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are here reduced for the first time, while the remaining eleven have 
been verified. It actually appears in De Candolle’s Prodromus as 
seven distinct species belonging to three different genera, but, singu- 
larly enough, has not previously been figure 
When in fruit the finely warted convex valves of Paragonia pyra- 
midata afford a ready means of identification ; in flower, it apd be 
Sag ppranitees is that by Schumann in the Flora Brasiliensis. The 
present figure is of im Thurn’s Corentyne he specimen, except the 
fruit, which is Joana 1341.—T. A. Spra 
Prate 2771. 
Fig. 1, calyx laid open, showing pistil and disk; 2, part of corolla, showing 
lets of stamens; 3, anther from the back; 4, transverse soction of ovary. 
All enlarged. 
Pate 2772. 
Fig. 1, a fruit; 2,aseed. Both natural size. 
