COLLECTED BY MR. SPRUCE IN BRAZIL. A — 
supera, cotyledonibus subfoliaceis crassiusculis plus minus plicatis.— 
From sandy soils in the forest near Barra, differing considerably in 
habit from other Zcicz. 
5. Hedwigia rhojfolia, sp. n. ; foliolis 9-13 oblique ovali-ellipticis acu- 
minatis pauciserratis rigide membrariaceis ad costam petiolis inflo- 
rescentiaque puberulis, paniculis axillaribus brevibus, drupis tomen- 
tosis 1-2-pyrenis—— Arbor 25-pedalis, resinoso-aromatica. Pubes 
ramulorum petiolorum et inflorescentiæ rufescens. Folia majora 
sesquipedalia, foliolis ultimis interdum semipedalibus; foliola in- 
feriora minora, opposita, penninervia et retieulato-venosa. Panicule 
in axillis superioribus 4—5-pollicares. Flores non vidi, sed reliquiæ 
ad basin fructus calycem indicant parvum 5-lobum. Stamina 10, 
sub disco orbiculari inserta. Drupe 6-8 lin. longæ, tomento ferru- 
gineo vestitæ, nunc late ovoideo-globosæ acutinsculæ dipyrenæ, 
nunc oblique ovoideæ dorso convexæ, hinc obtusangulæ, apice .— — 
aeutiuscule, monopyrenæ. Pyrene osseæ, pulpa alba obtecte. —— 
Semen pendulum, obovoideum, rectum, testa membranacea. Coty- 
ledones crasso-carnosæ, plano-convexæ, rectæ, apice (infera) productæ 
in acumen breve radiculæforme tenue incurvum, in dorsum alterius 
cotyledonis incumbens (nec ut in Mauria multiflora accumbens). 
Radicula vera brevis, supera, intra emarginaturam cotyledonum 
inclusa.—From the vicinity of Barra. o 
6. Thyrsodium Spruceanum, gen. nov.— Char. gen. THYRSODIUM 
(Salzm. MS). Flores abortu dioici (v. polygami ?). FL. masc. 
Calyx campanulatus, semi-5-fidus, laciniis acutis, æstivatione valvatis. 
Petala 5, laciniis calycinis alternantia, ad apicem tubi inserta, æsti- 
vatione valvata. Stamina 5, petalis alterna et eum iis inserta, 
brevia, antheris medifixis introrsis bilocularibus loculis parallelis - 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum cum stylo con- 
tinuum, lineare, corolla paulo brevius, apice in stigma bilobum 
dilatatum. FV. fem. et fructus ignoti.—Axrbores austro- American. 
Folia alterna, impari-pinnata, foliolis suboppositis. Panicule mascule 
terminales, ample, floribunda.  Bracteæ parve, lanceolate, squame- 
formes. Flores im ordine majusculi, fere Garugæ. e hs 
Of this genus, closely allied to the East Indian Garuga, I have the - 
three following species :— us S 
1. T. Spruceanum ; panicula mascula laxa petiolisque minute tomen- 
tellis, foliolis 11-13 oblongis acuminatis supra nitidis reticulatis - 
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