380 MR. J. MIERS ON THE HIPPOCRATEACEZ OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
siusculo ; stigmatibus 3, brevibus, latiusculis, apice emarginatis; ovarii loculis bio- 
vulatis. In Brasilia: v. s. in herb. Hook., prov. S. Paulo, circa Rio das Pedras 
(Burchell, 3609). 
A shrub, with scandent, sometimes twining branches climbing to the highest trees, 
with axils about 1 in. apart; leaves 13-34 in. long, 9-15 lines broad, on a petiole 2-3 
lines long; panicles scarcely an inch in length, on a peduncle 3 line long; the flowers 
in bud are } line in diameter. 
6. CLERCIA TWEEDIANA, nob.: subscandens, ramulis tenuibus, teretibus, glabris, rubi- 
dulis, lenticellis pallidis tuberculatis, patentissime divergentibus, axillis remotis : 
foliis oppositis, ovatis, imo subrotundatis, apiee subito constrictis, acumine brevi, 
obtuso, naviculari-reflexo, marginibus sinuato-dentatis, glaberrimis, rigidiusculis, 
utrinque pallide vel leete viridibus, nervis tenuibus arcuatim nexis venisque reticu- 
latis vix prominulis, costa subtus straminea et prominula; petiolo pallido, substriato, 
canaliculato, limbo 12-plo breviore : paniculis axillaribus, primum alternatim ramosis, 
unibracteolatis, ramis mox bis dichotomis, ramulis ultimis intra braeteolas membra- 
naceas denticulatas flores 3 brevissime pedicellatos gerentibus; floribus minusculis, 
glabris; sepalis rotundatis, submembranaceis, subintegris; petalis duplo majoribus, 
ovalibus, membranaceis, pallidis, obsolete sinuatis; disco breviter tubuloso, subtenui, 
subintegro; stylo brevissimo; stigmate patentim 3-dentato. In Brasilia australi: 
v. 8, in herb. Hook., Prov. Rio Grande do Sul, ad Ibiqui (Tweedie). 
This species, near C. micrantha, is described by Tweedie as “a coarse climber on high 
trees." In habit it resembles Tontelea scandens, especially in its very patent, opposite, 
slender branches; its axils are ¿-13 in. apart; the leaves are 1j-23 in. long, 1-14 in. 
broad, on a petiole 2 lines long; the axillary panicles are 13 in. long, the peduncles 7 lines, 
the branchlets 5 lines, gradually diminishing upwards; the flower expanded is à line in 
diameter, the petals 3 line long, pale, membranaceous, finely reticulated and marked with 
sharp, black, branching nervures. 
7. CLERCIA RETUSA, nob.: ramis teretibus, validiusculis, subangulatis, in axillis dilatatis, 
pallide fulvis, lenticellato-verruculosis, ruguloso-striatis; ramulis oppositis, patentis- 
simis, subrecurvulis: foliis subparvis, obcordato-ovatis, imo cuneatis et in petiolo 
decurrentibus, apice late rotundatis aut emarginatis, integerrimis, crasso-coriaceis, 
marginibus pallide cartilagineis subrevolutis, supra fusco-viridibus, nitidis, nervis 
omnino immersis, costa vix prominente, punctulis pallidis minute granulosis, subtus 
pallidioribus, brunnescentibus, opacis, nervis tenuissimis costaque paulo prominulis ; 
petiolo fusco, supra canaliculato, subtus ruguloso, limbo 10-plo breviore : paniculis 
axillaribus 3, fasciculatis, pedunculis tenuissimis, petiolo duplo longioribus, ramis 
primariis apice alternatim trifloris, aut breviter dichotome divisis 4—5-floris ; floribus 
minutis, pedicellatis; sepalis subrotundatis, fuscis, extus granulato-rugulosis, sub- 
erosulis; petalis ovatis, duplo longioribus, fuscis, crassiusculis, subintegris; disco 
brevissime tubulari, integro; stylo subbrevi; stigmate parvo, divaricatim 3-dentato. 
In Brasilia: v. s. in herb. Hook. sine loco (Sello). 
