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Peduneuli e nodis plus minus tumidis provenientes, circa 1-0 cm. long. et 0:05 cm. 
crass., in longitudinem striati. Flores 0:7 cm. diam., albi, inodorati. Petala 0:5 em. 
long., 0:3 em. lat., minutissime pellucido-punctáta. Filamenta diverse longitudinis, 
longiora 0°25 cm., breviora nec ultra 0°15 em. long., inferne parum ampliata ; 
anthers didym:e, minute ; torus stamineus circa 0:075 em. alt, Ovarium 0:2 em. 
long., sub stigmate eminente parum coarctatum. Fructus magnitudine nune baccam 
Ribis Grossularie, nune drupam parvam Pruni domestice sequans, luteus, exocarpio 
tenui coriaceo nitido obtectus ; semen 1:5 em. long., 07 em. lat., compressum, succo 
subacido grato circumfusum et endocarpio membranaceo-carnoso albo inclusum. 
Videtur ad R. Gardnerianam, Planch. & Triana, et R. Spruceanam, Engl., proxime 
accedere, abs qua, notas inter alias, foliis diversiformibus necnon floribus majoribus 
stirpem nostram facile dignoscere potes. 
Of this plant, which appears in two forms, one with smaller leaves narrowed below, 
the other having larger leaves rounded at the base, the fruit is highly esteemed at Santa 
Cruz, and its juice is frequently employed in place of vinegar; the berries also are said 
to be a good bait for certain of the Paraguay fish. [ Bras. Or., Amazonia, Peruvia. | 
PLATUNIA ?, sp. nov. Arbor elata, glaberrima, ramulis subteretibus, inter se 4:0-7:0 em. 
distantibus, foliigeris ; foliis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis, obtusis vel retusis, 
basi obtusis, 15:0-18:0 em. long., 5:0-7:0 em. lat., vivis saturate viridibus, in sicco 
pallidis; costis secondariis distantibus circa 8, angulis latis insertis, fere rectis, demum 
subito undulato-arcuatis, supra impressis, subtus parum eminentibus; petiolis vix 
usque ad 1:0 em. long. crassiusculis, longitrorsum rugatis, superne anguste canali- 
culatis; floribus ignotis; baccis indehiscentibus, pyriformibus, magnitudine Fici, 
aurantiacis, coriaceis, intus carnosis, 2-4-locularibus, usque ad 5:0 em. long., 4:0 em. 
diam.; seminibus 2-4 in pulpo sapido jacentibus, oblongis, usque ad 2°0 em. long., 
1:0 em. diam. 
Hab. Crescit in ripa fl. Paraguay ad Santa Cruz et alibi in vicinia, ubi mens, Nov. 
fructificat. Bacurý incolarum. (N. 462.) 
According to authors, Bacury is the name given to the fruit of Platonia insignis, Mart., 
and of Rheedia macrophylla, Planch. & Triana. The present plant is, however, quite 
different from either of these, the venation of its leaves being more like what we find in 
the genus Tovomita, although, from the nature of the seed, I conclude that it cannot be 
placed in the latter genus. From the fact of our Paraguayan peons knowing this fruit 
well, it is to be presumed that the tree has a considerable range to the southward. 
TERNSTREMIACE. 
KIELMEYERA ($ CoRYMBOS#) AMPLEXICAULIS (sp. nov.). Suffrutex, caule erecto, crassi- 
usculo, tereti, glabro ; foliis vix omnino sessilibus, oblongis vel oblanceolato-oblongis, 
obtusis vel obtusissimis, leviter amplexicaulibus, coriaceis, glabris; paniculis corymbi- 
formibus, folia haud excedentibus, foliis hebetatis interjectis; sepalis subzequalibus, 
ovato-lanceolatis, acutiusculis, dorso carinatis: petalis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 
