COLLECTED BY MR. SPRUCE IN BRAZIL. 1l 
modifications in the generic groupes, so as to make them more con- 
formable to habit and inflorescence. In the meantime the present 
plant appears to come nearer in character to Anthodon than to Salacia. 
The South American Aguifoliacee are very numerous, although but — 
few are as yet described, nor has any successful attempt been made as 
yet to groupe them into genera and sections. The species of Ilev are — — 
generally much alike, and distinguished by differences of form, size, 
and consistence, which, although constant within certain limits, are yet | 
very difficult to describe. The present collection contains two, both 
so distinct from any that I am acquainted with, that notwithstanding 
these drawbacks I venture here to characterize them. 
1. Ilex parviflora; glaberrima, foliis longiuscule petiolatis oblongis —— 
ellipticisve obtusis v. obtuse acuminatis integerrimis coriaceis basi _ 
rotundato-subacutis, pedunculis fasciéulatis cum cymis 5-9-floris — 
petiolo brevioribus, floribus minimis tetrapetalis.—.472or 25-pedalis, — 
forma Jlicis aquifolii. Folia coriacea, nitidula, 25-33 poll. longa, — 
14 poll. lata, petiolo 6-8 lin. longo. Nodi floriferi axillares, in ra- — 
mulum haud evoluti. Pedunculi plurimi, interdum ultra 12, vix ae 
3 lin. longi, apice cymulam v. umbellulam ferunt 5—9-floram, pedi- a 
cellis lineam longis. Flores abortu submasculi. Sepala orbicu- 
laria. Petala latiuscula, semilineam longa, alba, separatim secedentia, — : 
Stamina petalis longiora et iis basi vix cohærentia. Ovarium pyra- - 
midato-globosum, carnosum, loculis 4 minimis minute uniovulatis —— 
v. cassis, stigmate sessili obsolete 4-lobo. Flores fertiles non vidi.— < 
From the forest near Barra. S 
2. Ilex petiolaris, sp. n.; glaberrima, foliis longe petiolatis ovatis 
breviter acuminatis integerrimis coriaceis basi cuneatis, pedunculis - 
fasciculatis brevissimis paucifloris, baccis globosis glomeratis.— 4rbor 
irregulariter ramosissima. Folia pleraque 2 poll. longa, fere 13 poll. - 
lata, basi breviter acutata, petiolo 7—9 lin.longo. Flores non vidi. 
Pedunculi fructiferi alii monocarpi 2 lin. longi medio cicatrices | 
ostendunt pedicellorum abortientium, alii ibidem in pedicellos 2-3 - 
divisi. Calyz sub fructu persistens, minimus, 4-lobus.  Zacez 2 lin. 
diametro, coccineæ, 4-spermæ, in fasciculos densos petiolo multo - 
breviores confertæ.— From the Capoeiras near Barra. is 
A variety of Goupia glabra, Aubl., with the leaves and young boots 
occasionally, but not always, covered with appressed hairs, was - 
gathered on the Igarapé d'Irurà, near Sanieren; The Natural Order 1 
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