62 CALYCiriMRM. 



d. JjOftfy twig, with fruit. 



Bot. Garden, Marsoillos ; 14 Nov., 1860. Di. .1. O. 

 Hooker and I). lianbury. 



t. Three twigs, in flower, with detached leaves. 



Bot. Garden, St. Mandrid-r, near Toulon ; M. Phillipc. A 

 letter from M. Phillipe, dated 4 June, 1860, accom- 

 panies this .specimen, stating that he has forwarded 

 the specimens desired. 



/. Leafy twigs. 



Bot. Garden, Venice; 13 Sept., 1860; Dr. J. D. Hwjker 

 and D. Hanhury. 



241. Liquidambar styraciflua, L. 



(I. Twig, with fruit. 



Guatemala, 1802. From G. U. Skinner to Dr. Pereira 

 with some of the balsamic semi-fluid resin of the 

 tree. — D. H. 

 h. Twig, with detached fruit. 



Bot. Gaidens, Turin ; 11 Sept., I860.— D. H. 



c. Leafy twig. 



From Mr. Beckett's garden, Clapham Common ; 8 Aug., 

 1874. 



COMI?RET.\CE.K. 



242. Gyrocarpus asiaticus, Willd. "Palo Lagarto." 



((. Fruiting twig, without leaves. 

 " The other specimen wliicli I send i.s without tlie flower. It is called 

 here " Tainhor edionda" (stinking Tamhor) ; also, more commonly, 

 " Palo de Lagarto " {crocodile tree). It is much smaller than tlie true 

 Tamhor, and perfectly useless, the wood 1)eing soft." — Dr. Uoiat, 

 Sonsonate, 12 Aug., 1863, to D. Hanbury. 



MYRTACE.*;. 



243. Couratari legalis. Mart. 



«. Flowering twig, with unexpanded flowers. 



No. 297, Cantagallo, Brazil ; Theodor Peckolt, 1864. On 

 the sheet is a pen and ink sketch of the flower, and 

 a pencil drawing of the young fruit and united 

 stamens, separately delineated. [This plant afTords 

 the Jequitiba bark used as a tonic in baths for 

 convalescents. 1 



