COLLECTED BY MR. WEIR. 295 
subfiliformia : enthere ovate, extrorse, 2-loculares, connectivo lato 
dorsali adnate, Ovarium subglobosam, liberum, super torum parvum 
sessile, 1-loculare ; ovula plurima placentis 3 longitudinaliter parie- 
talibus 2-seriatim affixa, Stylus brevis, teres. Stigma obsolete 3- 
lobum.—Frutex Brasiliensis; folia exstipulata, opposita, serrata, 
epunctata, petiolata : racemus terminalis, spicatus. 
APHJREMA SPICATA: ramulis simplicibus, sub-4- -gonis, pruinosis ; 
foliis oppositis, cordato-ovatis, acuminatis, mucronatis, dentibus 
rotundatis ciliatis serratis, 6 basi 3-5-nerviis, opacis, in nervis pube- 
ralis, subtus pallidioribus, petiolo tenui pruinoso, folio dimidio 
breviore; racemo terminali, basi nudo, floribus oppositis, breviter 
ЕНА bractea basali donatis.—Prov. San Paulo Brasilia 
(Weir, 427). 
On account of its sepals with valvate sestivation, no petals, hypogynous 
insertion of its stamens, free unilocular ovary, with three parietal lines of 
placentation, short simple style, and obsoletely 3-lobed stigma, it is quite 
in accordance with the Biwxacee, but it offers the anomaly of opposite 
leaves, the absence of stipules, the want of a disk, and extrorse stamens, 
which are definite in number (double that of the sepals). Fuller details 
with analytical drawings are reserved for another opportunity. 
Томотом, sub-geunus Ромватлим, Vand.—Sepala 5, ovata aut subro- 
tunda, imo plus minusve cordata, more Nicandra replicata, margine 
profunde laciniata, Petala 5, inæqualia, ecalcarata, 2 lateralia cum 
inferiori duplo latiora longe unguiculata, 2 superiora multo minora 
et linearia. Stamina 5, gio e sequalia; anthere filamentis 
æquilongæ aut breviores. Ovarium pilosum, 1-loculare (ut in 
lonidium verum). Stylus summo заваа Stigma сауит, ob- 
к= 3-lobum 
им (Ромвдтом) SERIOEUM, n. sp.—Erectus, semipedalis, un- 
Бок sericeo-pilosis ; foliis alternis, subsessilibus, ovatis, remote 
serratis, stipulis 9 setaceis; floribus axillaribus, solitariis, longe 
pedunculatis, sepalis valde sericeis, sub-orbicularibus, imo profunde 
cordatis, admodum laeiniatis, laciniis setaceis ; petalis flavis.—Prov. 
San Paulo Brasiliw (Weir, 878). 
` Notwithstanding bes remarks of St, Hilaire on Zonidium Гресасиапћа, it 
appears to me that Brazilian species with deeply-laciniate sepals, so 
different from ры proper in their aspect, the large size of their 
flowers, and several notable characters, have a claim to be classed in a 
distinct group. To this group the foregoing plant belongs, and for it, as a 
sub-genus, I suggested the name of Lomatopeplus, forgetting at the mo- 
ment that Vandelli had established it as the genus Pombalium, and in 
this character it was recognised by DeCandolle. Endlicher and Messrs. 
Bentham and Hooker have followed the example of St. Hilaire, including 
at the same time in — the Australian genus Pigea, and I have 
here partially adopted their vi 
The name of mie drin should be altogether expunged (Weir, 
356). 
