10 REPORT ON THE PLANTS 
nibus in massam duram conferruminatis, radicula minuta mammæ- 
formi hilum superum spectante. 
This species, from the Barra do Rio Negro, is a shrub of about seven 
feet in height, with very small yellowish flowers. The fruit is yellowish- 
glaucous, juicy, and sweet. The Indians are very fond of it, and call 
it Uaiatumà. 
2. Anthodon grandiflorus, sp. n.; glaber, foliis crassis late oblongis 
acuminatis integerrimis basi rotundatis, floribus pro genere magnis 
axillaribus lateralibusque aggregatis, pedicellis flore longioribus, 
petalis late obovatis integerrimis.—#rufex alte scandens. Folia 
petiolata, pleraque semipedalia v. longiora, crasse coriacea, acumine 
brevi obtuso, costa prominente, venis arcuatis parum conspicuis. 
Pedicelli in axillis 4-6, per anthesin semipollicem longi. Caly% 
apertus, lobis vix lineam longis orbiculatis, exterioribus paulo mino- 
ribus. Petala lutea, basi fusca, obtusissima, 4 lin. longa, expansa, 
2 exteriora paulo latiora et basi minus angustata. Discus fuscus, 
conicus, crassus. Stamina ad marginem disci inserta, filamentis 
lineam longis. Antheræ transverse, reniformes, per anthesin con- 
fluentim uniloculares, juniores in loculos 2 obliquos subdivisi. Ova- 
rium disco immersum, loculis 3 biseriatim quadriovulatis. S/ylus 
nullus, Ovarii apex triangularis, medio stigmatosus.— Near Barra, 
along streams. 
3. Anthodon ? Zaxiflorus, sp. n. ; glaberrimus, foliis oblongis breviter 
acuminatis integerrimis gioübiserritisve, paniculis axillaribus sessi- 
libus laxe dichotomis, segmentis calycinis latissimis, petalis calyce 
.. duplo longioribus orbiculatis integerrimis, ovarii loculis biovulatis.— 
= Frutex scandens. Folia breviter petiolata, semipedalia et longiora, 
tenuiter coriacea, nitidula. Panicule bipollicares, a basi ramos, 
ramis gracilibus fere filiformibus paucifloris, pedicellis ultimis 3-6 
lin. longis. Flores expansi vix 2 lin. diametro. Filamenta intra 
. discum inserta, libera, petalis breviora. -dathere juniores distincte 
_ biloculares sed transversæ loculis divaricatis, nec ut in Salaciis 
Americanis erectz loculis parallelis, et loculi demum in unum con- 
fluunt. Fructus ignotus. 
_ This climber, with small yellow flowers, was gathored near Obidos, 
- and distributed under the name of Salacia laxiflora, and may in some 
measure be considered as intermediate between the two genera. It is: 
i: probable that a better acquaintance with the Order may point out some 
