83 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



similar vaginiform tube in this family is in the genus Erioselena 

 of Blume. 



CoLEOFUORA^ gcu. nov. — Floves hermaphroditi. Perigonium 

 coloratum, infundibuliforme^ tubulosum^ imo usque ad me- 

 dium coarctatum, illic intus hirsutum^ fauce extusque omnino 

 glabrunij limbo 4- rarius 5-fido^ laciniis acutis, reflexis, mar- 

 gine ciliato-fimbriatis, apice inflexis, per sestivationem alter- 

 natim imbricatis. Stamina 8-10^ exscrta, biseriata^ 4-5 ad 

 faucem corollse laciniis opposita^ 4-5 paullo inferiora in sinu- 

 bus cum laciniis alterna ; filamenta brevia^ subincurva^ inflexa ; 

 anther(B ovato-rotundatse^ introrssSj subversatiles^ 2-loculares^ 

 loculis connectivo crasso dorsali affixis et longitudinaliter de- 

 hiscentibus. Pollen globosum^ reticulatum. Nectarium infun- 

 dibuliformCj coloratum, glabrum, ovarium stipitatum cingens^ 

 perigonio dimidio brevius^ imo e toro glanduloso parvo basi 

 pex'igonii adnata ortum, ore 4-fissum^ laciniis ina^qualibus, 

 linearibuSj erectis : stipes filiformis^ glaber. Ovarium ob- 

 longum^ gibbosum^ utrinque attenuatum, pilosum^ l-loculare_, 

 1-ovulatum, ovulo anatropo ex apice appeuso. Stylus erectus^ 

 filiformis, ovario sequilongus, glaber. Stigma capitatum^ in- 

 clusum. Fructus ignotus. — Arbor Brasiliensis^ procera ; foliis 

 ignotis^ trunco gemmuUfero : gemmse aggregaicEy glohosm^ ebrac- 

 teis complurimis imbricatim convolutis ; racemus glaber ^ sesqui- 

 nncialis, pluriflorus, 



1. Coleophora gemmijlora ; — gemmis involucratis, pisi magnitu- 

 dine, conglobatisj e cortice ortis^ bracteis concavis^ suborbi- 

 culatis^ 4-lobatis, lobis rotundatis, crenato-incisis^ 2 inferio- 

 ribus minoribuSj pilosis, fusco-rubris, margine ciliis albidis 

 longis fimbi'iatis, rachi venisque destitutis, venis creberrimis, 

 e basi subparallelis ; racemo sesquiunciali, erecto_, glabro^ plu- 

 riflori ; pedicellis alternis, nudis, cum flore articulatis ; peri- 

 gonio aurantiaco; vagina flava.— In sylvis primsevis procul 

 Iguassu, Prov. Rio de Janeiro^, 



Tessarandka. 



With the exception of a single instance, recorded by Aublet, 

 all the plants belonging to the family of the Oleacemy including 

 the FraxinecBy possess un symmetrical flowers, i, e, a small 4-par- 

 tite calyx, a corolla cleft to the base into four divisions, and only 

 two stamens : it will not therefore excite surprise, if we find a 

 plant offering the normal number of stamens. This indeed 

 occurs in the case of a very pretty shrub that I found near Rio 



* A drawing of this plant, with full generic details, is given in plate 61. 



