Mr. J. Miers on the genus Liriosma. 105 



drawn up from my own observations ; and after the enumeration 

 of its species, I purpose subjoining some remarks upon the affi- 

 nities of the order to which it belongs : — 



Liriosma, Popp. Hypocarpus, A. DC. — Calyx parvus, carnosus, 

 cupuliformis, disco adnatus, margine libero, crenato, vel obso- 

 lete 5-dentato, augescens, et ad fructum demum coalitus, eum 

 tegens. Petala 6, saspe usque ad medium geminatim laxe 

 connata, carnosa, sestivatione valvata, apice processubus toti- 

 dem inflexa. Stamina fertilia 3, petalis alterna, dimidio bre- 

 viora, et ante suturam cuj usque paris sita, e margine disci cu- 

 puliformis orta ; filamenta complanata, pilis longis cottoneis 

 barbata, demum glabra, libera, vel ad petalas imo ssepius laxe 

 agglutinata, connectivo crasso lato continua ; anthera introrsse, 

 ovatae, cordatse, 4-lobse, 4-loculares, 4-valves, valvarum mar- 

 gine alterutro vicissim dextrorsum et sinistrorsum intrinsecus 

 soluto, hinc longitudinal iter dehiscentes. Stamina sterilia 6, 

 petalis opposita, et vix longiora, filamenta carnosula, longe 

 barbata, demum glabra, apice appendiciformia et bifurcata, 

 laciniis subulatis, acutis, tenuioribus. Pollen subglobosum, 

 vesiculis 3 sequidistantibus notatum, integumentis tenuissimis. 

 Discus hypogynus, cupuliformis, carnosus, calyce brevior et eo 

 adnatus, ad marginem liberum inflexum petala et stamina suf- 

 fulciens. Ovarium ovatum, per dimidium inferiorem disco cir- 

 cumdatum, et illic glabrum, primo omnino liberum, cito ad- 

 natum, superne conicum, glandula magna epigyna crassa car- 

 nosa pilosa undique tectum, imo dissepimentis incompletis 

 3-loculare, summo 1-loculare. Ovula 3, anatropa singulatim 

 in loculis spurii sab axi placentifero centrali (cionospermio) 

 suspensa, apicibus in loculi summo indiviso simul conniventia. 

 Stylus simplex, inclusus. Stigma capitatum, sub-3-lobum. 

 Drupa baccata, ovata, monosperma, calyce adnato tecta, apice 

 umbilicata. Putamen subtenue, coriaceum. Semen loculum 

 implens, sulco longitudinali pro receptione raphes spurii (e 

 cionospermio in filum extenso) impressum. Integumentum 

 tenuissimum. Embryo in albumen dense carnosum infra 

 apicem inclusus, brevis, cotyledonibus minutis, ovatis, com- 

 pressis, radicula ovata, umbilico proxima, supera. — Frutices 

 Brasilienses ; folia alterna, breviter petiolata, ovata, integra (ra- 

 rius subdentata ?), punctata ; racemi axillares, breves, pauciflori ; 

 iiovesparvi,pedicellati; pedicellis ebracteatis, articulatis ;Jiorum 

 partes prcemolles interdum sese laxe agglutinantes. 



1. Liriosma Candida, Popp. (Nov. Gen. iii. 33. tab. 239) ; — foliis 

 ellipticis, utrinque acutis, obiter remoteque serratis, vel inte- 

 ferrimis, utrinque glaberrimis ; racemis axillaribus, corym- 



