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valde imbricata. Petala 5, calyce longiora, Eestivatlone imbricata, 

 intus medio barbata. FL masc. Stmn'ma 5, petalis alterna, sub disco 

 depresso cupulato crasso 5-lobo inserta. Aritlier^e lineares, bilocu- 



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lares. Ovarii rudiraentum in medio disco lineare, apice 2-3-fidum. 

 FLfcem, Ovarium disco brevi membranaceo cupulato obsolete 5-lobo 

 cinctum, in stylos 3 apice breviter bidentatos desinenSj intus trilocu- 

 lare. Ovnla in loculis solitaria, a placenta fungoso-cupulata pendula. 

 Capmla coriacea, acuta, 3-cocca, coccis demura semibifidis intus 

 dehiscentibus. Albumen carnosuma cotyledones foliaceae, radicula 

 brevis. 

 Species unica, P. Schomhurgkiana^ Miers, MS. — Frutex v. arbor debilis 

 10-20-pedalis, glaber, exceptis inflorescentiis partibusque novellis 

 pube miuuta subglandulosa canescentibiis. Stipulce minutse, cadu- 

 cissimse, rarius etiam in ramulis novellis conspicuse. Folia alterna, 

 petiolata, ovata v. oblonga, 3-5 poll, longa, 1^-2 poll. lata, obtusa 

 V. breviter acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta;, cbartacea v. subcoria- 

 cea, utrinque'glabra, supra nitidula penninerm, petiolo semipoUicari 

 V. longiore apice incrassato. Spicm interruptge v. ssepius paniculae 

 axillares 1-3-poUicares, mascute foemineis longiores et ramosiores. 

 Florea albidi, suaveolentes, vix sesquilineam longi, ad axillam bractea 

 brevis concavse squamasformis arete sessiles, et bracteolis 2 parvis 

 fulti. Sepala orbiculata, crassiuscula, glabra v. pube minutissima 

 canescentia, exteriora minora, sub fruotu persistentia. Pelala duplo 

 longiora pariter rigidula et saepius glabra, marium intus densius et 

 longius barbata quamfoemineorum. Stamina calycera sequantia, fita- 

 mentis apice barbatis, antlieris filamento sequilongis. Capmla 4 lin. 

 longa, extus tomento minuto canescens. Setnina ovoidea, compres- 

 siuscula, nitida, siccitate venis tenuibus reticulata. — Var. lovgifolia 

 non differt nisi foliis 5-7 poll, longis, evid' alius acuminatis, inflores- 

 centia simpliciore, floribus paullo minoribus. 



In the thick bush on the Hio Negro, Boh, ScJwmburgk^ 1st coll. n, 

 859; in the capoeiras near Barra, and in the gapo at San Caljriel do 

 Cachoeiras on the same river, R. Spruce ; in the province of Pernam- 

 buco, Gardner (a single specimen) ; and in Brazil without the precise 

 station, Swainson, in the Hookeriau Herbarium, The long-leaved 

 variety was found by Spruce in the rocky gapo near Airao on the Eio 

 Negro. 



