Dr. Miqiiel on some Plants from Surinam. 15 



cellus brevis articulatim connectltur. Foliola inferiorum lateralia 8 

 cent, longa, impar pauUo longius, superiorum 6 cent, longa. Brac- 

 teola membranaceae oblongo lanceolat?e ciliolatae. Calyx membrana- 

 ceus leviter puberulus, bracteolis longior, ^ cent, longus. Corolla 2 

 cent, longa. Legumina immatura plana 9 cent, longa, 8 mm. lata, 

 leviter falcata, apice corniculata, appresse pube?centia, marginibus 

 scabra, 12 — 15-sperma. 



8. Cassia Savannensis . Foliolis bijugis glabris, ramulis Isevibus, fo- 

 liolis obovato-ellipticis subtus flabellatim nen-osis striatis, petiolis 

 medio glandulosis et piliferis, stipulis membranaceis pallidis stri- 

 atis ovatis acutis basi cordata fusee maculatis, pedicellis axillaribus 

 unifloris decies petiolum superantibus, legumine compresso tequali 

 leviter falcato sparse et appresse ^^iloso. Ex affinitate C. uniflora, 

 Spr., et C. Persoonii, DeC. 



Hab. Surinami, locis arenosis, in Tooden- Savanna, prope fl. Suri- 

 name Sup. Septemb. fl. 



9. Cassia Paramariboensis. Erecta, glabra, petiolis pubescentibus 

 eglandulosis, foliolis 15 — 25-jugis subalternis linearibus obtusius- 

 culis mucronatis, pedicellis patenti-pubescentibus paucis aggre- 

 gatis ad apices ramulorum ex axillis foliorum caulinorum egredi- 

 entibus. Ex affinitate C. ^schynomenes, DeC. /. c. p. 504, et C. Ot- 

 terbeinii, Mey., DeC. /. c. 



Hah. prope Paramaribo. 



Planta sufFruticosa, alterne ramosa. Caulis Isevis striatus, viridis, 

 fistulosus ; folia alterna, sparsa, majora 6 cent, longa ; foliola 8 mm. 

 StipulfE deciduae. Flares terni quaterni in apicibus ramulorum ; se- 

 pula infima pubescentia, oblonga, subacuta. Legumina stipitata, 5 

 cent, longa, margine inferiore recto, superiore sinuato, apice obtuse, 

 iu quibusdam mucronato, 5 mm. lata, glabra, margine sup. pube- 

 rula, articulata, ad articulos fragilia, corapressa, fusca, verrucoso- 

 tessellata, 7 — 9-sperma. 



Passiflore.e. 



10. Ryania tomentosa. Foliis ellipticis coriaceis supra lucidis glabris 

 modo in nervo setulosis, infra ramisquejunioribus petiolisque fusee 

 griseo-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis (majoriljus) ali- 

 quando binis uno rudimentario, extus ochraceo-villosis. 



Hab. Surinami prope plantationem Bergendaal, Octob. fl. 



Fruticulus, habitu referens Patrisiam parvifioram, DeC. Prod. i. 

 p. 256; DeLess. Icon. Sel. tom. iii. tab. 14, sed floribus multo ma- 

 joribus, sepalis lanceolatis quam stamina brevioribus, foliorum to- 

 mento diversissimus*. 



Annotatio. Genera Ryania, Valil, et Patrisia, L. C. Rich., nullo 

 graviore charactere diversa, inunum genus merito conjungeuda sunt. 

 {Endlich. Gener.) Reliquae RyanitB species sunt : — 



1. R. speciosa, Vahl, Eclog. i. p. 51. tab. 9. 



* Plantas oranes hie descriptje, in solo natali collectse sunt ab amico di- 

 lectissimo H. C. Focke. 



