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spicuis. Bractee ad basin inflorescentize convolutæ, acutissime acu- 
minate, 3 lin. longe. Racemi 2-8-pollicares, omnes in speciminibus 
suppetentibus simplices, pedicellis unifloris 7-9 lin. longis, prope 
basin cicatrice bracteolæ notatis. Sepala obtusa, 21 lin. longa. 
Petala et stamina desunt. In fructu juniore, sepalis jam delapsis, 
discus crassus globosus, carpella gerens 5 obovoideo-globosa gla- 
berrima. 
The following very distinct Chailletia, from the vicinity of Santarem, 
is remarkable from the petals, the inside of the calyx, and the filaments 
being perfectly black, with white anthers. All the flowers I have exa- 
mined have proved to be male by abortion. 
Chailletia vestita, sp. n.; ramulis inflorescentiaque rufo-velutinis, foliis 
ovatis rugosis supra villosulis subtus molliter tomentoso-villosis, 
peduneulis dichotome corymbosis, inferioribus axillaribus petiolo 
adnatis, summis paniculatis aphyllis, floribus polygamis, petalis: 
calyce subbrevioribus, staminibus marium breviter exsertis, (fructu 
oblique obovoideo compressiusculo velutino),—Arbor parva, ramis 
irregularibus fragilibus, ramulis teretibus. Folia inferiora vix bre- 
vissime petiolata, 3-6 poll. longa, 2-4 poll. lata, obtusa v. breviter 
obtuseque acuminata, basi rotundata v. subcordata, floralia similia 
nisi petiolo 2-6 lin. longo fulta. Stipule lanceolate, crassæ, 1-2 lin. 
longe, rufo-tomentosæ. Oyme dichotome corymbosze, tomento rufo 
villosæ, inferiores pedunculatæ pedunculo petiolo æquilongo et ei 
adnato, superiores ad axillam bracteæ parvæ sessiles, thyrsum ter- 
minalem constituentes ; omnes a basi repetite dichotomæ, 13-2 poll. 
late, floribunde. Bractee parve, caducæ. Flores quos vidi omnes 
masculi Calyx profunde 5-lobus; /acimie ovate, 1 lin. longæ, 
æstivatione imbricatæ, extus dense cano-tomentosæ, intus glabræ 
et nigræ. Petala nigra, calyce paulo breviora, semibifida, lobis lon- 
gitudinaliter plicatis. Stamina 5, calyce paulo longiora, glabra, 
. antheris ovatis, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Glandule 5, 
. bifidæ, petalis opposite. Ovarii rudimentum in centro floris disci- 
-. forme, stylo brevissimo intra lanam abscondito. 
.. À set of specimens gathered in young fruit in the neighbourhood of 
< Barra appear to belong to the same species, although, according to Mr. 
Spruce’s label, they are from a stout sipd or woody climber, not from a 
tree. The leaves are often larger, less downy, and often more decidedly 
ad somewhat sharply acuminate ; many of them, however, are precisely 
