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axillary fascicle ; pedicels equal to the length of the flower, only 
I line; disk equal in size to the calyx, both cupuliform ; petals 6. 
4. Cathedra crassifolia, Benth. MSS. ; — ramulis glabris, cortice 
rimoso ; folds oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque acutis, apice anguste 
attenuatis, subcoriaceis, utrinque opacis et rugulosis, nervis 
paucis superne immersis, subtus vix prominulis, margine re- 
flexo; floribus paucis, axillaribus, fasciculatis, e nodo promi- 
nente ortis. — Fluv. Guainia et Casiquiare, Brasil. Septentr. 
(Spruce, 3514). 
Its leaves are 3^ inches long, 1 j in. broad, on a petiole 4 lines 
in length. The flowers are 1| line long, on a pedicel of 1 line. 
Liriosma. 
I have enumerated four species belonging to this genus of the 
Olacacece, to which flve others are now added. 
1. Liriosma Candida, Pop. Nov. Gen. hi. 33. tab. 239. 
2. Liriosma pauciflora, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 673; Deless. Icon. 
V. tab. 41 ; Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. viii. 106, cum synon. — Bahia 
(Blanchet) ; — folds obovatis, imo obtusis, gi’adatim acutis, 
glaberrimis, crassiuscuds, utrinque paldde viridibus, supra 
subnitidis, nervis bine prominent! bus, subtus omnino im- 
mersis, margine vix reflexo : 2| poll, longis, 1| poll, latis. — 
Bahia (Moricand, 2593). 
3. Liriosma Gardneriana, A.. J)C.\oc.c\i.-, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. 
viii. 108, cum synon.; huj. op. p. 19. pi. 3. — Prov. Ceara 
Brasidse (Gardner, 1537). 
4. Liriosma Velloziana, A. DC. loc. cit. ; Ann. Nat. Hist. 1. c. 
107, cum synon. ; huj. op. p. 20. pi. 3. — Dulaccia singularis, 
Veil. Flor. Flum. p. 32, et vol. i. tab. 78. — Rio de Janeiro. 
5. Liriosma pallida, n. sp. ; — fodis oblongis, gradatim angustiori- 
bus et longe acuminatis, membranaceis, utrinque palddis, 
glaberrimis, reticulatis, petiolo brevi ; racemo axillari, brevi, 
sub-6-floro ; pedicello calyce corollaque puberuds. — Prope 
Panure, Rio Uaupes, Bi’asil. Septent. (Spruce, 2572). 
Its branches and branchlets are slender; the pale leaves, of 
very thin textm’e, are 2 inches long and 8 lines broad, on a nar- 
row petiole that does not exceed a line in length : the racemes 
are 5 or 6 lines long, the pedicels are 1 line long, and the flower 
in bud 2 lines in length ; they are somewhat secund. 
6. Liriosma inopiflora, n. sp. ; — fodis eldpticis vel ovatis, imo 
subacutis, apice obtusatim attenuatis, et mucronulatis, sub- 
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