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petiolum angustatis, dere densifloris foliis dimidio brevioribus.—Schradera 
spicata, Spruce, Herb, 3322. 
Ha azon’s River, near Santarem, ae on the Casiquiari, at Vasiva 
and Pacimoni, Spruce. Flowering in Janu 
Arbor parva, 15—25-pedalis, iebadant rainosa, siccitate castanea, Ramuli 
oppositi, a tennes, cortice atro tecti. Folia 3-8 poll. longa, obtusa, 
coriacea, superne nitida, nervis subtus tenuibus divaricatis. Spice mascula 
1-2-polli icares, vivloles, multifloree. Flores + poll. longi. 
A very distinct eat to which is also referable the Schradera longifolia, 
Spruce.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1. Bud. 2. mi 8. Corolla laid open. 4 and 5. Stamens. 6. Vertical 
section of ovary. 7. ‘reaneus section of young fruit :—ad/? maguy ified. 
PLATE 1069. 
BOTHRIOSPORA CORYMBOSA. 
Rusiace#, Tribe HaMe Lier. 
Bothriospora, Hook. /. gen. nov.—Calycis t tubus obconicus ; limbi lobi 
4 v.5, oblongi, obtusi, erecti, persistentes. Corolla brevit rt infandibuli- 
formis, fere rotata, fauce villosa; lobi 4-5, oblongi, obtusi, quincunciales. 
Stamina 5, fauci corolle inserta, filamentis filiformibus exsertis basi ea 
antherze breves; oblongze, dorso inserte, utrinque obtuse, recurve 
annularis. Ovarium 4- v. 5-loculare ; stylus para stigmatibus 4v.5 ies 
aribus erectis obtusis ; ovula perplurima, tumidis axi ovarii pelta- 
tim affixis inserta. Baca a parva, subglobosa, prone 4—5-locularis, poly- 
sperma. Semina minuta, oblonga, testa a profunde foveolata, albumine 
carno: bryo subcylindricus.—Arbor rutex elatus, cortice deciduo, 
Pomel: tenuibus teretibus ultimis et a cic pubescentibus. Folia oppo- 
sita, petiolata, ovato-oblonga. Stipule ixtrapetiolares, lanceolate, cito deci- 
dua. Cy apices ramorum terminales, 3-chotome ramose. Flores parvi, 
umbellulati, albi, pedicello apice 2-bracteolato. Bacca flava. 
B. corymbosa, Hook. : /eenem corymbosa, Benth. in Hook. Journ. 
Bot. iii. 219; Walp. Rep. 
Has. North Brasil me oe river Tintaro, Schomburgk, 1838, and 
Rio Branco, Schomburgk, u. 794 Mouth of the Solimoes ai ts juncture 
with the Amazons, Spruce, January, 1851. 
There is much in the character of the fruit and seed - this plant that 
agrees with Geertner’s er dubia “ iii. 72, t. ee csi but I do not 
ahasive the mucilaginous coat of the —J. D. Hook 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla ais open. 3. ra rtical section of o 
ace of ditto. 6. Seed. 7. Vertical section of ditto. 8. Eativation of a 
ified. 
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