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p. Twig, with leaves and detached twig of flowers and fruit. 



Dec, 1864; marked "/?." 

 3. Twig, with leaves (e) and another with flowers marked "^." 

 [The^'leaves and fruit of specimens p and q are larger than 

 in the preceding specimens ; the leaflets of p and q 

 are oblong-lanceolate ; and those of r arc ovate- 

 lanceolate.] 

 r. Twig, with leaves and flowers, marked " 8." 



Specimen i>, j, and /• are from the same collection and the 

 same locality as I to 0. 



s. Leaflets only. 



The leaflets (1) on the upper portion of this sheet are 

 labelled : " Bolivia, Weddell, from the Museiun of 

 Paris, from M. Brongniart." Received Jan., 1865. A 

 second specimen (2) is labelled: "Folioles du Myro- 

 spermum perui/enm de M. Weddell, qui a fourni le 

 baume sec decrit, t. iii., p. 440." A fragment of the 

 dry balsam is attached to this sheet. A third 

 specimen (3) is labelled: ''¥o\w\es de Myrosperimm 

 perui/emm, No. 4,787, de M. Weddell." This speci- 

 men is marked by D. H. : " Linnaius' specimen at 

 the Linnean Society exactly resembles this." Speci- 

 mens 2 and 3 were received from Prof. Guibourt, 

 22 Oct., 1853, mde Hist, des Drog. (ed. 4), torn iii., 

 p. 440. 

 t. Flowerbuds and a tracing of a leaf. 



The flowerbuds on this sheet are marked : " M. peruifemn, 



H. B. K. (type); from the Museum of Paris; received 



Jan., 1865." The lower portion of the sheet is 



occupied by a tracing of the leaves of iM. peruifermn, 



Kth. (herbier de Kunth), with^he following extract 



from a letter, dated Paris, Oct. 1853, from Prof. 



Guibourt to D. Hanbury :— 



<• iryrospermumperuifcrum de Mutis, Linn6 et Kunth (voir Hist. de.s 



Droeiies t iv p. 332). Je vous envoie (figure A) ainsique jelaifait 



antdrieurement a M. Pereira, le dessin caique d'une feuiUe de cette 



espfece qui se trouve au Museum de Paris. Les folioles sont fermes. 



souvent un peu cordif ormes par le bas ; le petiole commun et le.s nervures 



des folioles sont glabres (the midrib is hairy on its upper side, U.U) 



Les petioles particuliers sont un peu pubescents, le fruit manque. Je 



vous envoie quelques folioles detach6es de Myrospermnm iapport6s 



par M. WeddeU, que I'on doit rdunir a cette espfece." 



