112 SCHOMBURGK's GUIANA PLANTS. 



flora, St Hilaii-e; Mathew's n. 1649, from Peru; Gardner's 

 n. 1409, from Alagoas ; and n. 1527, from Ceara; Blanchet's 

 n. 2824, from Serra Acurua, and C. sylvestriSy from Martin's 

 Guiana collection. 



Gardner's n. 961, from Pernambuco, is a narrow-leaved 

 form of C. parvifora. Some specimens I have from Jamaica, 

 have the leaves rather broader ; and in Wydler's Porto Rico 

 specimens, they are twice as large, being five to six inches 

 long, and two to three broad. In all these the style is not 

 perceptibly divided, and the stigmata are almost confluent, 

 thus placing the species amongst the true Pitumhas ; but in 

 Sellow's Brasilian specimens, the style is evidently trifid as 

 described by St Hilaire, and as observable in other Craterias, 

 I am therefore inclined to think that two species have been 

 confounded under the name of C. parvijiora. I have only 

 seen the fruit in Sellow's specimens. 



Gardner's n. 160, and Tweedie's n. 1153, both from Rio 

 Janeiro, belong to a species allied to, but perhaps again dis- 

 tinct from, either of the two above-mentioned. The leaves 

 are firmer, the flowers larger, and the stamens longer. The 

 style is shortly trifid. 



616. C. (Crateria) carpinifolia (sp. n.) ; ramulis tomen- 

 tellis demum glabratis, foliis ovatis v. ovali-oblongis acumi- 

 natis serrulalis basi rotundatis v. vix angustatis utrinque 

 glabris crebre punctatis, umbelHs sessilibus, floribus pube- 

 bcentibus 5-fidis, staminibus fertilibus 10, calyce parnm bre- 

 vioribus, filamentis ciliatis, antheris ovato-globosis, stylo 

 trifido.— C. inaquilatercB affinis, sed folia basi subsequalia, 



minus nitida, et flores duplo majores. Folia \\ 3-pollicaria. 



Pedicelli graciles, petiolo sequilongi. Calyx fere 1 lin. lon- 

 gu?, laciniis orbiculatis ciliatis dorso pubesceniibus. Fructus 

 non vidi.— Skirts of wooded savannahs, Schomhurgk, n. 103, 

 and 263 — Ceara, Gardner, n. 1.528, and Piauhy, Gardner, 

 n. 2455. 



Gardner's n. 33G, from the Organ mountains, is C. iyieequi- 

 fatera, St Hil. ; n. 335, from the same station, is a new one 

 belonging to the same section. 



