same indefatigable correspondent of the Society, render its 

 history tolerably complete. 



*' The branches appear to be fragments of an evergreen 

 tree; they are slender, rounded, and smooth. The nascent 

 gemmcE are cov^ered with a dense rufous pubescence. The 

 leaves are alternate, becoming towards the extremities of 

 the branches opposite by approximation ; their form is 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, and in size they vary from 

 three inches to nearly six in length ; the surface, even of 

 the youngest, is perfectly smooth on each side ; their veins 

 are inconspicuous, the lowest pair of venae primaries being 

 divergent at an angle of about 40°, while the others spread 

 outwards at an angle of 55° or 60° ; the venae arcuatae and 

 externae are obscurely seen, but form together a number 

 of rhomboidal spaces, equal in diameter to nearly one-third 

 of each side of the leaf; the proportion borne by the petiole 

 to the lamina is variable, sometimes equalling one-fourth 

 of the length of the latter, and not unfrequently being less 

 than one-sixth of its length ; this proportion not depending 

 upon the station of the leaves : the petiole is smooth, half 

 round, and thickened at the extremity, w^here it unites 

 with the lamina. Stipulce are none. The flowers are 

 greenish white, in terminal thyrsoid compound racemes; 

 the upper part of the rachis, and of its branches, is slightly 

 protected by stellate pubescence ; the pedicels are closely 

 covered with pubescence of the same nature, and have 

 one subulate downy deciduous bracteola at the base, and 

 another towards the apex. The calyx \s inferior, campanu- 

 late, tapering a little towards the base, densely clothed 

 with stellate pubescence, bursting irregularly at the apex 

 into four or five ovate teeth, which are somewhat imbri- 

 cated during aestivation, but which are separated by the 

 growth of the petals long before the expansion of the 

 flower ; the veins of the calyx are remarkably reticulated, 

 and when cut, a considerable quantity of mucilaginous 

 viscid fluid is exuded. The petals are whitish green, hypo- 

 gynous, with a convolute aestivation ; their ungues are 

 spatulate, and as long as the calyx ; their lamincE oblong, 

 spreading, flat, and then overlapping each other at the base; 

 at the point of separation of the unguis and lamina is a 

 small callus, and on each side a notch upon the margin. 

 The stamens are seated upon a long, filiform, subclavate, 

 smooth torus; t\\e. Jilaments are consolidated into a capitate 



