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teiformibus maculis longis rubris pictis, perianthii laciniis oblongis acutis 

 patentibus rubro-maculatis apice intus barbatis alternis sublatioribus 

 ciliatisj tubo laciniarumque basi lineis punctatis violaceis creberrimis 

 ornatis, floribus (an semper ?) hermaphroditis, carpellis plurimis den- 

 sissime supra disciim carnosum congestis staminibus 2 v. 1 munitis. 

 Hab. in Venezuela, ad fl. Apure, a cl. Purdielect. Octobr. 1845. (Herb. 

 Hooker., exemplar unicum.) 



4. Sciaphila erubescens, hyalina tenerrima, foliis bracteiformibus brac- 

 teisque acutis rubro-pictis, floribus punctis rubris maculatis, perianthii 

 laciniis agqualibus oblongis acutis glaberrimis reflexis, flor. superioribus 

 (Jinferioribus jinterdum hermaphroditis, staminibus .3 cassis (?), utri- 

 culo bivalvi. 



Aphylleia erubescens. Champ, in Calc. Jour7i. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 468. 



Hab. in Insula Ceylon, ad Narawalle, prope Galle, in sylvis umbrosis. 



Hyalisma, Champ. 

 Char. Gen. Flores monoici, v. dioici. Perianthium in utroque sexu 8- 

 partitum ; laciniis lanceolatis, cequalibus, patentibus, celluloso-rugosis, 

 basi in urceolam coalitis, sestivatione valvatis, persistentibus. Masc. 

 Stamina^, in androphorum carnosum prominulum fere sessilia, laciniis 

 alternis opposita ; filamenta brevissima ; antherce 4-loculares, peltatae, 

 apice linea transversa bivalvatim hiantes ; pollen sphsericum simplex. 

 Pistilli rudimentum nullum. Fem. Stamina nulla. Ovaria plurima, 

 (50-60) densissime in gynascium carnosum liberum aggregata, obovata, 

 1-locularia ; ovulo unico erecto. Stylus fere basilaris, ovario 3-7-pl6 

 longior, subulato-filiformis, celluloso-articulatus, apice subobtuso, stig- 

 mate inconspicuo. Carpidia plurima, utricularia, obovata, breviter 

 stipitata, structura omnino Sciaphilce. — Herba Ceylonica, pusilla, hya- 

 lina ; rhizomate Jtbroso ; caule simplici, erecto ; foliis hracteiformibks 

 alternis, ovatis, acutis, venis destilutis, celluloso-rugosis ; spica terminali ; 

 floribus pedicellatis, scepissime dioicis, interdiim monoids, et tunc supe- 

 rioribus $ inferioribus ? ; pedicellis unijloris, basi bracteatis. 

 Hyalisma ianthina, Champ, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 466 cum 

 icone. 



Hab. in Insula Ceylon, prope Galle, in sylvis humidis. 



To these plants Mr. Miers adds the following, described from spe- 

 cimens recently sent from Para by Mr. Spruce. 



SoRiDiuM, Miers. 

 Char. Gen. Flores monoici. Perianthium in utroque sexu 4-partitum ; 

 laciniis ovatis, acutis, patentibus, celluloso-rugosis, sestivatione valvatis, 

 persistentibus. Masc. Stamina 2, supra discum minimum inclusum 

 fere sessilia, laciniis alternis opposita ; filamenta brevissima ; antherce 

 transversim elongatae, compressae, 4-loculares, rima verticali longitudi- 

 naliter 2-valvatim septicide hiantes ; pollen globosum, irregulariter sub- 

 trivalvatim rumpens. Ovaria plurima, in capitulum dense aggregata, 



