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subtus vix sub lente tomentellis, basi acutis, pedicellis bracteas 
superantibus calycem subæquantibus. — 4rbor 16-pedalis. Folia 
1-li-pedalia. oliola pleraque opposita, 3-6 poll. longa, 1-14 
poll. lata, abrupte et acutiuscule acuminata, basi acuta et breviter 
petiolulata, penninervia et reticulato-venulosa, venis primariis subtus 
prominulis et minute tomentellis, rete venularum utrinque conspicuo. 
Panicula anguste pyramidata, foliis subbrevior, bis terve ramosa, 
floribus secus ramulos ultimos racemulosis. Bractee lanceolatæ, 
acutæ, deciduæ, majores linea paulo longiores; ultimæ lineares, 
minime. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. longi, uti calyces et petala extus to- 
mentelli. Calycis tubus lineam longus, laciniæ tubo æquilongæ. 
Petala paulo longiora, lanceolata, acumine inflexo. Stamina petalis 
dimidio breviora.— From the campos near Santarem. Flowers 
yellowish-green, honey-scented. (R. Spruce.) 
2. T. Salzmannianwm ; panicula mascula thyrsoidea fasciculiflora pe- 
tiolisque ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliolis (11-13) late oblongis breviter 
acuminatis coriaceis supra nitidis reticulatis subtus vix tomentellis 
basi obtusis, pedicellis bracteas vix æquantibus calyce brevioribus.— 
Foliola quam in T. Spruceano latiora, rigidiora. Flores secus ramos 
breves paniculæ dense glomerati.—Ad Bahiam in collibus. (Salz- 
mann.) 
8. T. Schomburgkianum ; panicula mascula ampla ramosissima petio- 
lisque ferrugineo-tomentellis, foliolis (11—13) amplis elliptico-oblongis 
acuminatis supra ad costam subtusque ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 
pedicellis bracteam vix æquantibus calyce brevioribus.—Folia bi- 
. pedalia. Foliola 6-8 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, vix coriacea, supra 
scabriuscula, subtus undique pubescentia. Panicula bipedalis. Flores 
in ramulos ultimos fasciculati, quam in præcedentibus paulo minores. 
—British Guiana; Sir Robt. Schomburgk, 1st coll. n. 892. 
(To be continued.) 
Abstract of a Journal kept during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald ; 
by BERTHOLD SEEMANN. 
On the 30th of October, 1850, the Herald fairly commenced her 
homeward voyage by bidding adieu to the Hawaiian Islands, and 
shaping her course towards China. Wafted along by the north-west 
