294 Mr. J. Miers on Goupia, 
notatum : integumentum secundum testaceum, durum, lineis 
creberrimis longitudinalibus rugulosis signatum, apice chalaza ~ 
circulari parvula centro (pro raphes vasorum introitu) perforata 
_Instructum; integumentum internum tenuissime membrana- 
ceum, pellucidum ; a/bumen solidum, carnosum, Embryo or- 
_ thotropus, albumini paululo longiori immersus; cotyledones 
. ovali-oblonge, foliacese, compress, radicule tereti ad basin 
_ attingenti subeequilonge. 
Arbores Guianenses et Brasilienses; folia alterna, ovato-lanceo- 
- lata, integra, acuta, speciosim venosa, petiolata ; stipule utrin= 
que lineares, acute, decidue; peduneuli solitarii, axillares, 
pedicellos plurimos umbellatos 1-floros apice gerentes; flores 
minimi, 
1; Goupia glabra, Aubl. P|. Guian. i. 296, tab. 116; Lam. Dict. 
_ lili, 15, tab. 217; DC. Prodr. ii. 29; Benth. in Hook. Kew 
Journ. iv. 12; Reisseck in Mart. Flor. Bras. fase. 28. p. 84;— 
Glossopetalum glabrum, Schreb, Gen. Pl. No. 526; Willd. 
' Sp. Pl. No. 588 ;—arbor excelsa, ramosa; ramulis angulato- 
striatis subflexuosis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, in- 
~ tegris, basi inzequalibus, utrinque glabris, nitidis, nervis utrin- 
‘ que 3-4 remotis obliquis, 2 inferioribus suboppositis, venis 
creberrime parallelis et transversis reticulatis speciosim sig- 
natis, subtus minutissime albo-punctulatis; petiolo tereti; 
- stipulis linearibus, caducissimis; pedunculis axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, petiolo sub-brevioribus, pedicellis illis longioribus gra- 
cillimis 20-24 umbellatis, unifloris, imo bracteolatis; fructu 
~ globoso, carnoso, piperis magnitudine.—Cayenne et Brasilia 
Septentrionalis, v. s.; prope Panuré, Rio Uaupes (Spruce, 
No. 2624). 
One of the most conspicuous features in this plant is the ele- 
gant disposition of the veins in its leaves, greatly resembling in 
this respect the leaves of Poraqueiba Surinamensis*, belonging to 
the Icacinacee. The internodes are about 3 inch apart; the 
leaves are 4-5 inches long, 1-2 inches broad, on a petiole 4 lines 
in length ; the stipules are 4 lines long, 4 line wide; the peduncle 
is 3-4 lines, the pedicels 6 lines long; the calyx is 4 line long; 
the petals are 4 lines long (including the inflected apex of 1 line); 
the drupe is 2 lines in diameter +. 
2. Goupia tomentosa, Aubl. loc.cit.;—Arbuscula, precedenti sub- 
- similis, cortice foliisque valde amaris ; foliis utrinque hirsutis. 
' —Guiana et Ins. Cayenne. 
- * Contributions to Botany, vol. i. pl. 10. 
"+ This species, with full analytical details, will be represented in the 
‘ Contributions,’ vol. ii. Plate 74. 
