SCHOMBURGK'S GUIANA PLANTS. 321 
—. Ramuli juniores puberuli, demum glabrati. Pedicelli solitarii, 
.. marius bini, 3-4 lin. longi. Calycis lobi 4 orbiculati breves. 
. Bacca subglobosa 1-2-sperma, calyce coronata. Semen gros- 
. Sum, cotyledonibus conferruminatis.—Savannahs, Pirarara. 
= Schomburgk, n. 733. ; 
.....490. E. ( Azillares) leptantha (sp. n.); ramulis pedicellisque. 
. Tufo-puberulis, foliis parvis obovatis obtusis retusisve basi 
1 angustatis utrinque glabris subaveniis subopacis, pedicellis 
. © pedunculo communi brevissimo pluribus tenuibus folio 
brevioribus, bracteolis sub flore orbiculatis, calycis tubo albo 
|. pubescente, limbi laciniis 4 orbiculatis.— Folia semipollicaria. 
. Flores parvi. — Bractez et lacinie calycine glabriuscule 
ciliate, fere petaloidee.— Barcellos on the Rio Negro. 
ES Schomburgk, n. 921. 
= 421. E. ( Azillares) incanescens (sp. n.) ; ramulis pubescenti- 
bus, foliis petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis lanceolatisve obtuse 
. &cuminatis basi rotundatis angustatisve utrinque pubescenti- 
. bus, pedicellis axillaribus terminalibusque fasciculatis petiolo 
. 23-plo longioribus, calycibus cano-pubescentibus, bracteis 
. lanceolatis, bracteolis subflore ovato-lanceolatis, calycis. 
"inis 4 lato.ovatis submucronatis.— Folia 2 poll. longa. 
Pedicelli 2-4 lin. Bacca, teste Schomburgkio, rubra.— Banks 
of the Rupunoony, Schomburgk, n. 726. | 
Bes 422. E. ( Azillares) Schomburghii (sp. n.); glabra, foliis 
. 9Vato-lanceolatis v. oblongis obtuse acuminatis basi rotundatis 
E We vix angustatis  pellucido-punctatis, pedicellis pluribus 
. *"Willaribus vix. petiolo longioribus unifloris bibracteolatis, 
. Calycis lobis 4 ovatis subacutis.—I should have taken this 
E- for the Æ. flavescens (DC.), were it not that Gardner's n. 
. 1617 from Ceará, certainly a distinct species from this one, - 
E answers rather more precisely to the diagnosis of the Pro- 
1 dromus, Both species are remarkable by their flowers drying 
‘Yellow, though white when fresh. The leaves also in both 
Are apt to acquire a yellowish hue in drying. The E. Schom- 
rghit has, however, longer, narrower and coriaceous leaves, _ 
with shorter and thicker pedicels than Gardner’s plan.—On — — 
the Currassawaak, near the Rupunoony, Schomburgk, n. 703. —— 
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