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3. Anomospermum ohlongatum,\i.o\i.-, — ramis teretibus,substriatis; 
foliis oblongis, utrinque acutis, a pice canaliculatim recums, 
acumine longiusculo, sublineari, obtuso, e nervo excurrente 
calloso, marginibus cartilagineis, subrevolutis, e basi 3-nerviis, 
cum alteris lateralibus utriuque 3-4, utrinque glaberrirais et 
creberrime reticulatis, supra subnitidis, subtus vix pallidiori- 
bus et opacioribus, in areolis sub lente minutissime albido- 
punctulatis, nervis vix prominulis ; petiolo limbo 8-plo bre- 
viore, glaberrimo ; racemis 6 axillaribus ; folio sequilongis vel 
brevioribus, glaberrimis; pedicellis brevibus, 1-floris. — Prov. 
Rio de Janeiro, v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. (Bowie and Cunning- 
ham). 
This species differs from the two preceding in the size and 
much more acuminate form of its leaves, and in its very short 
and glabrous petiole, and its longer inflorescence. The leaves 
are 3^-4^ inches long., l|^-lf inch broad, on a petiole ^ inch 
long. The male raceme is from l|-4 inches long, the pedicels 
2 lines. 
4. Anomospermum Schomburgkii, nob. l.c. 39; Benth. Journ. 
Proe. Linn. Soc. v. 2 Suppl. 48; — scandens, ramulis tereti- 
bus, striatulis, glabris ; foliis oblongis, imo obtusis, summum 
versus sensim angustioribus, apice obtusiusculo vix mucronu- 
lato, coriaceis, supra nitidis, utrinque glabris et creberrime reti- 
culatis, infra in areolis glaucescentibus, imo tenuiter 3-nerviis; 
petiolo limbo 4-plo breviore, apice incrassato et geniculato, 
subpuberulo ; floribus ^ supra-axillaribus, majuseulis, pedicel- 
latis, solitariis, rarius binis, pedicellis brachiatim 3-floris, 
ssepius in racemis laxis multifloris, folio longioribus, rachi pe- 
dicellisque longiusculis, his medio 1-3-bracteolatis, puberulis ; 
sepalis oblongis, patentibus, glabris, margine ciliatis; petalis 
carnosis, cum staminibus in globum centralem coacervatis ; 
drupis ovato-oblongis, stylo apicali, putamine embryoneque 
rectis. — In Guiana Britannica, v. s. (Schomburgk, 833). 
Mr. Bentham, in his observations above quoted, considers this 
to be identical with the typical species ; but he is certainly mis- 
taken in this conjecture : it differs in its more glabrous branches, 
in the size and shape of its leaves, its shorter and stouter petioles, 
in its inflorescence with larger flowers, its oblong sepals, and 
more aggregated petals ; but it is still more at variance in the 
shape of its drupe, its cylindrical putamen and straight embryo. 
Its fruit I have not seen, but it is described by Mr. Bentham. 
The leaves are 3-4 inches long, 1^-1| inch broad ; they are 
acute and recurved, but scarcely attenuated at the apex ; the 
petiole is | inch long, deflected at its summit. In the lower 
axils the inflorescence is a nearly simple lax raceme, 8 inches 
