170 THE .TOUR>'AL OF BOTA::^!' 



A small, slender shrublet, some IS ins. high. The leaves measure 

 from 10-12 cm. X 3-5-4-5 cm., with stalks 4-7 mm. in length ; 

 stipules 4 mm. long, and 2 mm. or more in breadth at base. In- 

 ilorescence somewhat al)breviated, with flattened top and base G-7 cm. 

 wide ; bracts 8 mm. long at most. 6V////a'-lobes 2 mm. long. Corolla- 

 tube about 7 mm. long, lubes mm. X 1*7 mm. AutJiers^ 15 mm., 

 hlaments slightly shorter. Disc rather over '5 mm. in height ; sti/le 

 1-6 mm. long, stigmatic branches '7 mm. 



Bland ibractea, Jiubiacearum e Kondeletiearum tribu novum 

 genus. 



CaJt/cis tubus campanulato-infundibularis ; limbi lobi 4 sub- 

 lequales lati apice rotundati. Corolla demum late infundibularis, 

 basin versus tamen valide tubulosus ; limbi lobi 4 brevissimi latissimi 

 apice truncato-rotundati, a?stivatione imbricati, uno exteriore ; tubus 

 intus circa mediimi villosissimus. Stamina 4, pauUo supra corollse 

 tubi medium inserta ; anthen^e breviter oblongo-ovatie, dorsifixaj ver- 

 satiles, longiuscule exserta? ; lilamenta desuper validiuscula, pilosa, 

 insuper a^igustata. Disc?(s conspicuus, carnosissimus. Ovarium bi- 

 loculare : stylus longiusculus exsertus apice breviter bifidus ; ovula in 

 loculis nmnerosa, conspicue funiculata. in placenta septo adnata plus 

 minus immersa, horizontaliter affixa. Arbores/o>///s oppositis magnis 

 crassiuscule ehartaceis, stipulis mox deciduis. Flares inter minores, 

 in cymis paniculatis laxiuseulis amplis dispositi ; hractece interdum in 

 laminam petiolatam foliaceam am])lam productae. 



In the absence of the fruit, the tribe to which this genus should 

 be assigned is, strictly speaking, doubtful ; but in vie^y of the general 

 facies, and of such other characters as are available for examination, 

 I have little hesitation in relegating it to the HondeletifP, with 

 Warscewiczia as its nearest ally. From the last-named this new 

 genus is readily distinguished by its tetramerous flowers, structure of 

 the corolla, insertion of the stamens, and, above all, by the nature 

 of the " Schau-a])])arat " or attractive s^'stem cf the inflorescence. In 

 our genus this latter is provided by modified bracts, the calyx-lobes 

 being a])])roximately etpial ; in Warsceiviczia the petaloid attractive- 

 organs are, inorjthologieally, calyx-lobes. 



Blandibractea brasiliensis, sp. unicum. Arbor ramulis validis 

 subtetragonis, glal>ratis cortice ruguloso conspicue lenticellato. Folia 

 magna lirme chartacea, nisi subtus in venis hie inde sparse minute 

 pubenda glabra, late obovata, apice vix acuminata obtusiuscula, basi 

 truncata subcordata, venis prjesertim centrali subtus prominentissimis 

 petiolo brevi valido Uisi inflato; stijyulce caducissimje (nee vidi). 

 F.ores \)YO i-ata ])arvi, breviter sa^])ius pedicellati, in paniculis dispositi 

 amplissimis numcrosissimi ; novi tubulosi, maturi late infundibulares ; 

 hractece sfepe in laminam crassiusculam elli])ticam producta?, glaberri- 

 mam, apice rotundatam basi cuneatam in ])eti(dum gracilem elon- 

 gatum nccnon sublignosum venis valde conspicuis plus minus im- 

 pre<sis. 



Hah. Brasil without further localitv, Sella ! Bowie Sf Cunning- 

 ham \i)\(S2\ 



A large-leaved stout tree, with leaves 19-15 em. x 12-30 cm. 



