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Stamina numerosissima, in floribus masculis totum torum tegentia, 
petala æquantia; filamentis abbreviatis vix puberulis. <Anthere 
elongate, apice hirtelle. Ovarium in floribus hermaphroditis et 
fructus junior omnino Z. latifolia. 
Both the above species are polygamous; in both of them herma- 
phrodite and male flowers are to be found in one and the same raceme, 
as is probably the case in all Lindackerie and true Mayne. 
The following Flacourtia, from Santarem, is also new; the specimens 
have all male flowers only. 
Flacourtia nitida, sp. n.; inermis glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis 
ovatis breviter acuminatis basi cuneatis margine calloso-serratis 
venosis supra nitidis, floribus (masculis) glomeratis, pedicellis 
glabris, calycis foliolis ciliatis, disco 8-lobo.—F#rutex biorgyalis, 
ramosissimus, ramulis teretibus glabris punctis albis notatis. Folia 
14-2 poll. v. rarius 3 poll. longa, circa pollicem lata, petiolo 1-2 
lin. longo, rigidule chartacea, venis prominulis, faciebus concoloribus, 
superiore nitida, inferiore opaca, punctis pellucidis paucis notata. 
. Racemuli brevissimi, glomerulos 6-10-floros formantes. Bracteæ ad 
basin pedicellorum oblongæ, cymbæformes, pedicellis breviores. 
Pedicelli vix lineam longi. Flores parvi. Calycis foliola 4, ovali- 
oblonga, obtusa, concava, margine ciliolata, semilineam longa. Discus 
annularis, fere usque ad basin divisus in glandulas 8 truncatas v. 
retusas. Stamina circa 20, calyce paulo breviora, receptaculum 
totum vestientia, ovarii rudimento nullo. Sfirps feminea mihi 
ignota. 
There are four Samydee from the neighbourhood of Santarem, viz. :— 
1. Casearia (Iroucana) ramiflora, Vahl, var.? This is the large- 
leaved form, or true Zroucana Guianensis of Aublet, referred to in Hook. 
Journ. Bot. vol. iv. p. 110, which, if really different from the small- _ 
leaved West Indian form, might take the name of ©. Zrowcama. 
Blanchet’s n. 3119, referred to in the same paper as a new species, a 
has been since published by Miquel (‘ Linnea,’ vol. xxii. p. 801) — 
under the name of C. Blanchetiana. He describes it as decandrous, - 
but the flowers in my specimen are certainly 5-fid, with 8 stamina, 
as in all other species of the same section. 
2. Caseariæ (Pitumba) spec. ; perhaps new, but closely allied to 
C. stipularis, Vahl, from which it only appears to differ in its smaller 
and less toothed leaves, and smaller stipules and flowers. It is, also, 
