220 SCHOMBURGIC'S GUIANA PLANTS, 



rolla rosea, hirta, tubo 4 lin. longo, laciniis limbi brevibus. — 

 A single specimen from Mount Canaupang, Schomburgk. 



Gardner's n. 1687 from Ceara, and 2198 from Piauhy, are 

 two new species of Alibertia, Of 1151 from Pernambuco, I 

 have male flowers only, but it appears to be the same species 

 as 1687. 



466. Patima ? laxiflora (sp. n.) ; foliis ovali-ellipticis utrin- 

 que glabris, pedunculis elongatis 5 — 9-floris. — Fi-utex divari- 

 cato-ramosus, glaberrimus, resinosus. Folia petiolata 2 — 4- 

 pollicaria, obtusa, basi acuta. Stipulge breves, vaginantes. 

 Pedunculi terminales v. demum axillares, 2-pollicares. Pedi- 

 celli oppositi distantes subsemipollicares. Flores pentameri, 

 abortu dioici : Masc. Calyx tubulosus, truncatus, obscure 

 5-dentatus. Corollse tubus breviter exsertus, intus annulo 

 pilorum barbatus, limbus 5-fidus, laciniis sestivatione contorto- 

 imbricativa. Stam. . . . Stylus filiformis superne incrassatus, 

 acutus, ex ovarii rudimento carnoso ortus. FcexM. Bacca 

 globosa, costata, calyce coronata, 5-locularis (in 5 coccos 

 secedens?) placentis 5 duris bifidis. Seminanumerosissima, 

 minutissima, pulpa tenui involuta. — Of this I have seen two 

 branches only, the one with a few male flowers half destroyed 

 by worms, the other bearing two or three berries not yet 

 ripe. On account of the remarkable structure of these 

 fruits, I have placed the species under Patima; but perhaps 

 the flowers when better known, may show it to be a new 

 allied genus. 



Tribe, Isertieje. 



467. Isertia coccinea, Vahl. — DC. Prod. iv. p. 437.— 

 French Guiana, Herb. Par. n. 98. 



468. I. hypoleiica (sp. n.) ; foliis ovalibus acuminatis basi 

 acutis subtus albo-tomentosis, thyrso paniculate brevi raulti- 

 floro, bracteis ovatis, calycis limbo truncate subintegerrimo. 

 — AfEnis /. coccinece^ sed praeternotas supra datas,differt etiam 

 petiolis longioribus, et corollis plus quam 2 poll, longis. In 

 speciminibussuppetentibus corollae nonnullse, ab insectoquo- 



