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dam punctae, breves evadunt infundibuliformi-campanulatse. 

 — British Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 281. 



Tribe, Cordiere^i. 



469. Cordiera? acuminata (sp. n.) ; foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 iatis acuminatis utrinque acutis subcoriaceis glabris, corollae 



laciuiisacuminatisacutis Frutexglaber, divaricato-ramosus, 



ramulis compressis. Stipulae utrinque integral ovato-lance- 

 olatae, acutissimae, ramulo adpressse, parum conspicua^. Folia 

 3 — 4-polI. longa, supra nitidula, glaberrima. Flores in spe- 

 cimine suppetenteabortu masculi, ad apices ramulorum terni, 

 sessiles. Calycis limbus cupuliformis, margine pellucido 

 truncate integro, tubo cum ovarii rudimento connate. Co- 

 rolla hypocrateriformis, tubo 5 lin. longo, in sicco extus ca- 

 nescens, consistentia firma crassiuscula, laciniis 4 lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, sestivatione contorto-imbricativa. Faux intus 

 pubescens. Stamina infra faucem corollae inserta. Anthe- 

 rae subsessiles, inclusEe, oblongo-lineares. Ovarii rudimentum 

 carnosum, disco carnoso libero coronatum. Stylus erectus, 



inclusus, apice acutus. Flores foeminei Bacca de- 



presso-globosa ? plurilocularis ? Semina circa 10, irregulari- 

 ter late ovoidea, compressa, hiiic plana, testa membranacea, 

 albumine subcorneo albido. Embryo brevis rectus, teres, 

 cotyledonibus conferruminatis, radicula juxta hilum. — 

 British Guiana, SchomburgJt; a single specimen with male 

 flowers only, and a loose berry too much broken to admit of 

 ascertaining the number of cells, but on account of the few 

 large seeds combined with the general appearance of the 

 plant, it appears probably to be a Cordiera. 



470. C. ? latifolia ; foliis ovali-ellipticis obtusis v. breviter 

 acuminatis basi cuneatis submembranaceis glabris, calycis 

 margine obliquo, corollse laciniis acutiuscuiis. — Ramuli 

 compressi. Folia 5 — 6-polIicaria. Flores in specimine uni- 

 co omnes masculi, iis C acuminat^e similes, nisi calyce paullo 

 majore, margine obliquo, corollae tubo crassiore, laciniis 

 paullo brevioribus.— British Guiana, Schomburgk. 



Of Gardner's n. 1689 from Ceara, and 2460 from Piauhy, 



