SCHOMBURGK's GUIANA PLANTS. 2l9 



Schomburgk states the wood to be deleterious, and that In- 

 dians have been poisoned by using it to make spits for roast- 

 ing. — The inflorescence and some points in the character of 

 the plant do not quite coincide with Evosmia, Humb. and 

 Kunth, but the differences are scarcely sufficient to charac- 

 terize a genus. 



462. BrignoHa piibigera (sp. n.) ; fohis subtus ramulis 

 inflorescentiaque breviter pubescentibus, panicula ovata. — 

 In omnibus fere cum descriptione B. acuminata^ convenit. 

 Stipulse eaedem. Folia in specimine unico 6 — 7-polHcaria, 

 supra glabra lasvia, subtus pube brevi prsesertim in venis 

 donata. Paniculae rami oppositi v. verticillati, dichotomi. 

 Flores in dichotomiis sessiles, rosei. Calyx turbinatus, limbo 

 inaequaliter sinuato-dentato. Corollaj semipollicaris lacinise 

 limbi ovali-oblongae, patentes, tubo breviores. Stylus fili- 

 formis, apice globosus emarginatus, emarginatura stigmati- 



fera. Ovarium 4-Ioculare. Cetera B. acumxnatos British 



Guiana, Schomburgk. — A single specimen. 



463. Sabicea cinerea, Aubl. — DC. Prod. iv. 439. — French 

 Guiana, Leprieiir, Herb. Par. n. 101. and 102. — Gardner's 

 n. 1697 from Ceara, appears to be a mere variety of this 

 species with somewhat narrower leaves. 



464. S. glabrescens (sp. n.) ; foliis oblongo- v. ovali-ellip- 

 ticis acuminatis juuioribusramulisque hirtellis adultis glabra- 

 tis, stipulis late cordato-ovatis obtusis membranaceis, floribus 

 pentameris fasciculatis sessilibus, calycis laciniis linearibus 

 tubo corollas ter quaterve brevioribus. — Affinis S. hirtoe, 

 Swartz. Folia basi minus angustata et demum fere omnino 

 glabra. Calycis lacinise 1 lin. longas, glabrae. Corolla liirta 

 tubo fere 4 lin., limbi laciniis I lin. longis. — Abandoned 

 Indian settlements on the Rio Quitaro, Schomburgk, n. 538, 



465. S. velutina (sp. n.) ; foliis ovatis acutis basi rotundatis 

 crassis supra velutino-hirtis subtus tomento subfloccoso denso 

 albidis, stipulis ovatis acutis, floribus pentameris fasciculatis 

 sessilibus, calycis lanati laciniis lanceolatis tubo coroHae dimi- 

 dio brevioribus, — Calycis lacinise 2 lin. longee, acutse. Co- 



