392 MR. SPENCER LE M. MOORE—PHANEROGAMIC BOTANY 
SAPOTACEZ. 
LUCUMA RAMIFLORA, A. DC. Prod. viii. p. 168 (ex icon. et descript.). 
Arbuscula circa 4-metralis, ramulis ultimis solummodo foliatis; ramuli ultimi insigniter 
geniculati, dense corticati, flores virides. | Bras. Or.] 
Hab. Viget ad Serra da Chapada, ubi mens. Aug. florescit. (N. 161.) 
Planta a typo, mihi descriptione et icone solummodo cognito, divergens preesertim ob 
folia conferta et florum fasciculos diffusos nec stricte axillares. 
In other details there is so close a resemblance between my specimens and the figure 
and description of Miquel, that 1 cannot help thinking the comparatively unimportant 
divergences from the type to be individual peculiarities. 
LOGANIACEA. 
STRYCHNOS ($ BREVIFLORJE) MATTOGROSSENSIS (sp. nov.). Frutex scandens, strictirameus, 
ramulis crebris patentissimis, gracilibus, copiose foliatis, pubescentibus puberulisve, 
cito glabris, spinis sparsis brevibus vel elongatis rectis vel solemniter paullo recurvis, 
cirrhis rarissimis bifidis ; foliis parvis, membranaceis, petiolatis, ovatis, acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis vel plerumque rotundato-obtusis, rarius acutis, imá basi vel paullo 
supra basin triplinervibus, glabris; cymis quam folia brevioribus, terminalibus, pluri- 
floris, in glomerulas parvas sublaxas dispositis, pubescentibus, glabratis; floribus 
breviter pedicellatis pentameris ; calyce fere usque ad basin diviso, lobis lanceolatis, 
acuminatis ; corollà albà usque $ in lobos oblongos obtusos, intus medio longe villosos 
divisà; antheris breviter exsertis, ovatis, apice obtusis vel brevissime mucronulatis. 
-Hab. Crescit ad Santa Cruz, mens. Nov. florens. (N. 675.) 
Frutex ramis primariis elongatis, ramis secundi ordinis abbreviatis. Rami teretes, glabri, 
cortice griseo abundanter lenticellifero cincti, circa 0:5 cm. long. Ramuli plerique 
abbreviati, angulis latis seepe recto vel fere recto inserti, tenues, circa 0:1-0:2 cm. 
diam. Spin: raro usque ad 25 cm. long. basi 0:2 cm. diam., seepissime vero 
breviores, apice acuminate, glabrz, opposite et æquimagnæ, vel solitarise ramulo 
oppositze, interdum oppositee, sed maxime insequales. — Cirrhi usque ad 6:0 em. long., 
tenues, glabri, sursum ineurvi (an unquam visi amplectentes ?), nonnunquam inter 
ramulos et cirrhos ambigentes. Foliorum lamins plerzeque 3:0-5:0 em. long., 2:0— 
3°5 cm. lat., minime sepe cum normalibus intermixtee, basi sepe paullulum oblique,, 
supra obscure nitide, plus minus nigricantes, subtus virides ; costee laterales sursum. 
undulato-arcuatz, costa inframarginalis prope basin conspicua; venulæ laxe reti- 
culate; petioli 0:3-0:5 em. long., tenues, puberuli. ^ Cym:e pedunculis brevibus 
nec ultra 0°8 cm. long. (sspe brevioribus) fultee, 1:5-20 cm. diam.; ramuli 
patentes, bracteis linearibus vel lanceolatis 0'1-0:2 cm. long. instructi; bracteolæ 
lanceolatz, acuminate, calycem subzequantes. Flores odorati vix 0:2 cm. diam. 
Calyx vix 1:5 em. long., usque 2 divisus. Corolla 0*2 cm. long.; tubus vix 0:07 cm. 
long. Filamenta ad 0:03 cm. exserta ; antherze 0:06 em. long.; loculi basi conspicue 
 divergentes. Ovarium glabrum, subglobosum ; stylus diaiiftibeituk ovario tequilongus- 
Bacca ignota. 
