218 SCHOMBURGK’S GUIANA PLANTS. 
294. H. scabra (sp. n.) ; foliis ovatis breviter acuminatis: 
basi rotundatis coriaceis utrinque ramisque scabro-punctatis, 
paniculis laxis brevibus, bracteis bracteolisque parvis nudis, 
calycibus leviter puberulis tubo oblongo, staminibus fertili- 
bus 6-7 glabris.— Frutex ramosissimus 8-10-pedalis. Folia 
pleraque vix- bipollicaria.— Near mount Roreima, Schom- 
burgk, n. 1051. 
Gardner's n. 864, and Tweedie’s n. 1262, and Presl’s H. 
elliptica, Symb. Bot. Il. p. 23 in obs., are the Brazilian form 
of H. triandra. 2 
Gardner's n. 1149 from Pernambuco, is the only Licama — 
I am acquainted with, of the first section which I have called — 
Batheogyne ; to the sectional characters given above, the fol- 
lowing may be added: L. turbinata; foliis ovatis obtusis VX — 
acuminatis basi rotundatis subcoriaceis utrinque ramisque 
glabris, panicula brevi, pedicellis dichotome 3-5-flori— 
Calyx major quam in ceteris Licaniis magnitudine fere. "n 
Chrysobalani Icaco. — i j 
295. Licania (Leptobalanus) pendula (sp. n.) ; foliis ovato- 
oblongis acuminatis crassis coriaceis utrinque ramisque glabris b 
panicula ampla ramosissima laxa, florum glomerulis pedi- m. 
cellatis, calycibus incanis ad. medium 5-fidis.— Arbor 30-40- pr 
pedalis ramis usque ad terram fere pendulis. Stipule in 
specimine jam delapse. Folia 21 —4-pollicaria nitida. i 
Bractee minutissime acute. Flores albi. Calyx 14 lin. ; 
longus incanus, laciniis intus coloratis. Petala 0. Stamina 10 ; 
sequidistantia laciniis calycinis subduplolongiora. Filament? 
basi pilosa. Fructus lineari-cylindraceus v. superne parum | 
attenuatus, 14 poll. longus, vix. 14 lin. diametro, carnosu» - 
unilocularis. Semenunicum elongato-lanceolatum.— Lagoons ret 
of the Rio Negro. Schomburgk, n. 906. | gos 
296. L. (Leptobalanus) aperta (sp.n.); foliisovatis acum" — 
natis basi rotundato-truncatis coriaceis subtus tomento laxo — 
incanis v. demum glabratis, panicula parce ramosa, florum - 
glomerulis sessilibus v. vix brevissime pedicellatis, calycibus 
ad medium 5-fidis patentibus. ramisque panicule toment? 
brevissimo incanis.—Arbor. Folia 2-3-pollicaria. Panicul® 
