SCHOMBURGK’S GUIANA PLANTS. 93 
obovato-oblongis obtusissimis retuso-emarginatis glabris, 
floribus oblongo-spicatis.— Arbor 20—30-pedalis. Folia 
fere Outee multijuge, Stipule in specimine unico desunt. 
Capitula florum minus densa quam in Æ. principi, bractese 
angustiores. Flores coccinei. Calycis tubus basi breviter 
cylindricus dein oblongo-campanulatus. Filamenta fertilia 
pilosula, Legumen velutinum, coccineum.— British Guiana, 
Schomburgk. 
These two trees, dedicated by, M. Schomburgk to H. R. H. 
the Princess Royal of Prussia, are described by him as 
objects of great beauty; they form the connecting link between 
the genus Brownea, the rose of the West Indies, and Des- 
fontaine's Heterostemon, and indicate clearly the place of 
Brownea amongst Amherstiee. 
924. Heterostemon mimosoides, Desf. Mém. Mus. v. IV. 
p. 284. t. 12. DC. Prodr. p. 488.—On the Rio Negro, 
Schomburgk, n. 869, received also from the same locality 
from the Petersburgh Academy. 
225. Eperua falcata, Aubl. Pl. Guian. I. p. 369. t. 142.— 
DC. Prodr.? p. 510.—Legumen 8—10-pollicare.—Banks 
of the Essequibo and Rupunoony. Schomburgk, n. 515.— 
French Guiana, Perrottet. 
226. Parivoa grandiflora, Aubl. Pl. Guian. Il. p. 157. t. 
303.— DC. Prodr. II. p. 510.—Banks of the Essequibo and 
Rupunoony. Schomburgk, n. 517. 
227. Campsiandra comosa, gen. nov.—Apicaro of the Cre- 
oles; Uluri Wallaba of the Arrowaks.— Banks of the Esse- - 
quibo. Schomburgk, n. 13, and 296. "iua. 
Campsianpra. Char. Gen. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 
limbus subsequaliter 5-fidus. Petala 5 parum ineequalia, 
estivatione imbricata subcarinali, cum staminibus ad apicem 
tubi calycis inserta. Stamina plura (15—20) longe exserta, 
antheris parvis ovatis. Ovarium stipjtatum pluriovulatum, qe 
. Stipitelibero. Stylus longissimus, filiformis. Stigma minu- — 
. tum, terminale. Legumen longissimum subrectum, plano- — 
| Compressum, tenuiter coriaceum, indehiscens ?— P. comosa i. r 2. 
foliolis 5—9, calycibus pedicello parum brevioribus.—Arbor 
