ic. ii. p. 19 (ex icon. et descript.). 
Hab. Matto Grosso (Leeson, in Herb. Mus. Brit.)  [Bras. Or., Goyaz.]. 
