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JOTTINGS FROM A BOTANICAL NOTE-BOOK. 



By a. Eknst, Esq. 



(^Continued from Vol. VIII. p. 376.) 



11. CoccoLOBA PADiFOKMis, Melsm. ill De Gaud. Prodr. xiv. 160. 

 n. 67. — Not common in the ravine of the river Catuche. The description 

 given by Meissner is excellent ; the calyx is of a deep-red colour, the 

 fruit is small (5 mm. long), the calyx remains membranaceous, and does 

 not include wholly the somewhat trigonal, smooth, and brownish-black 

 achtTDniuni. 



12. Anemop.^gma glaucum, Mart.; De (!and. Prodr. ix. 188. n. 6. 

 — A high climber, flowering in .June. It appears to be not uncommon in 

 the ravine of the river Gatuche, and I have sent seeds to Kevv. As 

 Martius's description, quoted in De CandoUe's ' Prodromus,' is rather 

 short, I may add a more extensive one. — Frutex scandens, glaberrimus, 

 laevis, rarais et petiolis communibus cortice griseo tectis, verrucose-striatis, 

 petiolo communi subpoUicari, petiolulis brevioribus viridibus ; foliis 

 bifoliatis oppositis cirrhos inter foliola gereutibus, foliolis late lanceo- 

 latis obtusis penniuerviis nervulis utrinque elevatis reticulatis, punc- 

 tulis crebris supra concavis, subter coiivexis notatis, 7-8 poll, long., 

 2-3 poll, hit., supra obscure viridibus, subter glaucescentibus ; racemis 

 axiUaribus vel interdum terminalibus, petiolis longioribus, pedicellis polli- 

 caribus nigro-punctatis, medio bibracteolatis, inferioribus bifloris oppositis, 

 superioribus unifloris : calyx | poll, long., campanulatus, ore truucato, spepe 

 lateraliter 2-3-fissus, nervorum apex denticulis minutissimis nigris nota- 

 tus; corolla flava, speciosa, 2-3 poll, longa, supra calycem ampliata, 

 tubo longissimo, lobulis 5, sestivatione quincunciali, obtusis, \~^ poll, 

 long. ; stamina 4 cum rudimento quinti, basi pilis articulatis barbata, 

 adscendentia, supra medium incurvata, didynamia ; antherse biloculares, 

 loculis ut in genere ; stylus rectus, staininibus longior; stigma bilamella- 

 tum, lamellis snbrevolutis ; ovarium disco carnosa insidens, biloculare, 

 ovula in quocjue loculo biserialia ; fructuscapsula ovalis, pedicellata, apice 

 bl)tusa, 6 poll, longa, 3 4 poll, lata, compressa, | poll, crassa, Ifevis, 

 cortice griseo obtecta ; valvis nervum medianum secus partihilibus, sep- 

 tum membranaceum ; semina biserialia, orbiculata, 2^ poll, lata, 2' ])oll. 

 longa, ala radiatim striata, margine lacerata, ad hilum interrupta ; cotyle- 

 dones carnosa?, rotundo-bilobiata?, f poll, latse, \ poll, longaj, basi et apice 

 cordatfe, radicula brevissima. 



13. EsENBECKiA CASTANOCARPA, GHseh. in Flora of the Brit. West 

 Indian Islands, p. 135. — Ravine of the Catuche, pasnim. Grisebach's 

 description is a good one, but the fruits are not exactly lubcrded. I 

 would rather say covered by short and thick spinuUr. 



14. Tefhrosia toxicaria, Pers. — Grisebach (hep. 182) is incor- 

 rect in saying tliat the flowers are blue. Swartz is more correct (Fl. Ind. 

 Occid. 1279). The standard is whitish-yellow, over the claw reddish, 

 and so are also the wings. ' 



15. RoLLiNiA GLAUCESCENS, Miq. ; Walp. Ann. ii. 20. — Of this in- 

 teresting plant one specimen was found in the ravine of the Catuche, 



• where it betrayed its existence by the intense and sweet smell of its 

 numerous flowers. 



10. Jathoi'iia ukens, Willd.; De Cand. Prodr. xv. ii. p. 1100. — 



