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to 2 lines long, rather shorter than the tube, at least after anthesis, 

 spreading; the internal appendages obsolete. The withered petals 

 oblong, sharply acuminate. Anthers oblong, narrowed upwards, 

 opening by a terminal pore, inappendiculate. Fruit (immature) 3 

 lines long, ovoid, contracted between the apex and the persistent 

 calyx-teeth, three-celled, very many-seeded. 



12. Clidemia Brackenridgei, Sp. Nov. 



C. ramidis gracilibus subangulatis petiolisque minutim lamdosis; foliis 

 (cujusque jugi ino3qualibus) oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis basi acu- 

 tiusculis integerrimis trinerviis membranaceis glabris ; panicida ter- 

 minali pauciflora laxa; floribus pedicellatis ; calyce fulvo-pubente, 

 dentibus triangulatis inappendicidatis tubo brevioribus ; petalis e basi 

 lata subulato-acuminatis ; ovario triloculari. 



Hab. Brazil; in the Organ Mountains. 



Of this also we have only a single small specimen ; a slender branch, 

 which is someivhat angled, and the upper part, as well as the petioles, 

 inflorescence, &c, clothed with a fine lanulose pubescence, which falls 

 off with age. Leaves oblong.-lanceolate, or narrowly oblong, conspi- 

 cuously acuminate, rather acute at the base, entire, not ciliate, glabrous, 

 except the 3 ribs, which are minutely puberulent underneath, veiny, 

 and with an obscure submarginal nerve, membranaceous, pale beneath. 

 The two of each pair are unequal, one of them 4 or 5, the other H 

 to 2 J inches long. Panicle terminal, small and simple, loosely few- 

 flowered; the flowers pedicelled. Calyx fulvous-pubescent, H lines 

 long ; the 5 triangular teeth shorter than the somewhat turbinate tube, 

 and shorter than the triangular-subulate and sharply acuminate petals; 

 the internal appendages wanting. Anthers oblong, narrowed upwards, 

 opening by a terminal pore. Ovary three-celled. Fruit not seen. 



13. Clidemia (Oxymeris) pulchra. 



Oxymeris pulchra, Chamisso, fide spec, ex Herb. Berol. 

 Hab. Brazil ; in the Organ Mountains. 



