160 
- Xylopia, Linn. Syst. ed. 10, p.-1250 (1759). Unona, Linn. f. 
Suppl. p. 270 (1781). 
. (1781) in the 
-specimen of Unona discreta, Linn. f. ( in 
Wise He tbatiden is conspecific with Xylopia seer: 
Humb. et Bonp]. (1817), and that species mune Nee he 
the name Xylopia discreta. Its synonymy and distri 
as follows :— 
i l. p. 270 (1781). 
. discreta.—Unona discreta, Linn. f, Suppl. p 
yr seeae Humb. et Bonpl. ex Dunal, pte A 
p. 121, t. 17 (1817); H.B.K. Nate Sh a ay Jt Ba a 
Mart. Fl, Bras. vol. xiii. pars 1, P;, 425 In obs.; : 
Hak, Lond. Journ. Bot. 1843, vol. ii. p. 359; Pulle, Enum 
Vase. Pl. Surinam, p. 177. 
Distris. Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana. 
X. Lane-Poolei, sp. nov.; affinis X. Elliott, ing ghee 
foliis conspicue acuminatis ad basin attenuatis . ra einen 
pedicellis longioribus nutantibus, bracteis minoribus 
petalis brevioribus obtusioribus differt. 
: : iametro, Cor- 
_ Arbor erecta, alta; truncus rarius ultra 45 cm. dia > 
= = i 6-1-3 cm. 
minutissime puberuli, subglauci, internodiis brevibus 0°6 
Nia 
4 atl, 
ascendentes, ceteri a costa sub angulo edi rapaerpecgeieate 
circiter 6-7 mm. intra marginem conjuncti, es J a 
intricate anastomosantes; venae supra obsoletae, in ae ee 
prominentes; petioli 4-5 mm. lon i, 15 mm. crassi, m vel usque 
puberuli et glaucescentes, Flores axillares, solitari .. iacee 
3-nati, pedicellati, primum nutantes, demum aes crassi, 
patuli; pedicelli 5-6 mm. longi, inferne circiter 0 cas int eae 
superne leviter ampliati, puberuli, cicatricibus bractear 
deciduarum notati, 
2-2°5 mm. lon a, 
intra glabra. P 
dense et breviter adpresse 
petala interior 
. lon 
mate ellipsoideo subacuto 1 
coronatum. Fructus non visus. 
