OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 333 
em. long., basi 0'5 em. lat., apice ipso flavescentes, ceteroquin aurantiaco-rubescentes. 
Gynophorum pentagonum, 0:06 em. long., sub fructu purpureus, 0:8 em. long. et 
0:25 em. diam. Stylus 0:24 em. long. Drup:e vix 0'9 cm. long., 0°5 em. diam., 
basi ipsà breviter attenuatee, politze, vivæ virides. - 
Speciei nulli mihi cognitee affinis, et imprimis venatione, foliis mediocribus utrinque 
glaberrimis, tenuiter coriaceis, margine serrulatis, inflorescentiá racemiformi, pedicellis et 
alabastris «equilongis facili negotio recognoscenda. 
Huic affinis, ab ea racemorum et pedicellorum indumento discrepans, petalis majori- 
bus, antheris longioribus, drupis parvis binis gynophoro subgloboso roseo insidentibus, 
exstat insequens :— 
OURATEA ROSIPES (sp. nov.). Fruticosa, ramulis sat validis, teretibus, cortice erustaceo- 
cinereo obduetis ; foliis glaberrimis, breviter petiolatis, tenuiter coriaceis, oblongis vel 
oblongo-oblanceolatis, obtusis, deorsum cuneatim angustatis, margine inferne integris, 
superne serrulatis, costá medià utrinque prominente, costis secundariis zegre aspec- 
tabilibus intrusis latere circa 12 aperte arcuatis, demum margini parallelis, interjectis 
costis pluribus tertii ordinis subparallelis, crebre ramosis ; inflorescentiá racemosa (an 
semper ?), axillari vel terminali, foliis breviore, basi bracteatà pauciflorà, fulvo- 
tomentosá, dein puberulá, pedicellis fulvo-tomentosis, alabastris oblongis obtusis 
eequilongis; sepalis insequalibus, oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, plus minus scariose 
marginatis; petalis obovatis, basi late cuneatis, antheras subeequantibus; antheris 
linearibus, acuminatis, rugulatis; gynophoro ovario vix sequilongo, stylo filiformi, 
ovarium triplo excedente; drupis binis ovoideis, gynophorum subglobosum duplo 
excedentibus. 
Hab. Ad Santa Cruz mens. Oct. floret et fructificat. (N. 364.) 
Frutex diffusus, ultrametralis. Ramuli erecti, usque ad 0'4 cm. diam. Folia 75-110 
em. long., 2:0-3:5 em. lat, utrinque nitidula, subtus parum decoloria, minute 
pellucido-punctata, margine breviter cartilaginea; petioli 0'2 cm. long., superne 
excavati, dorso rugati. Stipule firme, lanceolate, 0:2-0:25 em. long., in sicco 
fuscee. Racemi usque 3:0 em. long., bracteze stipulis similes. Pedicelli et alabastra 
0-4 em. long. hæc basi 0:22 cm. lat. Sepala 0:5 cm. long. 0:2-0:3 em. lat., 
apice obtusa vel acutiuscula, dorso minute pubescentia. Petala inzequalia, 0°6-0°7 
em. long., ima basi 0°12 cm. lat., superne usque 0'4 cm. lat. Anthere 0:5-0:6 em. 
long. in sicco, apice flavescente exempto, fusco-brunew. Gynophorum sub- 
pentagonum 0:08 cm. long. sub fructu roseum, 0:3 cm. long. Ovarium 
0l em. long. 0:13 cm. diam. Stylus 0:32 cm. long. Drup: 0°5-0°7 cm. long., 
0:4-0:5 em. diam., nitiduls, vivee virides. 
OURATEA RrEDELIANA, Engl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xii. pars ii. p. 322. 
Hab. Ad Cuyabá satis abundat, reperi itaque ad Santa Cruz. Floret menss. Sept.- 
Nov. (Nn. 24, 474.) 
The Santa Cruz plant has larger and more deeply serrated leaves than those of the 
type: the leaves attain a length of 14 centimetres; and the nerves also are more plainly 
marked. [Bras. Or.] 
