Ord. dilleniaceje. 



1. DAVILLA, Vand., DG. 

 1. Davilla rugosa, Ibir. 



Davilla rugosa, Poir. Diet. Suppl. 2, p. 457 ; St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 1, p. 18. 

 D. Brasiliana, DC. Syst. 1, p. 405, & Prodr. 1, p. 69; Deless. Ic. Sel. 1, t. 71. 



Hab. In forests, near Rio Janeiro ; where it is apparently common, 

 as it is gathered by most collectors. 



2. CAPELLIA, Blume. 



Capellenia, Hasskarl, in Flora (Allgem. Bot. Zeit. Regensb.) 1847, p. 659 (nom. 

 emend.). 



1. Capellia biflora, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 1.) 



C. foliis ovato-oblongis repandoserratis acutis obtusisve subcoriaceis con- 

 fertim recte-venosis, basi stipuliformi petiolum utrinque latissime rnargi- 

 nante mox sursum dissiliente; pedunculis bifloris; ovariis 12. 



Hab. Ovolau, Feejee Islands. 



Tree about twenty feet in height; the branchlets glabrous, or 

 clothed when young with a fine deciduous pubescence, minutely yer- 

 rucose, annulate by the scars whence the sheathing bases of the stipu- 

 liform wings of the petiole have fallen. Leaves alternate, rather 

 coriaceous, avate-oblcmg or oval, acutish, not acuminate, from 5 to 



