Mr. J. Miers on the Winteracese. 45 



pedunculus lj-l| poll, longus ; pedicelli 6-10 lin. longi; 



petala 10-15, liuearia, acuta, 3 lin. longa, 1 lin. lata; stamina 



circiter 40, 3-serialia ; ovaria 6 ; baccse 3, gibboso-oblongse, 



2-3 lin. longse. 



This I consider to be a distinct species, evidently allied to the 

 following, and it differs from D. Brasiliensis, not only in the 

 size and form of its leaves, but in its axillary inflorescence, and 

 in the number of the parts of its smaller flowers. 



4. Drimys retorta, n. sp.; — ramis teretibus, junioribus sub- 

 angulatis, transversim rugulosis; foliis lanceolato-oblongis, 

 apice obtusis et valde emarginatis, imo cuneatis, marginibus 

 subito spiraliter revolutis, paginam inferiorem hinc fere celan- 

 tibus, crasso-coriaccis, enerviis, superne nitidis, viridibus, in 

 costam sulcatis, subtus subochraceo-pruinosis, costa media 

 prominula, petiolo sulcato, marginibus involutis; inflores- 

 centia axillari, umbellata ; pedunculo brevissimo, crassiusculo, 

 aut ssepe obsoleto; pedicellis 3-6, elongatis, gracillimis, 

 sub-3-gonis, folio suba?quilongis, erectis ; petala 10; stamina 

 30 ; ovaria 5, quorum ssepius 2 abortiva. — Brasilia, in Prov. 

 San Paolo (Bowie) ; Prov. Minas Geraes (Clausseu)*. 



Folia 1-1^ poll, longa, limbo utrinque convoluto 2-2^ lin. 

 diametro, maceratione expansa 4—5^ lin, lata ; petiolus 4 lin. 

 longus ; pedunculus in axillis i lin. longus ; pedicelli fere fili- 

 formes, Ij poll, longi; calyx clausus, oblongus, apiculatus, 

 \\ lin. diametro, ruptiliter sub-2-valvis, segmentis concavis, 

 2 lin. longus, demum delapsus, et tunc pertusus circa pcdi- 

 cellum trajectus ; petala 8-10, linearia, 2-seriata, 2^ lin. longa, 

 1 lin. lata, mox decidua; stamina circiter 30, brevissima, 

 3-serialia; baccse 3, gynophoro cylindrico insitse. 



This is evidently allied to the former species : D. montana, 

 however, is readily distinguished by its leaves, which are but 

 little revolute on their margins, and are almost obsoletely emar- 

 ginated in the summit ; it has very lengthened peduncles, which 

 are even longer than its somewhat stout pedicels, and it difibrs 

 also in the greater number of its petals (12 to 15). 



Div. 3. Pedunculi plurimi, aggregati, terminales, \-jiori. 



5. Drimys Winteri, Forst. Gen. 84. tab. 42 ; Lam. Diet. ii. 331 ; 

 DC. Syst. i. 443, Prodr. i. 78 ; Hook. Fl. Ant. ii. 229. D. 

 punctata. Lam. Diet. ii. 330, Illust. tab. 494. fig. 1. D. aro- 

 matica, Desc. Ant. i. pi. 40. Winterana aromatica, SoL 



* A figure of this plant is shown in the ' Contributions to Botany,' 

 plate 25 b. 



