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posed for it the new combiuation Melochia ramuliflora, R. E_ 

 Eries.* ' 



_ Botli the above-mentioned periodicals were, however, published 

 in monthly parts; and Bentham's species appeared in the 

 Journal of ^Botany for August, 1841,t whereas St. Hilaire- 

 and JNaudiu s was published nearly a year later in the Anuales. 

 des Sciences Naturelles for July. 1848. j: 



The name Melochia uhnifolia, Benth., should therefore be- 

 retained and a new one is required for M. ulmifolia, St. Hil. and 



M , u. ^^^^i"" Melochia Gardneri is now proposed for it. 



Melochia Gardneri, Sprague, nom. nov. M. uhnifolia, St. HiL 

 & Naud._ in Ann Sc. Nat. Ser. II. vol. xvii. p. 36 (1842); 1^. 

 Schum. m Mart. Tl. Bras. vol. xii. pars 3, p. 36! non Benth. 



^AAa'^n'^.y l^V. '"^ "^^"'^^ «^ *^e Serra de Santa Brida. April 

 lo4U, (jrardncr 3608. ' 



^M^ Gardneri is described by the collector as a shrub, ^-^ ft. 



T. A. S. 



7,7W?-"'l ^'^^''Ir,, '<"• Fefcrxarj-.-The plants figured 



are* 

 Eodr 



AnJ;;,-^^' ^^^'^^^^^f!^''«" »^o?.7,wie/i.,e, Franch. (t. 85.98), and 



fu Sl"''/''^^ ^^V^^' ?■ ^^^9)- The miandsia has been in 

 of noT^ir ^?^^°iV^.^^i\ half a century and has borne a variety 

 of names including Fn...a7?e^,-^«, Ant'oine, and F. Glazioviaul 



JaTeirn i.1 l''''^'^^ ?f the forests of the provinces of Eio de- 

 ^^rdensft«fl "" ^"'^^^ in Southern Brazil, and as known ii. 

 fometfmP.. r"'' "f./^.^^^^e in colour, sometimes being white, 

 wSte t^ vpi?n ^^' while m some instances there is a change from 



fn a ln2 iiJti- """^.^^^fT""^- P^^'^°^- ^^^ ^^^^'^^^ arranged 

 L denselv brf f ' T \^^ f"'.^ ^°^^ '""^ 3-4 inches broad, .?nd 

 of about twtf' ^t'^^r^' ^^ 3^ f^^t l^ig'l^^ l>earing a panicle- 

 1 We ' T nb^^ ^^' P^^^* f^'^"^ ^^^^ the nfateSal for 



Tempfr'te^^.t*";^^^ """' P^'^ ^^ ^^'^ ^^^'^i««n section of the 



flowewtMr'tr '^ I'^'f ^^ ^^^ - W of ?tf nedium-si.ed 

 purple on a ..T ''P'^? ^^'J P'^^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^^^fy Notched with 

 numerous broinf f^^Zt' ^^^^^ *^^^ ^^P i« ^^^low and bears 

 omeXner \.?. ^ '- T^' 'P.^"^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ts in the region 

 1890 by^^Mest T' r^ ^^^; fij^t introduced to cultivation about 

 sf Albania nfn^ffl T-^ ?"^'' ^^ ^^'^-^^^ establishment at 



the figure, w^s pr.i;;s''l1;Clwt sSr''/'^ -terial for 

 a recent importation from Mi VorTef Tl ' 'T^T'"^ iv''?- 



to C^M...ij^, from wMch it ;Tov l' ^,¥/^^^^^i« closely allied 



hermaphrodite floTers and a L^S^V^' ^^t,^?^\«hed by having 

 side. "^ ^ ^'^ ''hich 19 obliquely twisted to one 



t See foot of p. 17. 



