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Petiolus 0.7-1 cm. pide lamina in triente inferiore aes 
18.5 X §.5-12.5 X 3.5 cm. longa et lata, acumine a . met- 
iente. peer oe ca. 1cm. longus; calyx accrescens ca. 
0.7-0.8 cm. longus. Fructus 1-1.2 cm. longus et o.6-0.8 cm. 
Brasilia, Para (Burchell no. 10099, 1 Febr. 1830), in Herb. N. 
Y. Bot. Gard. et Kew 
This species has its place between H. xzt/da and cyanocarpa, 
on account of the relative size of the fruit and reflexed calyx. In 
habit it resembles HW. xz7t¢da but, besides other characters, differs 
at first sight in having broader leaves and strongly undulate margins. 
It may be compared, also, with A. ARhaptostylum Tr. et Pl. How- 
ever we have seen a young fruit of this species, the calyx of which 
was deeply lobed, so that it verv likely belongs to a quite different 
group. Besides that, 4. Ahaptostylum comes from Villavicensio 
and isa llanos or mountain plant, while our species is a tree of 
the low plains of the Amazon. 
Notwithstanding the fact that I did not see good flowers, the 
location of our plant in the genus Afeds¢erza must be correct, as it 
is the only one in the family showing an accrescent calyx of this 
form and reflexed, together with flowers standing each on its own 
stalk. 
LAaURACEAE 
LirsAEA UNDULATA Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 1 
Cm 
wn 
Pondicherry (Perrottet no. 450). 
It is perhaps worth while, because it was considered as a Ceylon 
plant, to point out that this species occurs on the mainland. 
ligustriza Nees was the parallel species quoted for India, and as 
both are very closely allied they may be varieties of the same species. 
However, the difference indicated by Hooker is in the pubescence 
of the bracts, which are glabrous in £. zgustréva and pubescent 
in Z. avdudata. On this Pondicherry specimen they are distinctly 
pubescent. 
CapPARIDACEAE 
Polanisia augustinensis Hochr. sp. nov. (e sect. 
Elupolanista Pax) 
Herba + prostrata; caules ascendentes, ut planta tota, strigoso- 
pilosi. Folia trifoliolata, interdum caulium apice folia florifera 
simplicia; inferiora longe petiolata et variantia usque ad suprema 
fere sessilia; foliola obovata, apice rotundata, basi attenuato- 
