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Guianenses et Antillani scandentes, ramis dependentihus ; folia 

 altema, petiolata^ elliptical acutUy integral glabra ; racemi aa^il- 

 lares ; corolla coccinea. 



1. Marckea coccinea, L. C. Rich. Act, Soc, Hist. Nat, Par, 107; 

 A. Rich. Diet, Class, x. 168. cum icone, Lamarckea coccinea^ 

 Pers, Ench, i. 218 ;— scandens^ glaberrima ; foliis oblongis^ 

 apice subito acuminatis, imo obtusis, nitidis, subcoriaceis ; 

 raceme longe pedunculate", paucifloro, corolla coccinea, calyce 

 2-3-plove longiore. — Guiana^ v. s, in herb. Hook, (Surinam^ 

 Hostmarij no. 348). 



This is evidently a scandent plant with slender branches ; the 

 leaves arc about 7^ inches long, 2| inches broad, upon a some- 

 what slender petiole, somewhat thickened at base, ^ inch in 

 length ; they are quite smooth and of thick texture ; the peduncle 

 of the raceme is axillary, about 3^ inches long, bearing a few 

 flowers, only one remaining in the specimen above referred to ; 

 the pedicel is about 1 inch in length ; the sepals are 1| inch long, 

 scarcely 3 lines broad in the middle ; the tube of the corolla is 

 1| inch long, 2 lines in diameter, swelling to half an inch below 

 the mouth; the lobes are 5 lines long, 4 lines broad, rounded, 

 veined, overlapping each other on their margins, and when ex- 

 panded, form a border about 1^ inch in diameter; the insertion of 

 the stamens is about half an inch above the base of the tube, the 

 filaments are very slender, nearly an inch long, and the anthers 

 are 3 lines in length ; the berry is 8 lines long, 4 hues in diameter, 

 apparently quite free of pulp, with a thin pericarp and slender 

 dissepiment, containing numerous divaricate, ascending, imbri- 

 cate seeds, each about 1^ line in length*, 



2. Marckea ? longiflora (n. sp.) ;— scandens, ramulis glabris com- 

 pressis ; foliis alternis, oblongis, apice repente acuminulatis, e 

 medio ad basin subattenuatis, breviter petiolatis, coriaceis, 

 glaberrimis, opacis; racemo sub-brevi, paucifloro ; corolla calyce 

 4-5-plo longiore, tubo supra medium cylindracco-campanulato, 

 limbi laciniis ovatis, subreflexis, staminibus inclusis.— Trini- 

 dad, V, s, in herb. Hook, {La Laguna de Ora pouche, Purdie.) 



This plant corresponds in its habit \Yith Marckea, but the spe- 

 cimen above referred to presents only a single flower in a very 

 bad condition, so that it is impossible to determine with certamty 

 whether or not it belongs to this genus- The leaves are 7 j mches 

 long, 3| inches broad, on a somewhat slender petiole thickened at 

 base, and half an inch in length ; they are quite coriaceous, opake 

 but not polished, though entirely glabrous ; they are marked with 

 strong prominent nerves ; the peduncle of the raceme is appa- 



* A representation of this plant, with sectional details, is given in plate 45. 



