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No. 5 — Cynometra Trinitensis — Oliver. 



It was stated in No. 5, Vol. II. p. 122 that Professor Oliver would 

 shortly describe in Hooker's " Icones Plantarum" a tree which is 

 growing in our Gardens. Through the kindness of W. T. Thiselton- 

 Dyer Esqr., who edits this publication for the Bentham Trustees, I am 

 possession of a copy of Professor Oliver's description and it is here 

 given in full. With the description there is a most excellent figure of 

 the leaves, flowers, and fruit, but for obvious reasons this cannot be 

 reproduced in our Bulletin. 



Cynometra Trinitensis— OZw. 



Leguminosce. Tribe Cynometrece. 

 C. trinitensis, Oliv. {sp. nov.) ; foliolis unijugis plus mmus coriaceis valde 

 insequilateralibus oblique ovato- v. oblongo-ellipticis obtusiuscule apiculatis 

 glabris, florum fasciculis axillaribus sessilibus multifloris, bracteis late ovatis 

 concavis striatis fusco-puberulis caducis, pedicellis pilosulis bractea longioribus, 

 calycis segmentis 4 longitudinaliter venosis intequilateralibus, petalis 5 calycem 

 superantibus subsequalibus subcymbiformibus acutiusculis 1-nerviis pennivenis, 

 staminibus 10, filamentis glabris, ovario brevissime stipitato compresso parce 

 pilosulo 1-ovulato, legumine subgloboso v. leviter compresso, pericarpio tenuiter 

 crustaceo obscure papilloso-verrucoso sitblsevi. 



Hab. W. Indies : Trinidad, Cruger, Prestoe, dbc. 



Arbor mediocris, corona densa ; raniulis glabratis crassitie pennse corvinEe, 

 ultimis pendulis. Foliola brevissime petiolulata 3-4i poll, longa, \^-2 poll, lata ; 

 petiolus 4-6 lin. longus. Fasciculi Jlorum 1-1^ poll. diam. Calycis tubo 

 brevissimo. Stamina alternatim breviora ; antherse parvse, versatiles, late 

 ellipticae. Legume7i 1-1^ poll. diam. 



This fine species has long been in the Kew Herbarium, but not hitherto 

 satisfactorily determined, and the recent receipt of excellent specimens from Mr. 

 Hart has agam brought it under notice. It was regarded by Dr. Grisebach {ex 

 descr. ) as C. crassifolia, Benth. (described from specimens in the Paris Herbarium), 

 but Mr. Bentham did not confirm this, and thought it might prove to be C. 

 americana, Vog. Dr. Schumann some years ago kindly compared a specimen for 

 us with Vogel's type, and found it ' quite different. ' It resembles C. ramiflora, 

 L., of India, but the fruit is entirely different. — D. Oliver. 



No. 6 — Scldzea elegans. Sw. 



DuKiNG the month of March there was received in the Herbarium 

 several specimens of this fern taken at Valencia in the northern 

 district of the Island. It answers very well indeed to Baker's des- 

 cription in Synopsis Filicum and one specimen is decidedly an 

 intermediate stage between the type and the variety. S. FlaheUinn 

 Mart of which specimens are in the Herbarium collected by my 

 predecessor Mr. Prestoe. 



