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berry is oblong, contracted below, supported on a calyx appa- 

 rently but little enlarged, and contains 2 or 3 seeds in each 

 cell ; the seeds correspond with those of the last species. 



3. Cestrum collinum (n. sp.) — ramulis compressis junioribus 

 angulatis, tomentosis : foliis lanceolatis, basi rotundatis, 

 apice acuminatis, apiculatis, supra nitidis, subtus stellato- 

 pulverulentis, petiolatis : paniculis terminalibus, vel racemis 

 axillaribus, abbreviatis, subumbellato-capitatis, pedunculis 

 calycibusque tomentosis, baccis pisiformibus. — Rio de Ja- 

 neiro, Corcovado. v. v. 



The leaves of this species are 5 in. long, and 1£ in. broad, 

 on a petiole 5 lines long, which is swollen at base. 



4. Cestrum Corcovadense (n, sp.) — ramulis teretibus : fohis 

 ellipticis, utrinque sub-attenuatis, glaberrimis, petiolo gra- 

 cili basi tumido, pseudo-stipulis sessilibus, ineequilateris : 

 racemis axillaribus brevissimis, floribus subcapitatis, sta- 

 minibus edentulis, inclusis, insertione villosis : baccis pisi- 

 formibus. — Rio de Janeiro, Monte Corcovado. v. v. 



The leaves are of thin texture, with numerous reticulate 

 veins, 8 in. long, 3f in. broad, on a petiole 1 in. long : the 

 pseudo-stipules are 9 lin. long, 4 lin. broad : the racemes are 

 only 9 lines long, the corolla with a very smooth tube is 

 9 lines long, the lobes of the border being deeply turned in, 

 where in aestivation the margins adhere by these broad 

 tomentous edges, the stamens are one-third the length of the 

 corolla. 



5. Cestrum mucronatum (n. sp.) — ramulis sub compressis; 

 foliis petiolatis, exstipulatis, ellipticis, utrinque glabris et 

 viridescentibus, apice valde attenuatis, calloque apiculatis, 

 marginibus subrevolutis et crassioribus ; racemis axillari' 

 bus, geminis, compositis ; baccis oblongis. — Brasilia, Pr° v * 

 Rio de Janeiro, ad Freixal. v. v. 



The leaves of this species are 4 in. long and 1 1 in. broad, 

 on a canicular petiole, 6 lines long ; the racemes are from 

 l£ to 3± in. long; the calyx is campanulas 5-toothed, with 

 ciliate margins. 



