212 PLANTS COLLECTED BY MR. SPRUCE. 
Talisia laxiflora, foliolis 10—20 oblique oblongis obtuse acuminatis basi 
- rotundatis glabriusculis subtus pallidis, panicula laxa, calycibus 
petalis brevioribus.—Ramuli sulcati, verruculosi, glabri. Foliorum 
petiolus communis 8-10-pollicaris, minute tomentellus, teres v. infra 
foliola superiora marginatus, seta brevi terminatus.  Foliola alterna, 
petiolulata, 2-4-pollicaria, basi hine rotundata illinc acuta, rarius 
cequilatera, supra siccitate nigricantia, utrinque oculo nudo glabra, 
sub lente tamen pili minuti rari apparent. Panicula ei Cupanie 
micranthe subsimilis, laxior tamen et oblonga. Cymæ secus 
ramulos pedunculate, multiflore. ^ Flores parvi, brevissime pedi- 
cellati. Calyx extus parce puberulus, siccitate nigricans, lobis bre- 
vibus latis. Petala lacinias calycinas duplo excedentia, semilineam 
longa, late orbieularia, apice retusa, extus glabra, squamis bipartitis © 
dense hirsutis petala ipsa superantibus. Discus crasse carnosus. Sta- 
mina 8. Ovarium 3-loculare, apice crasso-carnosum, integrum, obtu- 
sissimum, summo vertice tenuiter stigmatosum absque stylo distincto. 
Gathered at Tanaü, on the Rio Acari. Mr. Spruce states it to be 
a tree with spreading branches. 
In Cambessédes’ memoir on Sapindacee, Talisia, of which the fruit 
is unknown, is distinguished from Cupania by the length of the scales 
inside the petals, and by the absence of any distinct style. If the 
- former characters alone were relied on, Cupania punctata, Camb., 
- C. micrantha, Mart., and some others, should be referred to Talisia ; 
they have, however, been retained in Cupania, on account of their 
yle. The limits of the latter extensive genus are at present but 
little understood ; but if Aublet’s Talisia be adopted as distinct, there 
. is no doubt that our species should be associated with it. 
-~ A Cochlospermum from Caripi, distributed to several of the sub- 
scribers, appears to be new, but I have at present no means of com- 
. paring it with C. Parkeri, Planch., with which it evidently has much 
: Paii, and may be identical. 
. .. Among the remaining Thalamifloræ there are a few specimens of the 
ex poem (Caryocar glabrum, Pers.), the Carambole (Averrhoa Caram- 
et bola, L. ), the Cashew-nut (Anacardium occidentale, L.), and the Mango 
(Mangifera Indica, L.), and several of a new Tapiria, of which I defer 
the description for a general review of the genus, as our herbaria 
contain several unpublished species from Guiana and tropical Brazil. 
(To be continued.) 
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