404. MR. J. MIERS ON THE HIPPOCRATEACEZ OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
2. PERITASSA ADAMANTINA, nob.: frutex humilis, ramosissimus, ramis subalternis, tere- 
' tibus, striatis, minute verruculosis : foliis oppositis, sæpe subalternis, oblongo-ovatis 
aut lanceolato-oblongis, imo cuneatim acutis, apicem versus sensim angustioribus, 
late obtusis, marginibus grossule et obtuse serratis, subcoriaceis, supra obscure viri- 
dibus, valde opacis, minutissime granulatis, pilis sparsis brevissimis pruinosis, nervis 
arcuatim nexis venisque transversis semiimmersis, subtus rufo-brunnescentibus, 
opacis, sub lente punctulis canis minutissimis creberrime granulatis, nervis tenuibus 
venisque transversis prominentibus; petiolo canaliculato, corrugoso-striato, limbo 
13-15-plo breviore: paniculis 3, subfasciculatis, e gemma bracteolata axillari enatis, 
folio 10-plo brevioribus, alternatim ramosis, ramis brevissime ramulosis, ramulisque 
imo unibracteolatis, patentibus, ultimis brevissimis, subaggregatis, 1-3-foris, fuscis, 
subangulatis; bracteolis parvis, acutis, rufo-ciliolatis; floribus parvis; sepalis rotun- 
datis, fuscis, crassiusculis, E rufulo eroso-denticulatis ; petalis 3-plo longioribus, 
ovatis, crassis, ad g sinuato-dentatis aut pectinato-fimbriatis; 
disco tubulari, albido, erecto, tenui, margine tenuissimo eroso-denticulato ; staminibus 
3, disco duplo longioribus, erectis; antheris parvis, distincte parallele bilobis, ad 
connectivum crassum longiuscule excurrens extrorsum adnatis. In Brasilia: v. s. 
in herb. Mus. Brit. et Hook., in districtu diamantino ( Gardner, 445). 
A shrub 3 feet high, with the habit and aspect of the preceding species, from which it 
differs in its smaller, more ovate leaves, rounded (not acuminated) at their summit, and a 
different inflorescence. The axils of its straight virgate branches are 3 in. apart; the 
leaves are 33-47 in. long, 11-12 in. broad, on a petiole 3 lines long; the panicles are 
9 lines long. 
3. PERITASSA SMARAGDINA, nob.: scandens, ramulis pallidis, teretibus, ruguloso-striatis, 
lenticellis prominulis crebre verruculosis, ad axillas oppositas compressis et dilatatis: 
foliis patentibus, elliptico-oblongis, imo obtusis aut subacutis, ad apicem in acumen 
breve obtusulum naviculatim reflexum subito attenuatis, marginibus subcartilagineis, 
subrevolutis, undulatis, obsolete serratis aut fere integris, utrinque sub lente crebre 
granulatim rugulosis, supra leete viridibus, opacis, nervis arcuatim nexis subimmersis, 
subtus ochraceis, valde opacis, nervis tenuibus divaricatis costaque prominulis, 
transversim subretieulatis; petiolo fusco, canaliculato, ruguloso, limbo 10-12-plo 
breviore: paniculis 2-3, vel pluribus, subfasciculatis, e gemma bracteolata axillari 
ortis, mox supra basin alternatim ramosis, ramis iterum ramulosis, subangulosis, 
lenticellis elongatis minimis pallidis verruculosis; floribus in ultimis ramulis ap- 
proximatis subaggregatis, parvis, glabris; sepalis rotundatis, fuscis, crassis, margi- 
nibus tenuibus luteis eroso-denticulatis; petalis triplo longioribus, oblongis, medio 
fuscis et crassiuseulis, margine late membranaceo pallidis, pectinato-denticulatis, 
paulo expansis; disco breviter tubuloso, albido, margine tenui crenulato; staminibus 
disco duplo longioribus, erectis, antheris parvis, lobis ovatis, parallele collateralibus, 
ad connectivum latum nigrum apice excurrens extrorsum affixis; ovario trigo- 
noideo, disco oecluso; stylo breviter subulato; stigmate 3-denticulato. In Vene- 
zuela: v. s. in herb. meo et alior., Rio Orinoco, prope Esmeralda (Spruce, 3264). 
