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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
capsula subcylindrica, tuberculis majusculis elevatis seriatis 
interdum in lineis interruptis confluentibus. — In niontibus 
circa Tejuco, Prov. Rio de Janeiro, v. v. 
Species distincta : internodia 2|-4^ poll, remota ; rami ad 
nodos linea transversali signati; folia in articulationibus ssepe 
luxata ; petiolus 9-12 lin., petioluli 6-7 lin., cirrhus simplex 
6 poll. long. ; foliola 5 poll, long., 16 lin. lat., mucrone apicali 
calloso glandulifero ; foliola stipuloidea iis prsecedentis similia ; 
racemus frnctifer 2 poll, long., pedunculus 3 lin. crassus, apice 
ad 5 lin. diam., ampliatus; capsula botelliformis, 6 poll, long., 
poll. diam. ; semina iis speciei prioris similia*. 
3. Adenocalymna flavidum, n. sp. j — ramis flavescentibus, striatis, 
lenticellis parvis porosis angulosis, patentim hirsutulis, nodis 
remotis tumidulis ; foliis conjugatis, cirrhosis, cirrho cito ca- 
duco, superioribus minoribus et siepe 3-foliolatis, foliolis ob- 
longis, imo subsequalibus, subrotundis, bine gradatim acutis, 
apice callosis, supra laevibus, planis, opacis, pallide viridibus, 
minute reticulatis, subtus petiolisque flavido-pilosis, hinc 
nervis venisque reticulatis prominulis, margine cartilagineo, 
reflexo, petiolo petiolulisque subaequalibus rugulosis et angu- 
lato-striatis ; racemis axillaribus, brevibus, petiolo paulo lon- 
gioribus, e foliolis stipuloideis binis linearibus intrapetiolaribus 
glanduliferis enatis ; floribus congest! s, cano-velutinis, flavis, 
calyce 5-dentato, piloso, glandulis majusculis glabris fusco- 
viridibus concavis signato. — In montibus circa Tejuco, Prov. 
Rio de Janeiro, v. v. 
Species insigniter ab A. braefeato, DC., diversa, e cirrho sse- 
pius caduco, foliolis majoribus, flavido-pilosis, racemis axillaribus 
multo brevioribus et paueifloris, calyce minore dense flavo- 
tomentoso glandulis majusculis viridibus irregulariter 2-seri- 
atis, et corollse tubo magis cylindraceo. Rami valde tomen- 
tosi, ad nodos tumiduli et hinc poroso-puuctati. Internodia 
7 poll, dist., superiora breviora 3-4 poll, remota. Polia infe- 
rioi'a majuscula, petiolus 7 lin., petioluli 9 lin. long., foliola 
5-6 poll, long., 2-2^ poll, lat., superiorum petiolus 7 lin., pe- 
tioluli 5 lin., cirrhus 5 poll, long., foliola 25 - 3 ^^ poll, long., 
1-1;^ poll, lat.; foliola stipuloidea linearia, interpetiolaria, rigida, 
erecta, glandulifera, 4 lin. long., I lin. lat. ; racemi flavido-velu- 
tini ; pedunculus 1 poll, long., circiter 8-florus, pedicelli oppo- 
siti, 2 lin. long., bractese velutinse, lineares, acutse, 3 lin. long. ; 
calyx tubulosus, late et breviter b-dentatus, 4 lin. long., 2^ lin. 
diam.; corollse flavse tubus late cylindricus, imo repente angus- 
* A drawing of this species, with details of its fruit and seeds, are 
given in Plate 53. 
