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nus unilateralis, incompletus, semiannulatus v. 2-3-divisus. Ovarium 
sessile, depresso-globosum, villosum, 3- (rarius 2-) loculare. Ovula 
in loeulis gemina, ab apice collateraliter pendula. Stylus filiformis, 
apice 3- (2-) lobus, lobis subulato-clavatis stigmatosis scepius obliquis 
v. recurvis. Fructus drupaceus (maturum non vidi).—Frutices Ame- 
rice tropice. Stipule parvee, subpersistentes. Folia alterna, inte- 
gerrima, coriacea. Flores ad apicem petioli glomerati (pedunculo 
petiolo adnato). Bractee minute, squamzeformes. 
The species known to me are the following :— 
l. T. Guianensis, Aubl. Pl. Gui. vol. i. p. 126. t. 48?; foliis oblongo- 
ellipticis acuminatis glabris, floribus sessilibus, corollæ laciniis- majo- 
ribus unguiculatis, exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis alte connatis. 
The specimen I have examined is one from French Guiana from 
Sims's herbarium, which agrees so well with Aublet's figure as to the 
leaves and general habit, that I have no hesitation in referring it to his 
species, notwithstanding some discrepancies in the flowers as rudely re- 
presented in the plate. I find them to be sessile amongst the very small, 
persistent, scale-like bracts. The calyx is deeply divided into five (not 
six) divisions, of which the innermost are nearly twice the size of the 
exterior one. The corolla, about three lines long, is smooth outside and 
hairy inside, the divisions or petals are united into a complete tube to 
near half their length, the three entire ones slightly overlapping the 
two others in the bud; these two broad inner lobes are, as represented 
by Aublet, much shorter than the others, but are emarginate and bicu- 
cullate as in other species, and narrowed into a claw nearly as long as 
themselves; the three outer ones are united into a lip as stated by 
Aublet, but that- lip is not merely tricrenate, but divided into three 
linear-lanceolate lobes. The stamens are inserted at the base of the 
lobes, but the three larger fertile ones can, on splitting the tube, easily be 
separated from it, which accounts for Aublet's representing one of them 
as inserted in the base of the corolla. The disc is much smaller than 
in T. ciliata, and, in the flower I opened, was divided into two ovate 
glands opposite to the inner petals. 
2. T. latifolia, sp. n. ; foliis ovali-ellipticis acuminatis glabris, floribus 
breviter pedicellatis, corolle lobis omnibus unguiculatis subæqui- 
longis, exterioribus oblique lanceolatis. 
My specimens are from Forsyth’s herbarium. I found them in a 
collection of Patagonian plants given to Forsyth by Captain Middleton ; 
