238 REPORT ON THE PLANTS 
Swartzia (Possira) racemosa, sp. n., foliolis solitariis brevissime petio- 
latis ovali-ellipticis abrupte acuminatis coriaceis glabris supra niti- 
dulis aveniis subtus glaucescentibus, racemis folia subszquantibus 
multifloris, pedicellis brevissimis, petalo orbiculato, staminibus nume- 
rosis.—Ramuli glabri. Stipule lineares, rigidule, persistentes, 
2-3 lin. longe.  Petiolus communis omnino deesse videtur; petio- 
lulus 2 lin. longus. Foliolum 3-4 poll. longum, 11-2 poll. latum, 
costa media supra impressa subtus prominula, venis subtus paucis 
parum prominentibus, supra omnino inconspicuis ; acumen angustum, 
3-4 lin. longum. Racemi ferrugineo-tomentosi, jam infra medium 
floriferi. Bractes lineares, rigidule, pedicello sublongiores, accedunt 
etiam sspe bracteole 2 minute setacee ad basin pedicelli. Pedi- 
- cellus vix lineam longus. Alabastrum globosum, 2 lin. diametro. 
Calyx extus tenuiter tomentellus, intus glaber. Petalum breviter 
unguiculatum, circa 6 lin. diametro. Stamina majora 5, minora 
numerosa. Ovarium vix 3 lin. longum, glaberrimum, lunato-falcatum; 
sutura ovulifera recta, dorsalis semicircularis ; stipes ovarium ipsum 
zequans ; stylus brevissimus, uncinatus.—At Caripi, on the beach of 
the Rio Para. A tree of sixty feet in height, called by the Brazilians 
Caraipé-rano. 
I take this opportunity of characterizing another new simple-leaved 
Swartzia, from British Guiana (Rod. Schomburgk, 2nd Coll. n. 548, 
Rich, Schomburgk, n. 852) :— 
S. (Possira) oblonga, foliolis solitariis breviter petiolatis anguste ob- 
longis coriaceis nitidis venosis glabris, racemis laxe paucifloris 
. ferrugineo-tomentellis, petalo majusculo orbiculato, staminibus nume- 
rosis, ovario stipite subbreviore.—Ramuli novelli et inflorescentia 
tomento tenui ferruginei.  Petiolus infra articulationem (7. e. petio- 
lus communis) 1-2 lin. longus, ad articulationem minute bituber- 
culosus, supra articulationem (petiolulus) vix lineam longus. Folio- 
lum 21-4 poll. longum, venulis numerosis reticulatis utrinque 
conspicuis. Racemi folio breviores, 2—5-flori. Bracteæ minute. 
Pedicelli 4-5 lin. longi. Petalum 8-10 lin. diametro. Ovarium 
S. racemose, stipite tamen longiore. 
There were two or three specimens of a Vowapa, which I named 
V. bifolia, Aubl. ; but upon carefully working up the genus as far as 
‘my materials admitted, they appear to me rather to belong to the 
V. phacelocarpa, Hayne. I have not, however, seen the fruit, and 
