392 Mr. J. Miers on some genera of the Icacmacese. 



ture ; but in the figure of the f Flora Fluminensis/ above referred 

 to, this is represented as a large fleshy drupe, about 1| inch in 

 diameter, and therefore one of the largest known in this family. 

 The Emmotum fagifolium of Desvaux, from Guiana, has been re- 

 ferred here by Endlicher ; but, notwithstanding the scantiness of 

 the details given of it, little doubt can exist that it is identical 

 with the Pogopetalum acutum, Bth., also from Guiana. 



Leretia, Velloz. — Flores perfecti, interdum polygami. Calyx 

 breviter campanulatus, acute 5-dentatus, persistens. Petala 5, 

 sequalia, hypogyna, oblonga, carnosula, extus pubescentia, 

 intus dense sericea, sestivatione valvata, sub anthesi reflexa. 

 Stamina 5, cum petalis disco inserta, iisdem alterna ; filamenta 

 carnosula, basi dilatata, apice subulata et breviter induplicata ; 

 anthera oblongse, apice mucronatae, imo breviter bifidse, 2-lobse, 

 connectivo tenui dorso infra medium sinu affixse, lobis bilo- 

 cellatis, membranaceis, demum septicidis et longitudinaliter 

 evolutim dehiscentibus. Pollen ovale, longitudinaliter 3-sul- 

 catum. Ovarium conico-oblongum, subgibbum, sericeo-hir- 

 sutum, disco parvulo obsolete 5-lobo breviter stipitatum, 

 1-loculare; ovula 2 juxta apicem loculi collateraliter super- 

 posita, podospermio crasso crenato suspensa. Stylus erectus, 

 filiformis, apice inflexus, basi processubus 2 bi*evibus erectis 

 comitatus, in flore sterili valde brevior, hirsutus et obtusus. 

 Stigma obliquum, sulcatum. Drupa majuscula, globosa, mo- 

 nosperma; ccetera ignota. Arbuscula Brasiliensis in sylvis 

 maritimis vigens, ramulis glanduloso-rugosis, acute angulatis, 

 angulis ab axillis utrinque decurrentibus : folia alterna, oblonga, 

 glaberrima, subcoriacea, reticulata, minute pellucido-punctulata, 

 late viridia, sicco pallescentia, breviter petiolata ; panicula laxa, 

 axillaris, divaricalim ramosa, floribus cum pedicellis brevibus 

 articulatis, pubescentia pilis punctato-glandulosis. 



1 . Leretia Vellozii. L. cordata, Velloz, Flor. Flum. iii. tab. 2 ; — 

 ramulis angulatis, cortice rimoso, foliis oblongis, utrinque 

 subacutis, apice breviter attenuatis, coriaceis, nervosis, margine 

 revolutis, petiolo brevi crasso canaliculate; panicula pubescente, 

 floribus extus griseo-pilosulis, intus pilis longissimisferrugineo- 

 sericeis dense vestitis : drupa majuscula, globosa. — Rio de 

 Janeiro in sylvis maritimis. — v. v. 



I collected specimens of this plant in 1836 in a wood on the 

 borders of Jurujuba Bay, in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro : it 

 was found also by Gardner on the maritime skirts of the Corco- 

 vado range at Tejuco, and by Padre Velloz in the maritime woods 

 at Tagoahy, in the same province : the specimens collected by 

 Moricand in Ilheos, no. 2347, do not appear to me to differ spe- 



