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li, i. Twig, with flower bud and det.ached in<ature fruits (two 

 specimens). 

 (1) Fruits received 7 Feb., 1861. (2) Twig received 

 1 Nov., 1861. 

 " Tree, 60 to 100 feet high, eomniou in Trinidad, but apparently 

 introdiiced, a.s it is always found in or near cultivated spots. Tlie tree 

 is known by its Spanish or Indian name, ' Guataniare. ' Its seeds are 

 employed in rum in many diseases, especially those of the digestive 

 organs. The wounded trunk gives a resin said to be indistinguisliable 

 from Balsam of Tohi." Dr. Criiger's letter, Jan. 7, 1864.— D. H. 



j. Leafy twig and portions of detached fruits. 



Venezuela; 1864; Dr. B. Seemann. 



" A large forest tree, 60 feet high, the wood of which has been 

 exporteil to Hamburg by M. Polly, of Porto Cabello. The bark has, 

 when fresh, a powerful and somewhat disagreeable smell. The natives 

 of the Tucuyo district make no use of tlie tree. Vidgo ' Sereipo,' village 

 of Guadiana, Tucuyo river, March 20, 1864." — B. Seemann. Extremely 

 common in the Tucuyo district. — D. H. 



k. Leafy twig and detached fruits. 



The "Morro," Taboga, Panama ; 1363 ; Dr. W. T. Whit.'. 



I, m. Young leafy twigs and detached flowers and fruit. 



No. 753, " Plants of the Isthmus of Panama ;" Sutton 

 Hayes. On the Morro, Taboga ; 6 Mar., 1863. A 

 small tree, 18 to 25 feet high. Flowers, rosy white. 



n, 0. Leafy branchlets. 



Plato on the Magdalena, New Granada ; Mr. John Weir ; 

 Dec., 1863. 



p. Inflorescence. 



q. Fruiting twig without leaves. 



r. Leafy twig with young fruits. 



Both q and r are from the same locality and collector, and 

 of the same date as », o, and^J. 



s. Leafy twig. 



From a plant cultivated in a Iiot-house ; 1867. 



179- Myrospermum secundum, Klotzsch. (Bonplandia, l-'iSept., 18.i7, 

 p. 277. 

 ft. A flower only. 



"Habitat in humvUs : Rio Guarico, pvopc Parapar.i de 

 Humboldt " [in Klotzsch's handwriting]. 



