FLORA OF GUIANA. 121 
(Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 651) B. dumeliefolia glabrifolie, sed in hac 
etiam ovarium glaberrimum. Folia B. propinque nostre 3-5- 
pollicaria. Venatio B. spicatæ. Inflorescentia etiam consimilis. 
Bractez minores. 
* 9. B. Zœvigata, DC.,—A. Juss. Malp. p. 48. (Cayenne, 
Richard.) 
This I have not seen, unless the two following species, which 
are evidently in many respects allied to it, should prove to be mere 
varieties. 
10. B. ceranthera, sp. n., foliis obovato- v. oblongo-ellipticis 
vix acuminatis basi acutis glabris preter costam subtus pilosam, 
petiolis ramulisque novellis rufo-pilosis, calyce 10-glanduloso, an- 
theris hirsutis, connectivo clavato ultra loculos producto, his in 
acumen longum desinentibus, ovario apice piloso.—On the Esse- 
quibo and Ripunoony, Sckomb. lst Col. n. 525. — : 
Arbor 20-pedalis. Ramuli subteretes, novelli, petioli et stipulæ 
pilis rufis adpressis vestiti; rami adulti et etiam interdum petioli 
demum denudati. Stipule axillares, breves, latze, extus villose. 
Folia pleraque semipedalia, 2—3 poll. lata, petiolo 4—6 lin. longo, 
apice acutata v. raro rotundata, nunc breviter acuminata, consis- 
tentia chartaceo-subcoriacea, adulta utrinque glabra, juniora subtus 
ad costam rufo-pilosa et novella pilis minutis pubescentia, siccitate 
rufescentia, supra nitidula, reticulato-venosa, venis majoribus 
inter primariis sat distantibus. Racemi 4-5-pollicares, rhachi 
bracteis pedicellisque ferrugineo-tomentellis. Bracteæ et bracteolæ | 
brevissimæ, semiorbiculatæ. Flores majusculi. Calycis laciniæ 
latæ, obtusæ, rufo-pubescentes. Petala valde inæqualia, roseo-alba. 
Anthere lute, pilis appressis tectæ, lineares, apice loculis in 
acumen a summo connectivo subbreviore liberum productis quasi 
bicornes. Ovarium superne pilosum, basi fere glabrum. ae 
The structure of the anthers is that of B. Zevigata, but the - 
branches are neither compressed nor smooth as in that species, - 
and the leaves are much larger and different in form. The © 
B. dicorniculata, A. Juss.; has also the two horned anthers, but — 
they are glabrous and of a different shape. The berries of B. ceran- - 
thera are said to be eatable. iio cis o 5 00 $55 
