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libus vel subsessilibus." I have further to add, " Stipulae ad basin 

 petioli arete adpressse, obtusaj, fere rectangulares, apice pilosse vel 

 ciliatae, 3 lineas lougse, iinam latee." 



8. AspiDOSPERMA Vaugasii, De Cand. Prodr. viii. 399. — The 

 leaves and flowers are very well described ; the fruit was unknown to 

 De Candolle. It is an ovate, unequal-sided follicle, 2^ inches long, 

 1^ broad, greyish, covered with numerous white spots. It contains 

 from 6 to 8 seeds; these are ovate, 1^ inches long, and 1 inch broad. 

 The follicle looks like a ham in miniature. 



9. PoGONOPUS Ottonis, Klotzsch ; Walp. Ann. v. 124. — The 

 leaves are not exactly obovate ; I sliould prefer ovate-lanceolate ; the 

 under side is pale green, and densely covered with short hairs. The 

 stellate hairs, described by Klotzsch, near the base of the large peta- 

 loid sepal, are a good character, but appear to be of a very fugacious 

 existence. I have seen many flowers with two petaloid sepals, one, 

 however, being always smaller, a mere attempt at petaloid outgrowth. 

 The venation of the enlarged calycine segment is diff'erent from that of 

 the true petals, the former being distinctly 3-nerved, the latter with 

 one principal nerve. (See also Masters, Veget. Teratology, p. 249.) 

 The genus Pogonopus appears to be established on rather slight 

 diiferences from the old genus CaJycopJiylhmt, of which it might form 

 a section, distinguished by the hairy basis of the filaments. 



10. Under the vernacular name Amaryoso, the exceedingly bitter 

 bark of a small tree is used in popular medicine against fever and 

 similar ailings. It was but lately that I got flowers of the plant, 

 which proved to be a species oi Vallesia. It is, however, distinct 

 from those mentioned in the Prodromus, viii. 348, 349. I find no 

 other species in Walpers, nor in Karsten, and believe it therefore to be 

 a new one, which I call — 



Vallesia hypoglauca, caule ai'borescente, ligno durissimo, ramis 

 cortice albo-punctato, amarissimo. Foliis alternis, in apice ramu- l^ 

 loram interdum oppositis vel suboppositis, petiolatis (petiolo 7-8 

 millim. long., supra canalioiilato) ; limbo ovato-oblongo, epunc- 

 tato, basi snbattenuato, margine integerrirao, apice obtuso, 8-9 

 ccntim. longo, 3-4 lato, supra obscure viridi, subtus glauco {inde 

 Homen specificiim), ncrvatione dense reticulata subtus prominente. In- 

 florescentiis racemosis oppositifoliis vel terminalibus, ramis rectan- 

 gulare patentibus bractcis suff'ultis. Floribus glomcrulatis, sessi- 



