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LINNiEAN SOCIETY. 



June 1, 1841. — Mr. Forster. V.P., in the Chair. 



Read the conclusion of Mr. Bunbury's " Remarks on certain 

 Plants of Brazil, with descriptions of some which appear to be new." 



The following are the characters of tlie species described as new : 



Lasiandra cahjptrata, raniis teretibiis fcnugineo-tomentosis, foliis petio- 

 latis ovato-oblongis aciitis 5-iiervibus s-ubsetoso-hirsutis subtus dense 

 villosis, racemis torminalibus paucilloris, pedicellis oppositis 1-3-floris, 

 bracteis hispido-pilosis convolutis calyptriformibus, calyce sericeo, fila- 

 mentis st3'loqiie liirsutis. 



Hab. prope Gongo Soco, in prov. Minas Geraes. 



CUdemia ? glahrala, ramulis subtetragonis glabri?, foliis petiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis subcordatis acuminatis serndato-cihatis j-nervibus utrinque 

 glabris: petiolis ciliatis, panicula terminali tricbotoiiia divaricatil glabra, 

 fioribus verticillato-aggregatis sessihbus ebracteatis, petaHs lanceolatis. 



Hab. prope Gongo Soco, in prov. Minas Geraes. 



CUdemia deflexa, ramis subtetragonis petiolis paniculisque setoso-liispi- 

 dissimis, foliis ovatis acuminatis quintuplinervibus subdenticulatis cili- 

 atis utrinque bispidis, panicula terminali eiongata opposite ramosa de- 

 flexa nutante, floribus ad ramulorum apices congestis ebracteatis, lobis 

 calycinis obtusis concavis dorso a])pendicidatis. 



Hub. prope Gongo Soco. 



Cremanium ? cordifoimm, undique glanduloso-pilosissimum, foliis petio- 

 latis late cordatis aciuninatis ineequaliter denticulatis ciliatis sub-7- 

 nervibus, panicula subterniinali nutante laxa opposite vaniosa, calyce 

 subrotundo-turbinato : lobis subulatis, petalis lanceolatis acuminatis". 



Hab. prope Gongo Soco. 



Hireea cinerea, foliis lanceolatis acutis superne glabris subtiis fructibiisque 

 adpresse sericeo-pilosis canescentibus, panicula terminali trichotoma 

 foliosa, calycibus eglandulosis adpresse pilosis, fructus alis semiorbicu- 

 latis crenatis midulatis. 



Hab. in sylvis montis Corcovado prope Rio de Janeiro. 



Tetrapteris mutabilis, ramis paniculisque velutino-tomentosis, foliis 

 obovato-ellipticis obtusis rugosis utrinque tomentosis : petiolis apice 

 biglandulosis, panicula terminali laxa divaricata multiflora, alis fructus 

 inaequalibus. 



Hab. in sylvis montis Corcovado. 



Abiitilon be7iedictum, ramis sulcatis petiolis pedunculis calycibusque 

 floccoso-tomentosis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis basi acutiuscuiis obtuse 

 serratis inigosis supra glabris siditus incano-velutinis, pedunculis axil- 

 lai'ibus urifloris folium aequantibus. 



Hab. in sylvis caiduis {capoeiras dictis) pi'ov. Minas Geraes. 



Ritbits long'ifoUus, caule aiigidato petiolis pedimculisque densissime glan- 

 duloso-setosis acideatis, foliis quinato-palmatis : foliolis petidlatis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis acuminatis basi subcordatis argute serratis utrinque 

 glabris, stipulis setaceis, calyce subsericeo-tomentoso reflexo. 



Hab. prope Gongo Soco. 



Lupinus nll'tdhsimiis, suffruticosus erectus ramosus aureo-sericeus, foliis 

 simplicibus ovatis acutis, stipulis petiolo adnatis breviter acuminatis, 

 racemis subterminalibus elongatis, floribus verticillatis, calycis labiis 

 integris : inferiore elongato. 



Hab. in campis altis prov. Minas Geraes, prope Capao et Ouro Preto. 



Achyranthes paliidosn, catde herbaceo sidjramoso fistidoso, foliis obovato- 



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