394. MR. J. MIERS ON THE HIPPOCRATEACE/E OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
striatis, spadiceo-rufulis, verruculosis: foliis elongato-oblongis, imo subacutis, apice 
rotundatis vel breviter obtusissime acuminatis, subintegris, margine crasso, valde 
coriaceis, planissimis, supra viridibus, opacis, crebre impresso-punctatis, nervis 
immersis tenuissime sulcatulis, costa carinata prominula, subtus paulo pallidioribus, 
glauco-opacis, omnino aveniis, costa subimmersa, nervis immersis sulcatulis ; petiolo 
subtenui, semitereti, subsuleato, corrugulato, limbo 7-8-plo breviore: pedicellis 
circa 10, e gemma axillari nodosa fasciculatis, tenuibus, striatis, petiolo dimidio 
brevioribus, 1-floris ; floribus majusculis; sepalis rotundatis, crassiusculis, margine 
membranaceo pectinato-denticulatis; petalis triplo longioribus, rotatis, oblongis, 
membranaceis, subfimbriatis ; disco carnoso, breviter pulviniformi, granulato, imo 
late expanso et subpentagono : drupa immatura oblonga, disco petalis sepalis stami- 
nibusque suffulta, 3-loculari. In Brasilia, circa Goyaz: v.s. in herb. Hook., prov. 
Goyaz, inter Guardamór et Rio Maranháo (Burchell, 7578 in flore): inter Rio 
Xipoteiro et Arrayas (Burchell, 8035. 2, in fructu valde immaturo). 
A species near the preceding, with more elongated, flat, coriaceous, remarkably veinless 
leaves. It is a frondose tree, 30 to 50 feet high. Its leaves are 5-6 in. long, 2—23 in. 
broad, on a petiole 4 lines long. "The pedicels are only 13 line long, so that the flowers 
are agglomerated in an almost sessile head in each axil: the flower expanded is nearly 
6 lines in diameter. In the fructiferous branch, the incrassated peduncle is 6 lines long, 
supporting an extremely young obovate drupe 8 lines in length, 5 lines in diameter, 
which is far from attaining its mature size. Burchell says it is known by the name of 
Bacupari, a name also given in Pará to a species of Rheedia; this must not be, con- 
founded with the Bacupari do Campo, the name of the fruit of Sarcocampsa campestris. 
8. RADDIA CONFERTA, nob.: ramulis crassis, angulato-striatis, cortice rimoso ruguloso 
tectis, verrucosis et minute granulatis; axillis subalternis, valde approximatis, 
nodosis : foliis longissime lanceolatis, imo obtusis, apicem versus sensim acuminatis, 
acumine obtusulo, longe canaliculatim complicatis, crasse coriaceis, rigidis, integer- 
rimis vel obsoletissime crenatis, margine cartilagineo subrevoluto, supra pallide 
viridibus, opacis et sparsim impresse nigro-punctulatis, ad nervos omnino immersos 
sulcatulis, subtus pallide opacis, costa prominula, utrinque aveniis; petiolo bre- 
vissimo, profuude canaliculato, corrugato-rugoso, limbo 30-plo breviore: pedunculo 
axillari, brevissimo, gemmæformi, cum floribus plurimis, fasciculatis, breviter pedi- 
cellatis, capitato-congestis; flore mole mediocri; sepalis rotundatis, crassiusculis, 
fuscis, medio rugulosis, marginibus anguste membranaceis, pectinato-fimbriatis ; 
petalis duplo longioribus, late ovatis, medio carnosulis, utrinque lentiginosis, sordide 
flavis, margine late membranaceis, integris vel obsolete erosulis: cseteris preece- 
dentium. In Brasilia: v. s. in herb. Hook., prov. Minas Geraés, prope Pissaráo et 
Furnas (Burchell, 5876). 
This species is remarkable for the closeness of its alternate axils, and its thickly cori- 
aceous, lanceolate leaves, which curve inwardly and longitudinally, somewhat in the 
form of a canoe; the prominent nodose axils are 1-3 lines apart: the alternate leaves 
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