996 . ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF 
B.? Cayennense ; foliis angustis ultra pedem longis, 2-3 poll. latis. 
Cayenne, Martin. have only a single specimen, of which the fruit 
is not yet ripe; I am not sure therefore whether it may not prove to be 
“a distinct species. 
^. L. macrophyllum, Spruce ; foliis breviter petiolatis amplis lanceolato- 
v. obovali-oblongis basi longe angustatis, venis arcuatis in nervum 
intramarginalem confluentibus, pedunculis fasciculatis racemosis folio 
multo brevioribus.— Frutex 19—20-pedalis, ramis nodosis. Folia 
majora fere sesquipedalia, obtusa, tenuiter coriacea, opaca, venis quam 
in precedentibus evidentioribus. Racemi numerosi, 2—4-pollicares. 
Pedicelli breves. Flores precedentis nisi petalis angustioribus. 
Fructus non vidi. 
Near Barra do Rio Negro, in the Capoeiras, R. Spruce. This species 
may be very readily distinguished from the two preceding by the intra- 
marginal nerve, formed of the connection of the primary veins, and 
continuous nearly to the apex of the leaf, whilst there is scarcely ever 
any trace of it in the two other species. The pedieels are also much 
shorter, the calycine teeth scarcely prominent, even in the bud, and the 
petals narrower. 
[] 
On a new Genus and some new Species of TASMANIAN PLANTS; by 
J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S., ete. With three Plates. 
I. MizLrGANIA*, Hook. fil. (Nat. Ord. Liliacez.) 
Perianthium persistens, patens, fere ad basin hemisphericum, 6- (rarius 
5-1-) partitum, segmentis imbricatis. Stamina 6, parva, segmentis 
inserta; filamentis brevibus subulatis ; antheris introrsis versatilibus 
2-locularibus, polline subgloboso. ' Ovarium oblongum, basi perian- 
thio immersum et eo adhzerens, 3-loculare. Styli 8, discreti, subu- 
lati, recurvi; stigmata punctiformia ; ovu/a plurima, angulo interiori 
affixa, ascendentia, anatropa. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, profunde 
triloba, chartaceo-membranacea, ad. medium tripartibilis, loculis 
(stylis fissis terminatis) superne breviter loculicide dehiscentibus. + 
Semina plurima v. abortu pauca, ascendentia, linearia, curva; testa 
_ * Milligania, mihi, in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 299, does not differ _ erically from 
Gunnera and Dysemone, Banks et Sol. I have to express my regret for the inad- 
vertence which led to my idering that ; ^ 
time my gratification at being enabled to dedicate the present far more interesting 
genus to one of the most indefatigable and able of Tasmanian botanists. 
