FLORA OF BRAZIL. 355 
obtusissimis. Petala oblonga, obtusa, alba, glabra, sub- 
pellucido-punctata. Ovarium biloculare. 
This handsome and very distinct species of Myrcia, I dedi- 
cate to the Botanicorum Princeps. 
425. Feuillea tomentosa (sp. n.) ; foliis quinque-lobatis lobis 
integerrimis inferiorum obtusis superiorum acutis supra 
piloso-pubescentibus subtus tomentosis. 
Has. In bushy places, common. 
8 . Herba scandens. Rami basi suffruticosi, sulcati, to- 
mentosi. Racemi axillares, tomentosi, paniculam efforman- 
tes, versus basim cirrhosi, cirrhis bifidis ; pedunculi multiflori, 
racemosi; pedicelli breves. Calyx 5-fidus, lobis obovato- 
oblongis, obtusis. Petala 5, obovata, obtusa, calycis fauci 
inserta, sepalis alterna. Stamina 10, cum petalis inserta, 
quorum 5 sterilia alterna. 
(Zo be continued.) 
Second paper on the distribution of Aberdeenshire plants, by 
G. Dickie, MD., Lecturer on Botany in the University 
and King’s College of Aberdeen. 
Tue remarks published in a former number of this Jour- 
nal (March 1843) had reference to the upper limits in. 
Aberdeenshire, of plants, which in the same county approach 
also the level of the sea. : 
The present communication will embrace the lowest 
observed limits of plants, which usually abound most, in 
the high grounds of the interior. I believe, something will 
be added to the value of the statements, by mentioning the 
distance of the localities from the sea, as well as their 
elevation above its level. 
A great part of Aberdeenshire partakes very much of the 
nature of an insular climate. The influence exerted by the 
vicinity of the sea is best seen in winter ; especially when 
moderate falls of snow have taken place. The snow seldom 
