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Leaves crowded towards the ends of the branches, glabrous; petiole 2-2. 1 , lin. Long; 

 Made f-1 ', in. long, l-s lin. broad, lanceolate-elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic and 



obtuse, or occasionally lanceolate and acute, sometimes minutely apiculate, rigidly 

 coriaceous, entire, shining and smooth or coarsely pitted above, coarsely pitted between 

 the veinlets beneath; midrib impressed above, prominent and keeled beneath at the 

 basal part only, not raised above the general surface in the apical half. Racemes 

 1-2 in. long, 3-4 lin. diam., densely many-flowered, erect, glabrous. Bracts 1^-2 lin. 

 long, subulate, very acute. Pedicels | 1 lin. long, ascending curved, glabrous. 

 Sepals 1-1 4 lin. long, acuminate from an ovate base, glabrous. Petals 1^-1| lin. long, 

 S lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate from the margins being inrolled, subacute when 

 expanded, glabrous. Stamens about § as long as the petals. Ovary oblong, irregularly 

 wrinkled in the dried state. 2-3-celled, glabrous; style very short and stout; stigmas 

 2-3. Ovules 2, pendulous from the apex of each cell. 



Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., im Thurn, 334; McConnell 8f Quelch, 88, 

 318, 638. 



This species differs from Cyrilla antillana, Michx., in having smaller and more rigidly 

 coriaceous leaves, with the midrib not prominent beyond the middle on the underside, 

 shorter and denser racemes, and longer and more acuminate sepals and petals. 



LEGUMINOS.E. 



Crotalarta anagyroides, H. 13. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. p. t04. 

 Kotinga Valley, McConnell fy Quelch, 1(59. 



Tephrosia abtjnca, Benth. in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. iii. (1839), p. 432. 

 Kotinga Valley, McDonnell 8f Quelch, 131, 199. 



Clitoria guyanensis, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. ii. (1858), p. 40. 



Kotinga Valley, McDonnell 8f Quelch, 155 ; Ireng Valley, McConnell Sf Quelch, 209. 



DlOCLEA GTJIANENSIS, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. (1838), p. 134. 

 Kotinga Valley, McConnell Sf Quelch, 158. 



Phaseou s semierectus, Linn. Mant. i. p. 100, var. 

 Kotinga Valley, McConnell 8f Quelch, 171. 



Phaseoi/US LASIOCARPUS, Mart. (?) ex Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. (1838), p. 1 10, 

 Kotinga Valley, McConnell Sf Quelch, 177. 



Eriosema crinitum, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1840), p. 62. 

 Kotinga Valley, McConnell ^ Quelch, 186. 



Dipteryx oppositifolia, Willd. Sp. PL iii. p. 910. 



Arabapu River, McConnell Sf Quelch, 143, 303. Roraima Range, 3500 ft., McConnell 

 8f Quelch, 717. — Guiana and Brazil. 



