46 EEPOET ON TWO BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS FEOM 



Befaria gttianensis. Klotzsch, in R. Schomb. Eeisen in Brit.-Gniana, iii. p. 1088; 

 Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1887), p. 278 ; Appuu, Unter den 

 Tropen, ii. pp. 232, 287, 292. 

 Upper slopes and Ledge of Mount Roraima, McComiell Sf Quelch, 40. — Endemic. 



Befakia Imthtjrnii, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Fruticulus nanus, ramis pilis glanduliferis 

 vel setulis vestitus. Eolia conferta, breviter petiolata, coriacea. elliptico-oblonga vel 

 elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque obtusa vel acuta, supra glabra, subtus glaucaet glabra 

 vel costa plus minus setulosa, marginibus integris vel glanduloso-scabridis vel ciliatis. 

 Racemi snbumbelliformes, densi. Pedicelli snbhispidi. Calyx campanulatus, 7-8- 

 lobus, lobis biseriatis late ovatis obtusis. Petala 6-8, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 

 12-16, petalis subaequilonga, basi pilosa. — Befaria off. B. reshwsce, Mutis ; Oliver 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. Bot, ii. (1887), p. 278. 

 A dwarf sbrublet, witb tbe branchlets densely covered with spreading simple or gland- 

 tipped bairs, very leafy. Leaves crowded, very shortly petiolate, coriaceous ; petiole ^-1 

 lin. long ; blade i-1 in. long, \-h in. broad, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, about 

 equally acute or obtuse at each end, with slightly revolute margins, which are either 

 quite entire, minutely gland-scabrid, or ciliate with short gland-tipped bristles or longer 

 simple hairs, glabrous and smooth above, glaucous and either quite glabrous or with some 

 simple or gland-tipped bristles scattered along the midrib beneath. EloAvers several, 

 crowded into a short terminal umbel-like raceme or cluster, each flower being solitary 

 in the axil of one of the uppermost leaves. Pedicels 3-7 lin. long, more or less densely 

 covered with stiff spreading hairs. Calyx about 2 lin. long, campanulate, 7-8-lobed to 

 about the middle, with the lobes in two series, broadly ovate, obtuse, glabrous, minutely 

 ciliate. Corolla glabrous, pink; petals 6-8, slightly spreading, S-9 lin. long, 3 lin. 

 broad, oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base. Stamens 12-16, about as long as the petals; 

 filaments filiform, slightly thickened and hairy at the base ; anthers 1 lin. long, cuneately 

 oblong, obtuse. Ovary depressed, lobulate, glabrous, with a glabrous style 6-8 lin. long, 

 elongating to 1-1 J in. long in fruit, and a capitate slightly lobed stigma. Capsule about 

 ^ in. diam., woody, 6 (or more ?)-valved. 



Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., vm Thurn, 310; Mc Council §r Quelch, 94, 646. 

 Allied to B. guianemis, Klotzsch {Schomburgk, 1011). from which it differs in its less 

 elongated, glabrous leaves. In B. gnianemis the leaves are 1-1A in. long, and their upper 

 surface is thinly covered with short gland-tipped bristles, tubercular at the base, becoming 

 more or less scabrid after the bristles have fallen or have been rubbed off; on the under 

 side they are more or less densely covered all over with fine gland-tipped hairs, with 

 longer hairs on the midrib, and they appear to be less glaucous than in B. Imthumii. 



MYRSINACE^3. 



Aedisia Quelchii, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Eiutex dioicus, glaber, ramis crassis. Eolia 

 aiterna, petiolata, coriacea, obovata vel subelliptica, obtusa vel rare subacuta, integra, 

 subtus minutissime rubro-glandulosa. Paniculae axillares, anguste oblonga? vel 



