374 Mr. Minas on a new Genus of Plants 
longissimis, tubum squantibus, eestivatione spiraliter inclusis. Stamina 6, «qualia, 
inclusa, libera, laciniis opposita, infra coronam orta; filamenta omnino retroversa et 
juxta tubi parietem deflexa, in laminas subpetaloideas complanata, citò contracta, de- - 
müm dilatata, apice profundé emarginata, lobulis 2 sejunctis terminata, margine utrin- 
que lacinulá lineari subulatá sigmoide& suberectá notata; anthere parve, ovate, 2- 
loculares, loculis collateralibus, subdivergentibus, dorso adnatis, longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus, ad apicem infra sinum emarginaturz positz, perianthium spectantes, et tune 
ob filamenti inflectionem pseudo-extrorse, sed reverà introrse. Ovarium suburceo- 
latum, perianthio adnatum, apice liberum, subconicum, 1-loculare, multiovulatum ; pla- 
centis 3 parietalibus. Stylus subbrevis, rectus. Stigmata 3, erecta, inclusa. Pericar- 
pium carnosum, turbinatum, 6-sulcatum, perianthii ima basi circumscissá marcescente 
marginatum, discoque apicali (stylo) demum operculatim deciduo terminatum, orá cir- 
culari apice apertum, 1-loculare, polyspermum. Semina minuta, oblonga, fusiformia, 
subcompressa, scobiformia, in placentis tribus parietalibus aggregata, erecta, et quoad 
funieulum deflexum retroversa; testa laxa nucleo paulló amplior, libera, diaphana, 
areolis longissimis angustatis reticulata, costis parallelis valdé prominulis, funiculo 
reticulato, tenui, ejusdem longitudinis ; endopleura tenuissima, areolis magnis, paucis, 
subangu!atis cancellata; nucleus? (albumen?) grumosus, homogeneus?; embryonis 
forma ignota. 
Plante Brasilienses, hyaline, super lignum cariosum parasitice, rhizomate tuberoso, fibrillis 
numerosis; caule simplici, erecto, subflezuoso, angulato, fere aphyllo; flore solitario, | 
terminali, basi 2-4-bracteato, bracteolis brevibus, vel sub flore, vel in medio caule, erectis; 
perianthii tubo subhyalino, petalis roseis, sepalis flavis, corona luted margine auran- 
tiacd; fructu hyalino. 
1. Ophiomeris Macahensis, caule nudo, bracteolis 2-3nis florem solitarium terminalem suf — 
fulcientibus, perianthio hyalino ; sepalis rosaceis. 
Hab. Ad Macahé, Provincie Rio de Janeiro. 
Planta hyalina, 2-3-pollicaris. 
2. Ophiomeris Iguassuensis, caule subnudo medio bracteolis 3-4 iis speciei prioris duplo lon- - 
gioribus in verticillum dispositis, flore solitario terminali nudo. 
Hab. Ad Iguassü, Provincie Rio de Janeiro. 
. Planta hyalina, vix pollicaris. 
Both these plants appear to be extremely rare, and were found by my son d 
growing upon the decayed trunks of trees in the deep shady forests, in distant 
places, near the foot of the Organ Mountain range. Of the latter species L. 
obtained specimens in 1841 ; but at that time I was unable to comprehend its 
