204 DICOTYLEDONE.E. GUEREE; 
obtusis, supra glabris, subtus ad nervos pubescentibus ; floribus bre- 
viter pedicellatis ; calyce 4 dentato, extus flavido-puberulo ; petalis 
extus flavido-sericeis ; tubo-cylindrico, glabro ; ovario 7-loculari, fla- 
vido-serieeo. G. macrophylla Vahl? Eclog., fasc. 3, p. 8. G. megantha 
A. Juss. ! Mém. Mel., p. 140. 
Folia ampla, circiter 35 cent. longa; foliola coriacea, opaca, in sicco 
fuscescentia, ad 21 cent. longa, 8 !/5 pent: lata ; nervis secundariis al- 
ternis, patulo-adscendentibus, subtus prominulis, utrinque 10-15. 
Rhachis in juventute flavido-hirsuta, supra sulcata. Petiolus 6 cent. 
longus, supra canaliculatus. Paniculæ cymulæ pedicellatæ, 4-1-flori- 
geræ. Petala circiter 1 cent. longa, in æstivatione subquincunciala, 
carnosa, apice acuta. Antheræ oblongæ 
In Guyana gallica (herb. Prodr.; Mus. Par.; Kew.). 
20. G. Muelleri (C. DC. in Mart. Flor. Bras., fasc. 75, p. 190); 
foliis modice petiolatis, 8-jugis, foliolis petiolulatis, subalternis, 
oblongo-ellipticis, basi equali acutis, apice acute cuspidatis, supra 
glabris, subtus molliter villosulis; paniculis subsimplicibus ; calyce 
4-partito, extus puberulo; petalis extus parce sericeis ; tubo cylin- 
drico, brevissime crenulato ; ovario flavido-hirsuto. 
Ramuli rubrescentes, pallidius lenticellosi; gemmæ lutescenti-vil- 
loss. Folia circiter 14 cent. longa; foliola membranacea, subpellucida, 
subtilissime pellucido-punctulata, infima paullo minora 16 cent. longa, 
cent, lata; nervis secundariis, suboppositis, adscendentibus, utrinque 
circiter 10. Rhachis teres, junior dense villosula, dein glabra fusces- 
cens Petiolus 51/, cent. longus, glaber, semiteres, supra complanatus. 
Paniculæ folium dimidium æquantis parce villose pedunculus 2 cent. 
longus, ramuli breves, infimi vix 25 mill. longi, reliqui apicem versus ` 
gradatim breviores, cymulæ pedicellatæ. Calycis lobi rotundati, apice 
acuti. Petala laciniosa, oblonga, apice acutiuscula. Ovarium ovoideum, 
loculis 2-ovulatis, gynophoro apice carnoso-toruloso. Stylus ovarium 
æquans, teres, striolatus, glaber. 
E SUR insula S, Catharinæ (Fritz Mueller n. 187 in herb. 
ew 
RAMULI CINERASCENTES, 
p: €. Lessoniana (A. Juss.! in St-Hil. Flor. Bras. merid. 
v. 2, p. 84); foliis breviter petiolatis, 4-jugis, foliolis petiolulatis, 
plq. alternis, obovato-ellipticis, basi æquali acutis, apice breviter ob- 
tusiuscule cuspidatis, supra in juventute pubescentibus, subtus dense 
fulvescenti-velutinis ; panieulis breviter peduneulatis ; floribus subses- 
silibus; calyce extus hirsuto, 4-dentato ; petalis extus virescenti-seri- 
