48 f;Ai.v<iri,oK/K. 



e. f. Leafy twif,'s. 



Sheet e. is Libelled : " Myroxi/Uni robinup/olium, Klotznch 

 (BonpLindia, 15 Sept., 1807, p. 276) ; M^ospermum 

 robinicpf (ilium of De AVarszew-icz's letter ; Choiigon, 

 Guay.Kiuil. Sj)ecimen.s of the bark were sent with 

 this. Sec A. J. de Warszcwicz's letter dated L-i Paz, 

 Bolivia, 17 May, 1852; also letter dat<;d Payta, 12 

 Feb., 1853." There is a note in pencil on sheet «, 

 apparently in De Warszcwicz's writing, as follows : 

 " Myrdxpenmnii ruhinmfolium (M. saherosum) ; in 

 Spjinish, ' Biilasmo odoroso ' ; Chongon, Guayaquil.'' 

 " Probably identicid with M. perui/erum, L. fiLs." — 

 D.H. Sheet / is labelled also : " A balsam was 

 formerly obtained bj- boiling the bark of this species." 



183. Myroxylon Tolnifera, H.B.K. 



<(. Flowerini.' twigs, with flowei-s and 3'oung pods, and 

 detached flowers and leaflets. 

 A coloured drawing of the flowers, apparently made by 

 A. Goring, is labelled : — 

 "Tree, 80 feet liigh to tlie first branches, 6 feet in circumference at 

 5 feet from tlie ground, no lianas attached to stem." — D.H. 



It has written on it, in Giiring's writing : " Natural size of the 

 flower of Myroxyloii Tuhiifera ; they are sometimes smaller or larger, 

 but not much. The only developed leaf of the flower is white." A 

 pencil sketch of the tree by A. Goring is also attached to this sheet. 

 The specimen wa.s collected by A. Goring at San Estoban, near Puerto 

 Cabello, Venezuela, 1869. 



h. Leaves and flowers with dissection of flowers. 

 From the same locality, and at the same date. 

 [ The dissection shows that there are 4 linear, almost capillary i>etals 

 besides the spathulate petal (x-cxillum) mentioned by A. Goring, and 

 10 stamens of equal length.] 



e, d. Twigs, bearing flowers and young pods. 



From a tree 70 feet high, and from the same locality, and 

 collected at the same date. 



e,f, g. Leafy twigs, and full grown pods. 

 Veneziiela, A. Goring ; received Dec, 1868. 



h. Leaves and pods. 



Venezuela, A. Goring ; received 13 Oct., 1868. 



i. Leaves, pods, and detached seeds. 



\'enezuela, A. Goring ; received 28 April, 1871, 



