ICONES PLANTARUM. 53 
Puate 1159. 
NOTOPORA SCHOMBURGKIANA, Hook. ifs 
Nat. Ord. Ericex, Tribe Vaccrntea, 
Notopora, Hook. f.*gen. nov. Calycis tomentosi tubus subglobosus 
ovario adnatus ; limbus ultra ovarium productus, cylindraceus ; ; lobi 5, 
a ovato-triangulares, obtusi.. Corolla brevis, tubulosa, sub- 
inflata, tomentosa, apice 5-loba, lobis triangulari-ovatis obtusis valvatis. 
Stamina 10, inclusa, tubo corollw inserta, filamentis distinctis antheris 
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onge acuminata, en seis crasse rigide coriacea, obscure penninervia, 
as aie nitida, sublus $ appresse ead sh rufa v. alba. Flores inter 
majores, axillares, solitarit v. pauci, breviter pedicellati, dense cher" 
eulahioe pedicello crasso basi bracteato infra florem 2-bracteo 
N. Schomburgkii, Hook. f., species unica. 
Has. British Guiana, Schomburgk, Nos. 566 (867), 567, 1038. 
Frutex valde ramosus, ramulis crassitie penne corvine, cortice atro- 
fusco minute pustulato. #olia 2}-3-pollicaria, valde r rigida, basi ——- 
marginibus an recurvis, indumento paginw inferioris laxo v. appresso 
Flores ? poll. longi. 
This is the only species of the whole tribe of Vacciniew in which the 
stamens are actually inserte = up on the tube of the corolla; in 
all others, when there is an adhesion, this is rather a mere slight union 
between the base of the Dankak and that of the corolla-tube. : 1 know 
of no genus to which this is at all allied, ~ ss omburgk’s tickets 
give no information respecting it.—J. D. Hoo 
rig. 1. Flower and bracteoles. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Back and front view of 
ens. 4, Vertical section of ovary, with style. 5, Transverse "aetion of ovary : 
a magnified, 
