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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
coriaceis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra nitidis, in nervis sulca- 
tis, subtus pallidioribus, glauco-lividis, concavis, nervis paucis 
brevibus sese arcuatis, margine cartilagineo reflexo, petiolo 
brevi, glabro, transverse rugoso ; raceinulis brevissimis, axil- 
laribus, floribus 2-3, rarius pluribus, subsecundis, raehi pe- 
dicellisque puberulis, ealyce et corolla glabris ; drupa ovali, 
apice umbilicata. — Prope San Carlos, Rio Negro, Amazonas 
(Spruce, 3487). 
A species allied to L. pauciflora, but with much shorter 
racemes and smaller flowers j its leaves are much darker, thicker, 
more opaque beneath, more acute at base, all (even younger 
ones) quite glabrous, excepting along the midrib above j nervures 
shorter, more spreading ; calyx and corolla smooth ; branchlets 
virgate, of a golden-yellow colour and puberulous : its leaves are 
3| inches long, I5 inch wide, the petiole being 1| line in length ; 
the racemes are 4 lines long, the pedicels 1 line, the flowers be- 
fore opening 2 lines long ; the drupe is 8 lines long and 5 lines 
in diameter. 
7. Liriosma ovata, n. sp. ; — folds late ovatis, imo obtusis, prope 
summum attenuatis, hinc obtusis et emarginatis, crassiusculis, 
supra lucidis, subtus opacis, fuscis, utrinque glabris, nervis 
paucis sese arcuatis breviter divergentibus omnino immersis, 
subtus vix visibilibus, margine tenui reflexo, costa mediana 
superne pubere, subtus glabra, sulcata, petiolo brevi ruguloso ; 
racemulis brevibus axillaribus glabris, 4-6-floris, floribus mi- 
noribus, glabris. — Barra do Rio Negro, Amazonas. (Spruce, 
in flore, sine numero, coll. 1850-51; in fructu immaturo. 
No. 1366). 
In this species the leaves are 2|-2| inches long, If-lf inch 
broad, on a petiole 2 lines in length ; the racemes are 3 lines 
long. 
8. Liriosma acuta, n. sp. ; — ramulis virgatis, strictis, glabris, 
striatis ; foliis distantibus, oblongis, imo valde obtusis, infra 
medium versus summum gradatim acutis, acuminatis, con- 
coloribus, subpallidis, utrinque opacis, supra glabris, sub- 
con vexis, nervis immersis, subtus sub lente sparse puberibus, 
nervis prominulis, reticulatis, margine tenui revoluto, junio- 
ribus miuoribus et utrinque viridibus, petiolo brevi ; racemulis 
axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris. — Rio Negro, Amazonas 
(Spruce, 1508). 
The branchlets are long and virgate, the internodes about 
1 inch apart; the leaves 3—4 inches long. If— If inch broad, on 
a petiole 2 lines long : the floral racemes, in my specimen, are 
