92 SCHOMBURGK'S GUIANA PLANTS. 
Australia and New Zealand, deserves however no less to be - 
associated with the botany of South America, as is evinced 
by the important Brazilian collections deposited by him in 
the British Museum. 
TRIBE AMHERSTIEZX. 
222, Elizabetha princeps, Schomb. Ms.— Mount Roraima, 
Schomburgk. 7 
ErizABETHA. Char. Gen. Calyx coriaceus tubo infundi- 
buliformi persistente, limbi laciniis 4 obtusis, sestivatione 
imbricata, suprema latiore. Corolle petala 5, subæquilonga, 
æstivatione carinali, 4 inferiora oblonga, supremum intimum — 
ovatum v. lanceolatum. Stamina 9, libera v. basi brevissime. 
monadelpha, quorum 3 longissima antheris oblongis, sex 
sterilia filiformia corollam sequantia. Ovarium stipitatum 
pubescens stipite calycis tubo adnato. Ovula plura, anatropa. 
Stylus elongatus glaber, stigmate terminali crasso peltato- 
capitato. Legumenlignosum stipitatum lato-lineare falcatum, 
plano-compressum, sutura superiore incrassata marginata. 
Arbores. Folia fere Outee acaciefolie, v. Heterostemonis mimo- 
soidis, alternaabrupte pinnata. Floresin spicas densastermina- 
les aggregati. Bractez late coriacem.  Bracteole coriace® 
basi connate, calycis tubum amplectentes.— E. princeps, folio- — 
lis 30—50-jugis ablongo-linearibus obtusis submucronatis basi — 
obliquis glabris, floribus densissime globoso-spicatis.— Arbor 
excelsa, ramis divaricatis, ramulis rufo-villosis. Stipul line- 
ari-cuneate membranacez connate 2—3-pollicares. Peti- 
oli rufo-villosi sepe pedales. Foliola opposita ultrapollicaria 
suprema gradatim decurrentia. Stipelle minute. Florum 
capitulum sessile. Bracteæ late orbiculate coriaces virides 
cum floribus sessilibus axillaribus solitariis densissime imbri- _ 
cate. Bracteole usque ad medium connate, virides, tomen- — 
toso-pubescentes, in sicco ferruginese. Calycis tubus basi 
longe cylindricus apice cupulatus, limbus patens. Petala 
roseo-alba. Filamenta glabra. Legumen velutinum 4—6- 
pollicare. c * d 
223. E. coccinea, (Schomb. Ms.); foliolis 3—6-jugis» 
