46 REPORT ON TWO BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS FROM 
BEFARIA GUIANENSIS, Klotzsch, in R. Schomb. Reisen in Brit.-Guiana, iii. p. 1088; 
Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1887), p. 278; Appun, Unter den 
Tropen, ii. pp. 232, 287, 292. 
Upper slopes and Ledge of Mount Roraima, WeConnell & Quelch, 40.—Endemic. 
BEFARIA IwTHURNII, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Frutieulus nanus, ramis pilis glanduliferis 
vel setulis vestitus. Folia conferta, breviter petiolata, coriacea, elliptico-oblonga vel 
elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque obtusa vel acuta, supra glabra, subtus glauca et glabra 
vel costa plus minus setulosa, marginibus integris vel glanduloso-scabridis vel ciliatis. 
Racemi subumbelliformes, densi. Pedicelli subhispidi. Calyx campanulatus, 7—8- 
lobus, lobis biseriatis late ovatis obtusis. Petala 6-8, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 
12-16, petalis sub:equilonga, basi pilosa—Befaria aff. B. resinose, Mutis; Oliver 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1887), p. 278. 
A dwarf shrublet, with the branchlets densely covered with spreading simple or gland- 
tipped hairs, very leafy. Leaves crowded, very shortly petiolate, coriaceous ; petiole 1-1 
lin. long; blade 4-1 in. long, i-i in. broad, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, about 
equally acute or obtuse at each end, with slightly revolute margins, which are either 
quite entire, minutely gland-scabrid, or ciliate with short gland-tipped bristles or longer 
simple hairs, glabrous and smooth above, glaucous and either quite glabrous or with some 
simple or gland-tipped bristles scattered along the midrib beneath. Flowers several, 
crowded into a short terminal umbel-like raceme or cluster, each flower being solitary 
in the axil of one of the uppermost leaves. Pedicels 3-7 lin. long, more or less densely 
covered with stiff spreading hairs. Calyx about 2 lin. long, campanulate, 7-8-lobed to 
about the middle, with the lobes in two series, broadly ovate, obtuse, glabrous, minutely 
ciliate. Corolla glabrous, pink; petals 6-8, slightly spreading, 8-9 lin. long, 3 lin. 
broad, oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base. Stamens 12-16, about as long as the petals; 
filaments filiform, slightly thickened and hairy at the base; anthers 1 lin. long, cuneately 
oblong, obtuse. Ovary depressed, lobulate, glabrous, with a glabrous style 6-8 lin. long, 
elongating to 1-17 in. long in fruit, and a capitate slightly lobed stigma. Capsule about 
i in. diam., woody, 6 (or more ?)-valved. 
Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., im Thurn, 310; MeConnell & Quelch, 94, 646. 
Allied to B. guianensis, Klotzsch (Schomburgk, 1041), from which it differs in its less 
elongated, glabrous leaves. In B. guianensis the leaves are 1-1} in. long, and their upper 
surface is thinly covered with short gland-tipped bristles, tubercular at the base, becoming 
more or less scabrid after the bristles have fallen or have been rubbed off; on the under 
side they are more or less densely covered all over with fine gland-tipped hairs, with 
longer hairs on the midrib, and they appear to be less glaucous than in B. Imthurnii. 
MYRSINACE. 
Appisia QuELCuHir N. E. Brown, sp. n. Frutex dioicus, glaber, ramis crassis. Folia 
alterna, petiolata, coriacea, obovata vel subelliptica, obtusa vel rare subacuta, integra, 
subtus minutissime rubro-glandulosa. Panicule axillares, anguste oblong vel 
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