BOTANICAL INFORMATION. a ANS 
Piauhi; and he finds among them a second most beautiful 
species of the Genus, which enables him to describe the 
fruit as follows :— 
Legumen sessile oblongum subobliquum plano-compressum 
coriaceo-membranaceum indehiscens reticulatum et longitu- 
dinaliter binerve, (sutura nempe utraque ut in Meyoneuro 
in alam expansa.) Semen unicum plano-compressum rhom- 
beum, fere ad apicem loculi appensum fasciculo elongato, 
cotyledonibus tenuibus, radicula brevi recta. 
The speciesfrom Piauhi, Mr Bentham thus R na 
_ Martiusia parvifolia; foliolis 7—9-oblongo-ellipticis bre- 
vissime retuse acuminatis basi cordatis.—Foliola pleraque 
vix bipollicaria. ^ Panicula laxior, floribus paucioribus, 
longius pedicellatis quam in M. excelsa. Alabastra longius | 
acuminata glabriora. Sepala in utraque specie intus sericeo- 
villosa. Antherze sepius 5, quarum 3 longe acuminate, omnes 
ut in M. ezcelsa apice in appendiculam brevem triangularem 
extus product, intus biporosee. Legumen 4— 5-poll. longum, 
14— 2-poll. latum tenuissime pubescens, valvulis in medio 
legumine loculum 14-poll. longum 3-poll. latum formanti- 
bus, czeterum arcte connatis.— Piauhi, Brazil. Mr Gardner. 
(To be continued in a future No.) 
VBO RANI YAS INFORMATION. 
[We had the gratification, in the Companion to the Doral Magazine, 
of giving some extracts from the letters of a most intelligent botanical 
friend, detailing his excursions in various parts of the German dominions, 
and illustrative of the productions of the countries he visited, and the state 
of botanical science in the great towns. We have now the pleasure of con- 
-~ tinuing those extracts ;—the first letter as still relating to Germany, and 
. the following ones to France and the Pyrénées.] 
- * On the 6th of May, we quitted Vienna, and proceeded 
to Baden, where we staid three days, and made a little © ne 
botanical excursion in its vicinity. Some rare plants, mesi 
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