542 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
Folia 2-3} poll. longa, 10-14 lin. lata. Petiolus 8-10 lin. 
longus. e 5-partitus ; laciniis oblongis, acutis, extus 
hirsutissimis, intus pilosiusculis. Corolla rotata, 5-par- 
tita, laciniis valvatis, lanceolatis, extus pilosis. Stamina 5. 
Filamenta complanata, basi dilatata. ^ Anthere conni- 
ventes, ovato-oblonge, cordate, equales, longitudinaliter 
dehiscentes. 
240. Polygonum acre, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. 9. p. 179. 
Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 253. 
Has. In ditches and marshy places, common. FZ. Oct. 
241. Polygonum glabrum, Willd. Sp. Plant. 2. p. 447. 
Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 258. 
Has. In moist places at Tejuca. FI. Nov. 
242. Epidendrum filicaule, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. p. 101. 
Has. On trees on the Pedra Bonita, at Tejuca. Fl. Nov. 
243. Epidendrum fragrans, Swartz.—Lindl. Gen. et Sp. 
p.97. Bot. Mag. 1669. 
Has. On the stems and branches of Vellozia candida, on the 
Pedra Bonita, at Tejuca. Fi. Nov. 
244. Cattleya labiata, Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 33. Gen. and Sp. 
p.116. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 157. 
Han. On rocks near the summit of the Pedra Bonita at 
Tejuca. FI. Nov. 
245. Vanilla planifolia, Bot. Repos. t.538. Lindl. Gen. and 
Sp. p. 435 
Has. In dry rocky bushy places, common, as on the;Morro 
do Flamengo. FI. Nov. 
This is the plant which yields the vanilla (Banilha of the 
Brazilians) in Brazil. I have never seen the fruit of V. aro- 
matica, although I have often met with it in flower on the 
Organ Mountains. 
246. Besleria geminiflora (sp. n; ; caule y lignoso — 
erecto apice cum petiolis et pilosis, foliis 
petiolatis ovalibus acutis vel acuminatis basi acutis integer- 
rimis supra glabriusculis, subtus strigilloso-pubescentibus 
margine ciliatis, pedicellis ad axillas geminis 1-floris petiolo 
longioribus, calycis 5-partiti lobis subeequalibus integerri- 
