FLORA OF BRAZIL. 339 
Has. Bushy places. Fl. Feb. 
My specimens agree very well with the description of 
Cambessedes in every thing except the leaves, which are 
broader than they are in St. Hilaire’s specimens. 
356 Oxalis repens, Thunb. Ox. 11. t. 1. f. 5. D. C. Prodr. |. 
p. 693. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1. p. 120. 
Has. In open, waste and cultivated places. Fl. all the 
year. 
346. Ilex Paraguayensis, Lamb. Pin. t. 2. Spreng. Cur. Post. 
D. 48. var. a. Hook. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1. p. 35. t. 1. 
Has. In woods, but not common. In fruit in January. 
347. Mertensia Braziliensis, (sp. n.); folis ellipticis rotun- 
datisve utrinque obtusis mucronatis apice subserratis supra 
pubescentibus subtus tomentosis, ramulis verrucosis sub- 
flexuosis, spinis solitarüs deflexis vix recurvis, racemis 
axillaribus pubescentibus. 
Han. In bushy places, foot of the Organ Mountains. Fi. 
March. 
Frutex 6-8-pedalis, ramosus. Folia alterna, brevi-petio- 
lata, 6-10 lin. longa, 4-6 lata. Racemi breves, pauciflori. 
Calyx 5-sepalus, foliolis imbricatis, ovatis, acutis, extus pu- 
berulis. Stamina 5.  Anthere subrotunde, basi emargi- 
nate. Styli 2, complanati, apice bifidi. 
348. Casearia pauciflora, Cambess. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 
2. p. 235. 
Has. In virgin forests, common. FI. March. 
349. Of this number I do not find a gpecimen in my collec- | 
tion. | 
IsonEsM1ia. Genus novum. 
(Orv. Nar. LEGUMINOSÆ ; HEpDYsAREJE.) 
Cuar. Gen. Calyx bracteolis duabus, persistentibus, 
campanulatus, 5-fidus, subbilabiatus, laciniis subaequalibus, 
duabus superioribus obtusis, ceteris acutis. Corolla papi- 
lionacea: vexillum suborbiculatum, emarginatum, reflexo- 
patentissimum ; ale oblonge, libere, vexillo breviores ; 
