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fructus parallelis, radicula tereti ad summum spectante 
2-3-plo longioribus. 
SufFrutices Brasilienses et Asiatici: caules plurimi, congesti^ 
erectij virgati^ suhramosi^ ramis adscendentibus ; folia 
rimaj alterna^ Kneari-ohlonga^ sessilta^ aut hrevissime petio- 
lata, suhpuherula ; racemi in ramuUs novellis terminaleSj 
paucijlori ; flores hreviter pedicellatij pedicellis medio 
hracteatis. 
1. Rhabdia lycioides, Mart. Nov. Gen. ii. 136, tab. 195 ; 
DC. Prodr. ix. 512 ; Fresen. in Mart. FI. Bras. xix. p. 58, 
tab. 9. fig. 9 ; — caulibus plurimis, congestis, erectis, ramosis ; 
ramis adscendentibus, virgatis, elongatis, breviter ramulosis ; 
ramulis apice floriferis ; foliis sparsis, sursum gradatim mi- 
noribus, lineari-oblongis, apice obtusis aut breviter acutis, 
imum versus latioribus et rotundato-truncatis, marginibus 
undulatis, sessilibus, erecto-patulis, utrinque pubescenti- 
hirtis, pilis (pr^sertim subtus) imo tuberculatis, subtus pal- 
lide viridibus, costa prominente viridi-rubescente pubes- 
centi-hirtula : racemis in ramubs novellis terminalibus, 
brevissimis, simplicibus vel 2-fidis, 2-3-floris, pedicellisque 
imo bracteatis et calycibus molliter pilosis ; floribus imo 
bracteolatis ; bacca globoso-ovata, nitida, coccinea. — In 
Brasilia prov. Bahia, Rio S. Francisco, in inundatis prope 
Joazeiro. {Non vidi.) 
Martins describes this species as growing in numerous 
csespitose upright branches, 5 or 6 feet high ; these throw out 
several erect branchlets, which are again ramified: the leaves - 
are alternate, 4-6 or 8 lines apart, 1-1|- inch long, 4-5 lines 
broad ; the bracts are 1^ line long ; the sepals l|-2 lines long; 
the corolla 2^ lines long, the tubular part being white, the 
lobes of a dark rose-colour ; the ovary, seated on a small fleshy 
disk, is 1 line, the style 2 lines long ; the crimson beny en- 
closes four small nuts imbedded in a small quantity of pulp. 
It was found in flower and fruit in the months of March and 
April. Its vernacular name is Apicum. 
2. Rhabdia crebrifolia^ n. sp. ; — ramis teretibus, nudis, fuscis, 
glabris ; ramulis brevibus, imbricatim foliosis, novellis pu- 
berulis ; foliis lineari-oblongis, a medio ad basin sensim 
angustatis, supeme subacutis, cum acumine brevissimo ca- 
nabculatim reflexo, integris, utraque facie opacis, pallide 
concoloribus et pilis simplicibus molliter puberulis, crassis, 
fere enerviis, costa subtus prominula, primum erectis, dein 
subreflexis, petiolo tereti, puberulo, limbo 15-plo breviore : 
racemulis in ramulis novellis terminabbas, brevibus, intra 
