SCHOMBURGK's GUIANA PLANTS. 321 



XIII — Contributions towards a Flora of South America. 

 — Enumeration of Plants Collected by Mr Schomburgk, in 

 British Guiana By George Bentham, Esq., F.L.S., 



&c., &c. 



( Continued from page 1 33 of the present Volume.) 



Proteace^.. 

 (Determined and described by Dr Klotzsch.) 



682. Rhopala media, R. Br. Linn. Trans, xx. p. 191. 

 — French Guiana, Leprieur, Herb. Par. n. 76, 77, and 78. 



683. R. obtusata, Klotzsch, Linyicca, v. xv, p. 54. — Islands 

 of Rio Negro, Schomburgk. — This was one of Schomburgk's 

 single specimens, and was numbered 215, as quoted in the 

 hinncea^ but is not 215 of the generally distributed collection. 



684. Andripetalum sessilifoUa, Klotzsch, Linneea, v. xv. 

 p. 53. — Roraima chain, Schomburgk. 



685. A. rubescens, Schott. — Klotzsch, I. c On the brook 



Anna-y. — British Guiana, Schomburgk, n, 69, 



PiPERACEa;. 



[Determined and described by Dr Klotzsch). 



686. Artanthe (Fruticosse), apiculata, (Klotzsch, n. sp.) ; 

 I'amulis petiolisque unifariam pubescentibus, foliis oblongo- 

 eliipticis breviter acutis penninerviis sexuncialibus basi inse- 

 qualiter attenuatis utrinque glaberrimis subcoriaceis pellu- 

 cide glanduloso-punctatis, spiels erectis 6, linearibus apice 

 apiculatis nudis foliis multo brevioribus, bracteis transverse 

 I'homboideis glabris cinereis, pedunculo petiole parum breviore. 

 This species approaches nearest to Schilleria obovata, and ♦S'. 

 keterophylla of Professor Kuntb. (A7o^2sc/i).— Island of 

 Ooropocary on the Essequibo, Schomburgk, n. 53, 



687. A. (Fruticosse) otfersiana, Klotzsch — Steffensia Olfer- 

 siana, Kunth, Linnaa, v. xiii. p. 645.— Alluvial soil, British 

 Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 494. — French Guiana, Herb. Par. 

 n. 191. 



688. A. (Fruticosse) corylifoUa, Klotzsch. — Schilleria cory- 

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