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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
p. 43; — Abuta concolor, Benth. in part, {non Popp.), Journ. 
Linn. Soc. v. SuppL 49 ; — erectum, ramulis brunneis, nitenti- 
bus, glaberrimis ; foliis elliptico-oblongis, basin versus ovaliter 
angustatis, apice subattenuatis, calloso-mucronatis, crasso- 
coriaceis, supra lucidis, utrinque pallidis, 3-nerviis, nervis ad 
apicem fere parallelis, cum binis alteris tenuioribus fere mar- 
ginalibus, venis transversis superne impressis, subtus pro- 
minulis, interstitiis creberrime reticulatis, margine cartila- 
gineo; petiolo glabro, laevi, subcaualiculato, basi summoque 
breviter valde tumido ; racemis ^ plurimis, fasciculatis, axil- 
laribus, petiolo longioribus ; floribus numerosisj miuutis ; 
sepalis extus glabris, intus subpruinosis. — In Brasilise prov. 
Goyaz, v. s. in herb, meo, Natividade (Gardner, 3567). 
This is “ a small tree,” with terete branches. It is distin- 
guished from A. concolor, with which it has been confounded by 
Rlr. Bentham, by its very smooth, polished, flexuose branches, 
with shoi’t internodes (which are seldom more than half an 
inch), by a more abbreviated petiole, which has a short, 
thick, almost 2-lobed swelling at its summit, the petiole being 
^ to 1 g inch long : the leaves, though obtusely narrower, are 
not broadly rounded at base; they are 4-5^ inches long, 1^- 
2^ inches broad, with cartilaginous margins ; they are very pale 
beneath, subpolished, with pallid raised nerves, and covered 
with prominent extremely fine reticulations, which give them a pe- 
culiar appearance. From three to five glabrous racemes, charged 
with very numerous minute glabrous flowers, spring out of each 
axil ; they are 2 inches long ; their slender ramifications, 3 lines 
long, bear about three alternate flowers, nearly \ line in diam-, 
on very short pedicels ; the outer sepals are linearly oblong ; 
the three inner ones are much larger, round, acute, concave, and 
fleshy, with thinner margins, which are imbricated in aestivation ; 
they are perfectly glabrous outside, jiruinose within in their 
upper moiety and on the edges : the stamens, quite glabrous, 
are connivent in the centre, and are somewhat united at base on 
a short glabrous receptacle. 
2. Anelasma concolor, nob. ; — Abuta concolor, Popp. Nov. Gen. 
ii. 64, tab. 188 ; Benth. in part. loc. cit. p. 49 ; — Trichoa con- 
color, Endl. Walp. Rep. i. 95 ; — Cocculus Isevigatus, Mart. 
Flor. xxiv., Beibl. ii. 45 ; — glaberrimum, erectum ; ramulis 
fuscis, crebre striolatis ; foliis oblongis aut elongato-oblongis, 
basi rotundis, apice breviter acuminatis et callo-mucronatis, 
crasso-coriaceis, rigidis, utrinque obscure nitidis, glaberrimus, 
3-5-nerviis, nervis supra prominentibus, subtus fere immersis, 
lateralibus mox evanidis ; venis transversis tenuibus, sub lente 
foveolato-reticulatis ; petiolo elongato, striolato, apice louge 
