as distinguished from the Symplocaceae. 395 



of Strigilia in all respects, except that it has only a single erect 

 ovule in each pseudo-celL The fruit I have not seen, nor does 

 it appear to he yet known. The following amended generic 

 character is founded upon my own observations : — 



Pamphilia, Mart. — Flores hermaphroditi aut subpolygami. 

 Cali/x campanulatus, crasso-coriaceus, extus dense tomen- 

 tosus, margiue 5-denticulatus. Petala 5, oblonga, crassa, 

 toraento stellato dense velutina, apice inflexa, gestivatione val- 

 vata, imo adhfesione staminum breviter conuata. Stamina 5, 

 hypogyna,petalis alterna et paullo breviora; filamenta latissima, 

 complauata, membranacea, antheris duplo longiora et latiora, 

 glabra, imo plus minusve breviter sese et cum petalis laxe 

 adhferentia, apice obtusa et retusa ; anthera oblongse, dorso 

 ad filamenta adnatse, 2-lob8e, lobis linearibus parallelis paullo 

 segregatis, rima longitudinali antice dehiscentibus, valvis 

 membranaceis, glabris ; [stamina sterilia fertilibus omnino si- 

 milia, sed infra antheras in tubum cohserentia, tubo cum petalis 

 laxe agglutinate, antherarum locellis vacuis). Pollen ovatum, 

 3-sulcatum, reticulatum. Ovarium depresso-turbinatum, al- 

 bido-tomentosum, calyce tertio brevius, supeme 1-loculare, 

 imo pseudo-3-locularc, scptis cum nervis totidem parictalibus 

 continuis ; ovula 3, e basi erecta, in locellis solitaria. Stylus 

 teres, longitudine staminum, erectus, glaber. Stir/ma obsolete 

 3-lobum. Fructus ignotus. 



Arbusculse Brasilienses ramulis, foliis subtus, racemis calyci- 

 busque pilis fasciculatis ruhiginoso-tomentosce ; folia alterna, 

 clliptica, coriacea, integra, subtus tomentosa, nervis venisque 

 reticulatis valde j^rominentibus, juniora supeme pubescentia, 

 adulta glabra ; racemi simplices, axillares, foliis sub-breviores, 

 pedicellis alternis, calyce hrevioribus ; flores parvi ; petala ex- 

 terne albido-tomentella, intus glabra. 



1. Pamphilia aurea, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 271. — Brasilia (Prov. 

 Minas Geraes. Claussen, 184). 



2. Pamphilia styracifolia, A. DC. loc. cit. 271 ; Delessert, Icon. 

 Sel. v. 18. tab. 42. — Brasilia (Prov. Minas Geraes. Claussen, 

 135 ; Gardner, 4994).— w. s. 



I have two specimens of the latter species, one collected by 

 Claussen, the other by Gardner : in the latter the anther-cells 

 are entirely void of pollen, and the filaments below them are 

 united into a monadelphous tube : in Claussen's specimen the 

 filaments are distinct, and free nearly to the base, as shown in 

 Delessert^s excellent representation; the anthers arc pollini- 

 ferous. The ovary is ovuligerous, as in Gardner's plant. It is 

 therefore most probable that in P. aurea the union of the tila- 



