630 ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF LAURINE/;E. 
fruits, and I am now able to add the Botanical description of 
this useful tree, which is a new species of the genus derodi- 
clidium of Nees von Esenbeck, to which I have given the spe- 
cific name Camara. 
AcnoDICLIDIUM, Nees. — Familia Laurine&%, — Tribus 
Acrodiclidia, Nees Laurin. 243. 
Acrodiclidium Camara (Schomb.); ramulis cinereis, foliis 
elliptico-oblongis obtuse cuspidatis utrinque glabris, thyrsulis 
laxis quam folia vix brevioribus, staminodiis primi et secundi 
ordinis obovato-spathulatis, fructu maximo cupula crassa 
rugosa margine lacera semi-immerso. 
Acrodiclidium Camara, Schomb. in Hook. Ic. Pl. ined. 
Inflorescentia et ramuli novelli pube minutissima substri- 
gillosa canescentes, partes adultiores glaberrime. Folia 4-6 
poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata, basi cuneata apice in acumen 
breve v. longiusculum obtusum producta, coriacea, opaca, 
petiolo 3-5 lin. longo, subdilatato. Thyrsi ad basin innova- 
tionum laterales, raro axillares, laxe divaricato-ramosi, ramulis 
laxe cymulosis plurifloris, pedicellis ultimis perigonio brevio- 
ribus. Bractee minute, squameeformes, caducissime. Pe- 
rigonium lineam longum, linea in limbo paullo latius, in tubo 
brevissime strigillosum, externe glabrum; Jacini@ sex, eequa- 
les, suborbiculate, pellucido-puntate, crassiuscule, margine 
tenui. Staminodia sex exteriora obovato-spathulata, ungut- 
culata, laciniis perigonii subbreviora et iis opposita, ut in A. 
Brasiliensi, quasi limbum interiorem perigonii referentia. 
Stamina tria (tertii ordinis) crasso-carnosa, subtetragono- 
turbinata, perigonio zquilonga, apice dorso oblique truncata, 
basi extus utrinque glandula majuscula ovoidea instructa; 
anthere a filamento indistincte, poris duobus parvis ad 
angulam apicalem interiorem dehiscentes. Stamina quart 
ordinis nulla. Ovarium tubo perigonii immersum, oblongum» 
glabrum, uniovulatum, in stylum staminibus vix breviorem» 
acutum transiens. Fructus depresso-globosus, 2-3 poll. din- 
metro, coriaceo-baccatus, perigonio aucto cupuliformi sub- 
lignoso, rugoso, margine irregulariter breviter et obtuse lacero, 
