Pirate 1998. 
TOUROULIA JENMANTI, Oliv. 
GUTTIFERA. Tithe QUIINES. 
T. Jenmani, Oliv. (sp. nov.), sp. fructiferum; foliis 4-natim verti- 
( 
cillatis simplicibus petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis breviter acuminatis 
basi in petiolum cuneatim angustatis, glabris minutissime et remote 
hnmine 
mine steele, chy oeniben foliaceis late ellipticis iat fess 
—4-pl 
leviter dilatata obtusissima ) ongio ribus, per 
pio cra, Sso 
ignoso, arias acunoso cavitatibus resinosis ra tad, in sectione 
transversali, dispositis, epicarpio suberoso-furfura 
Has. British Guiana, Issorooroo River, Jenman (No. 5178). 
Although I have no hesitation in referring this to Aublet’s i eee 
fectly known and very inadequately described genus Touroulia, I a 
b gured by e 
clear that Touroulia ought not to be referred to Quiina. Both Mons. 
Planchon and Triana (in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. iv. 15, 315) and Dr. Engler 
(in Mart. Flor. Bras. xii. pt. i. 485) agree as to this, though the’ 
material in their hands was very imperfect. They describe the seeds 
as “shige Pkg “eas That may be the case in Anblet’s plant, 
but not in Mr. Jenm: Again, the specimens sent us by Mr. Jen- 
man shi that the ised fete a copious albumen, in which respect they 
differ from Quiina, so far as has been observed. They are, however, 
I found “e bud of a ear flower in which was no trace of 
stamens; this showed a calyx of four sepals in decussating pairs, 
seven broadly imbricate petals, and a shortly columnar longitudinally 
man has another plant Eo, 5196) of which he a a single fruiting 
* Mr. Jen 
mpectinen, evidently also a Towroulia with solitary seeds bee or eset inferior). 
We may hope for flowering specimens an of this and 7. Jenm 
