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Leaves crowded towards the ends of the branches, glabrous; petiole 2-24 lin. long ; 
blade ł-l} in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, lanceolate-elliptie or slightly obovate-elliptie and 
obtuse, or occasionally lanceolate and acute, sometimes minutely apiculate, rigidly 
coriaceous, entire, shining and smooth or coarsely pitted above, coarsely pitted between 
the veinlets beneath ; midrib impressed above, prominent and keeled beneath at the 
basal part only, not raised above the general surface in the apical half. Racemes 
1-2 in. long, 3-4 lin. diam., densely many-flowered, erect, glabrous. Bracts 14-2 lin. 
long, subulate, very acute. ` Pedicels 1-1 lin. long, ascending curved, glabrous. 
Sepals 1-1} lin. long, acuminate from an ovate base, glabrous. Petals 13-12 lin. long, 
+ lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate from the margins being inrolled, subacute when 
expanded, glabrous. Stamens about 3 as long as the petals. Ovary oblong, irregularly 
wrinkled in the dried state, 2-3-celled, glabrous; style very short and stout; stigmas 
2-3. Ovules 2, pendulous from the apex of each cell. 
Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., ¿óm Thurn, 334; .MeConuell A: Quelch, 88, 
318, 638. 
This species differs from Cyrilla antillana, Michx., in having smaller and more rigidly 
coriaceous leaves, with the midrib not prominent beyond the middle on the underside, 
shorter and denser racemes, and longer and more acuminate sepals and petals. 
LEGUMINOS.E. 
CROTALARIA ANAGYROIDES, H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. p. 401. 
Kotinga Valley, McConnell A: Quelch, 169. 
TEPHROSIA ADUNCA, Benth. in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. iii. (1839), p. 432. 
Kotinga Valley, MeConnell & Queleh, 131, 199. 
CLITORIA GUYANENSIS, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. ii. (1858), p. 40. 
Kotinga Valley, MeConnell A: Queleh, 155; Ireng Valley, MeConnell A: Quelch, 209. 
DIOCLEA GUIANENSIS, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. (1838), p. 131. 
Kotinga Valley, McConnell A: Quelch, 158. | 
PHASEOLUS SEMIERECTUS, Linn. Mant. i. p. 100, var. 
Kotinga Valley, Je Connell & Quelch, 171. 
PHASEOLUS LASIOCARPUS, Mart. (?) er Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. (1838), p. 110, 
Kotinga Valley, McConnell A: Quelch, 177. 
ERIOSEMA CRINITUM, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1840), p. 62. 
Kotinga Valley, Me Connell & Quelch, 186. 
DIPTERYX OPPOSITIFOLIA, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 910. 
Arabapu River, Me Connell A: Quelch, 143, 303. Roraima Range, 3500 fi; MoConnell 
& Quelch, 717.—Guiana and Brazil. 
