CALYCIFLOR^. ^1 



Cepemlant les ichantiUons que nous avons sous les yeux s'accordent 

 si l,ieu avec la .lescriptiou que nous avons faite nous-merae des feuUles, 

 iVai.res VeohantiUon autlienti.iue du M>/rvspcn,mm toMferum recueiUe 

 aux environs de Tolu, par M. de Humboldt, que nous avons cru pouvoir 

 V rapporter I'arbre de I'Ue de Cuba. Cet arbre y est connu des habitants 

 ;.onLme donnant une niatifere balsaniique, quils ,lesij;nent sous le nom de 

 " Bauuie du Perou," mais en general on en fait assez peu usage (I.e. p. SJS). 



::. Detached leaflets and fruit. 



(Dr. Morales, Cuba, to C. Wright ; C. Wright to Asa 



Gray ; Asa Gray to me.) 



Dr Morales .vserts that the tree Is not indigenous to Cuba, but ha.s 



probably been introduced from South America. Against the specunen 



of fruit D. Hanbury has written : "An odoriferous resin (exactly as in 



M. I'ereira!) in cells at the extremity of the legume." 



(la. Flowering twigs, with detached fruits and leaflets (two 

 specimens). 

 The fruit is labelled G.D.H. Inza, New Granada. 

 Robert Cross ; Oct., 1863. 

 "On the •28th Oct., 1863, I came to Inza, where I remained several 

 days until the bridge across the Paez had been replaced by another 

 eruially dangerous. During my stay at Inza I procured specimens of a 

 comparatively rare tree in New Granada, ' Quino-Quino.' a species of 

 Myrospermum."-Letter of R. Cross, dated 10 Dec, 1864, to the Under 

 Secretary of State for India. 



184. Physostigma venenosum, Balf. 



(/. Leafy shoots. 



Cultivated at Claphani, 1864. 



185. Platypodium elegans ; Vogel. 



((. Leafy shoot and pods. 

 /'. Twigs, with flowers, 1867. 



Campinas, Prov. S. Paulo, Plantae Brasilienses, J. Correa de 

 Mello. 

 r. Detached leaves and mature pod. 

 (/. DeUched leaves, bark, and fmits. 



Frijolillo, {P. gramliflorum, Benth,) between Gorgona and 



Matachin Panama. S Hayes; 12 Mar., 186L 



From S. W.W.J. Hooker; 6 June, 1861 {P. elegans, 



Vog. ?).— D.H. The follo\ving note by S. Hayes is 



attached to the specimen d : — 



" Fruit and bark of a large tree growing in a wood along the P. R. R. 



between (iorgona and Matachin, collected 12 Mar., 1861. Early in this 



month the leaves fall, and soon after the fruit ripens. The first trees I saw 



were naked of leaves, and bore only fruit. The bark is very rough, the 



