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are 3-5 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, on a petiole 1-2 lines long: the subcapitate axillary 
inflorescence is 4 lines in diameter, the flower expanded is 3-3} lines across, the thickish 
pedicel + line long. 
9. RADDIA ELLIPTICA, nob.: Anthodon ellipticum, Mart. in Schult. Mant. i. 253; DC. 
Prod. i. 569: Tonsella elliptica, Spr. Syst. i. 178 : ramis crassis, subteretibus, valde 
nodosis, ramulisque suboppositis, divarieatis, sulcatis, verruculis albidis concavis 
crebriter rugosis, axillis subapproximatis: foliis elongato-oblongis, imo obtusis aut 
subacutis, apice obtuse rotundatis vel emarginatis, subintegris, margine revoluto, 
flaccidis, pallide concoloribus, supra subnitidis, enerviis, in costa sulcatis, utrinque 
impresso-corrugulatis, subtus paulo opacis, aveniis, costa prominula; petiolo fusco, 
tenui, suleato, corruguloso, limbo 10-14-plo breviore: pedunculo brevissimo, axillari, 
gemmeformi, floribus paucis pedicellatis subfasciculatis munito; pedicellis brevis- 
simis ; sepalis rotundatis, fuscis, marginibus submembranaceis, pectinato-fimbriatis ; 
petalis duplo longioribus, obovatis, margine late membranaceis, minutissime eroso- 
denticulatis: cæteris praecedentium. In Brasilia, prov. Rio de Janeiro (Martius): 
v. 8. in herb. Hook. (Olaussen). 
As this plant agrees with Martius's short diagnosis, I have referred it here. It has 
rather slender branches, with opposite axils 6-8 lines apart; its leaves are 24-4} in. long, 
12-14 lines broad, on a slender petiole 3-4 lines long. The inflorescence is a little longer 
than the petiole, consisting of a few aggregated flowers upon short slender pedicels : the 
flower expanded is 4 lines in diameter. 
10. RADDIA VERRUCOSA, nob.: Anthodon verrucosum, Griseb. Pl. Wright. 172: Salacia 
verrucosa, Wright, MS., l.c.: scandens, ramis geniculatis; ramulis divaricatis, tere- 
tibus, verruculis nigris crebre tuberculatis, axillis sæpe remotiusculis : foliis oppo- 
sitis, patentim divaricatis, ovatis, rarius elongato-oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, apice 
paulo emarginatis, margine cartilagineo albido subrevoluto, integris, coriaceis, planis, 
supra pallidissimis et albido-prasinis, opace encaustis, nervis crassiusculis fere paten- 
tibus areuatim nexis omnino immersis, aveniis, sub lente sparsim punctulatis, subtus 
dealbatis, opacis, nervis immersis, costa prominula, obsolete granoso-punctulatis ; 
petiolo subvalido, albidulo, canaliculato, transversim corrugato, limbo 18-plo bre- 
viore : pedunculo axillari, petiolo æquilongo, apice bracteolato, et pedicellos plurimos 
unifloros crebre fasciculatos gerente; floribus submajusculis; sepalis rotundatis, 
crassis, extus scabridule granulosis, margine pectinato-fimbriatis ; petalis duplo lon- 
gioribus, suborbiculatis, rotatis, medio carnosulis et subgranulatis, marginibus late 
membranaceis, integris, lineis interruptis rubidulis pictis: ceteris praecedentium. 
In Antillis: v.s. in herb. Mus. Brit., Cuba, ad Monte Verde (Wright, 1146). 
This is a very peculiar species, remarkable for the enamel-like surface of its greenish- 
white leaves: the axils of the branchlets are 12 in. apart; the leaves are 13-3 in. long, 
7-12 lines broad, on a petiole 1-2 lines long; the axillary peduncle is 13 line long, squa- 
mously bracteolated at its summit; the pedicels are 13 line long; the flower expanded 
is 4 lines in diameter, and is of a yellowish green colour. 
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