

Plate 2572. 



HEVEA MINOR, Hemsl. 



EUPHORBIACE.E. 



H, minor, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; pro genere omnibus partibus parvis, 

 seminibus albis immaculatis. 



Arbor 15-pedalis, ramulis fructiferis graciliusculis glabris apice 

 tanturn foliiferis. Folia undique glaberrima, graciliter petiolata, 

 petiolo terete apice biglanduloso 2^-3^ poll, longo ; foliola breviter 

 petiolulata, coriacea, concoloria, lanceolata, H-4 poll, longa, utrinque 

 attenuata sed vix acuta, costa supra improssa, subtus elevata, venis 

 primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 15 filiformibus. Flores ignoti. 

 Capsula levis, circiter 1-poll. diainetro ; semina lsevia, immaculata, 

 triangulari-oblonga, 6-7 lin. longa. 



North Brazil : in low woods on the Casiquiare river, Spruce^ 3457. 



This is so very distinct in the smallness of all its parts, and parti- 

 cularly in its small white seeds, that we have not hesitated to establish 

 it on incomplete material. — W. Bottixg Hemsley. 



Pig. 1, ventral view of seed ; 2, dorsal view of the same. Natural size. 



