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PuLatE 2649. 
SAPIUM JENMANI, Hemsl, 
Evupnorsiace&. Tribe Crorones. 
S. Jenmani, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 
abrupte obtuseque acuminatis crebre pellucido-punctatis venis primariis 
lateralibus numerosis tenuibus, glandulis petiolorum parvis distincta. 
Arbor magna Jenman) novellis glaberrimis, ramulis ultimis rectis 
graciliusculis, siccitate cortice nigrescente. o/ia sparsa, longe petio- 
lata, tenuiter coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, cum petiolo 2-9 
bas 
Seepius subcuneata, haud auriculata, margine integra vel remotissine 
glanduloso- -denticulata, eonodloria, crebre minuteque pellucido-punctata, 
sis 
ad 1} poll. longi, in ramulis floriferis sepius 6-9 lin. longi, glandulis 
in apice sessilibus parvis sepius oblique positis. Spice terminales, 
graciles, rectee, folia superantes, bisexuales vel sepe omnino masculie, 
gla ndulis geminatis peltatis sub floribus instructee. Flores mascult 3-7 
i 
columna) laterali curvato seminifero cum semine persistente ; semen 
subglobosum, compressum, circiter 2 lin. diametro, sub strato exteriore 
carnosum verrucosum, embryone parvo in axi albuminis. 
British Guiana: throughout the alluvial forest in the Pomeroon 
district, G. S. Jenman, 2091, 6645, 7505. 
Mr. Jenman has sent copious specimens of this species, which he 
Says is called 7 ‘oukpong by the Caribs and wet hya by tg Arawacks ; 
ut there are two or three points connected with 1t which the winbesial 
is insufficient to ¢ rup ee gemnae Its tla are: finely 
veined leaves thick ly beset with minute transparent glands; few 
marginal glands ; small, usually eds placed petiolar glands ; a 
