COLLECTED BY MR. SPRUCE AT PARA. 211 
in very few specimens only: among these, two parasitic Clusie, one 
apparently the C. Hoffmanseggia, Schlecht., the others probably 
new. There is but one specimen of a Caraipa, also new, but not the 
Caraipé, or Pottery-tree, which will be mentioned under -Chrysodala- 
nacee. The name of Caraipé (the meaning of which is unknown to 
me) is evidently given by the Brazilians to several very different 
trees. Ruyschia corallina and Platonia insignis have been sent to 
most subscribers. Of Maregravia umbellata there were but very few, 
with its singular slender barren branches running close against the 
bark of trees, to the length of many feet, with leaves totally unlike 
those of the flowering-stems. 
The Muruxi, n.20 of the Kew list (p. 74), is the Byrsonima spi- 
cata, Rich., and the Umiri, n. 13 (p. 72), is the Humirium flori- 
bundum, Mart. 
The two following Sapindacee are new ; neither, however, were sent 
in sufficent numbers for general distribution. ; 
Cupania longifolia, foliolis 15-18 alternis anguste oblongis basi 
inæqualiter angustatis integerrimis glaberrimis nitidis, panicula 
ampla floribunda, petalis oblongis calyce duplo longioribus squa- 
mam hirsutissimam superantibus, staminibus 4-6.—Foliorum petio- 
lus communis bipedalis, triqueter, glaber, acumine obtuso termi- 
matus. Foliola irregulariter alterna, 6-9 poll. longa, 13-2 poll. 
lata, obtusa, fere coriacea, penninervia et reticulato-venosa, petiolulo 
brevi crasso. Panicula tomento minutissimo subcanescens, ramis 
suleato-angulatis, primariis l-li-pedalibus. Flores secus ramos 
ultimos fasciculati, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, vix 14 lin. longi. | 
Calycis laciniz lato-ovate, obtusæ, extus pubescentes. Petala 5, in- — 
ter se zequalia, angusta, extus leviter puberula. Squama bifida, longe — 
pilosa, petali dimidium æquans v. paulo superans. Discus in lobos - 
5 crassos truncatos cum petalis alternantes divisus. Stamina intra 
discum inserta, sepius 5 eum ejus lobis alternantia, unum tamen 
interdum ad squamam minutam reductum, et semel enumeravi sex. 
Filamenta hispida. Anthere lineares, mucronulata, petala sub- 
æquantes. Ovarium nonnisi abortivum vidi, stylo brevi hispido. 
This is, according to Mr. Spruce, a tree 150 feet high, from the 
neighbourhood of Parà. I have only seen two of the large leaves, with 
a portion of the panicle, in which I have not succeeded in detecting 
any other flowers than males by abortion of the ovary, but they are 
quite sufficient to establish it as a very distinct species. 
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