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ICONES PLANTAEUM. 



Plate 1260. 



MYRISTICA SAGOTIANA, Bmih. 



MTEisTicEa:. 



M. (Gjmnacrantliera ?) Sagotiana, Benth. sp. n., foliis nitldulis 



preeter costam elevatam tenuissime v. obscure penniveniis, paniculis 

 masculis asillaribus, floribas secus ramulos parvis pedicellatis fascicu- 

 latis, perianthio globoso-campanulato alte 3-fido, antberis 6-8 stipiti 

 brevissimo adnatis ercctis, apice muticis brevlssime liberis. 



Hab. Acarouary, Frencb Gaiana, Sagot, n. 1195. 



Bami divaricati. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 3-5 poll, lono-a, 1^-2 

 poll. ]ata, breviter et obtuse acuminata, petiolo 3-5 lin. longo' ftifta. 

 Pantculce folio multo brevioros, ima basi in ramnlos 2-3 divaricatos 

 simpbces Y. vix ramosos divisa). Flores secus ramulos ad nodos dissitos 

 elevatos numerosi, pedicellis ad 1 lin. longis. Perianthium vix semi- 

 Imeam diametrofere ad basin divisnm, segmeniis ovatis. Stamina in 

 massam subsessilem fere globosam connata, antheris fere ad aplcem 

 circa stipitem brevissimum adnatis. Flores faminei ignoti. 



The arrangement of the antbers distinguisbes this from all tbe pub- 

 lished species but is yerj near tbat of the old world section Gymna- 

 cranthera and tbe American section Compsoncura, which it is proposed 

 to unite under tbe former name. — G. Bentham. 



no-wer. 4. 1 he same from a young bud. -^ 



Plate 1261. 



MYRISTICA MICROCEPHALA, Benth. 



Myeistice^. 



M 



.. - • V ^ ' ^^ •"-■•" "!'• "■•> iuiiia suntus crebre Dcnni- 



veniis panicnhs mascuis axillaribus ramosis, capitulis numerosis par- 

 Tis globosis, perianthio 3-fido subsessili, antheris 3-4 brevibus ad 

 apicem columnse elongatae exsertse vix clavatse adnatis. 



