362 Mr. J. Miers on the Genera Aptandra, Cathedra, 



nente ortis. — Fliiv. Guainia et Casiquiare, Brasil. Septentr. 

 (Spruce, 3514). 



Its leaves are 3^ inches long, 1 J in. broad, on a petiole 4 lines 

 in length. The flowers are IJ line long, on a pedicel of 1 line. 



LiRIOSMA. 



I have enumerated four species belonging to this genus of the 

 Olacacea, to which five others are now added. 



1. Liriosma Candida, Pop. Nov. Gen. iii. 33. tab. 239. 



2. Liriosma pauciflora, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 673; Deless. Icon. 

 V. tab. 41 ; huj. op. 2 ser. viii. 106, cum synon. — Bahia 

 (Blanchet) ; — foliis obovatis, imo obtusis, gradatim acutis, 

 glaberrimis, crassiusculis, utrinque pallide viridibus, supra 

 subnitidis, nervis hinc prominent! bus, subtus omnino im- 

 mersis, margine vix reflexo : 2| poll, longis, 1^ poll, latis. — 

 Bahia (Moricand, 2593). 



3. Liriosma Gardneriana, A. DC. loc. cit. ; huj. op. 2 ser. viii. 

 108, cum synon. ; Contrib. Bot. i. 19. pi. 3. — Prov. Ceara 

 Brasilise (Gardner, 1537). 



4. Liriosma Velloziana, A. DC. loc. cit. ; huj. op. 1. c. 107, cum 

 synon.; Contrib. Bot. i. 20. pi. 3. — Dulaccia singularisj 

 Veil. Flor. Plum. p. 32, et vol. i. tab. 78.— Rio de Janeiro. 



5. Liriosma pallida, n. sp. ; — foliis oblongis, gradatim angustiori- 

 . bus et longe acuminatis, membranaceis, utrinque pallidis, 



glaberrimis, reticulatis, petiolo brevi ; racemo axillari, brevi, 

 sub-6-floro; pedicello calyce corollaque puberulis. — Prope 

 Panure, Rio Uaupes, Brasil. Septent. (Spruce, 2572). 



Its branches and branchlets are slender ; the pale leaves, of 

 very thin texture, are 2 inches long and 8 lines broad, on a nar- 

 row petiole that does not exceed a line in length : the racemes 

 are 5 or 6 lines long, the pedicels are 1 line long, and the flower 

 in bud 2 lines in length ; they are somewhat secund. 



6. Liriosma inopiflora, n.sp.; — foliis ellipticis vel ovatis, imo 

 subacutis, apice obtusatim attenuatis, et mucronulatis, sub- 

 coriaceis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra nitidis, in nervis sulca- 

 tis, subtus pallidioribus, glauco-lividis, concavis, nervis paucis 

 brevibus sese arcuatis, margine cartilagineo reflexo, petiolo 

 brevi, glabro, transverse rugoso; racemulis brevissimis, axil- 

 laribus, floribus 2-3, rarius pluribus, subsecundis, rachi pe- 

 dicellisque puberulis, calyce et corolla glabris ; drupa ovali, 

 apice umbilicata. — Prope San Carlos, Rio Negro, Amazonas 

 (Spruce, 3487). 



A species allied to L, pauciflora, but with much shorter 



