536 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
Has. In woods on the Ilha do Governador. FI. Nov. 
200. Gomphia oliveformis, St. Hil. Fl. Brasil. Merid. 1. 
p.67. Spreng. Cur. post. p. 163. 
Has. In woods on the Ilha do Governador. FI. Nov. 
201 Inga, (sp. n.) 
Has. In woods on the Ilha do Governador, in the Bay of 
Rio de Janeiro. Fl. Nov 
This species will shortly ‘Ge described and published by 
Mr. Bentham in his Synopsis of the Mimosee. 
202. Myrcia insularis (sp. n.); caule arboreo, ramis apice 
rubiginoso-tomentosis subcompressis, foliis oblongis acutis 
basi rotundatis glaberrimis, margine revolutis, paniculis 
folio brevioribus multifloris, floribus glabris, calycinis lobis 
rotundatis. 
Has. In low woods on the Ilha do Governador. FI. Nov. 
Arbor parva. Folia 41-6 poll. longa, 22-30 lin. lata, 
junioria peladi pulita: Petioli 4-6 lin. longi, subtus 
convexi, puberuli, supra canaliculati. Paniculz axillares ter- 
minalesque ramose, rachi ramulisque rubiginoso-tomentosis. 
Flores in ramulis densi, subsessiles. Calyx glaber, lobis 
valde inzqualibus, pellucido-punctatis. Petala 5 rotundata, 
glabra, pellucido-punctata, alba. 
Near Myrcia rubiginosa and M. laurifolia of St. Hil, but 
it differs from the former by its smooth and larger leaves, 
smaller panicle, and smooth calyx; and from the latter by 
its much larger leaves, which are obtuse at the base, and 
smooth flowers. 
M. Alphonse de Candolle has recently published a post- 
 humous Memoir on Myrtacee, by his'father, from which I 
quote the following interesting remarks upon the diagnosis 
of the difficult genus EE After giving the carpological 
characters, he says :—“ Outre ce caractère carpologique, qui 
me parait essentiel, et qui ne m'a jamais laissé la moindre 
doute quand j'ai pu couper une graine, les Myrcia se dis- 
tinguent encore des autres Myrtées par des caractéres de 
fleuraison ou d'inflorescence faciles à saisir. Ainsi on les 
distingue: 19. des Eugenia et des Jambosa, parceque leur 
