

126 vSapindace;e. 



a-r-5-pollicaria. Petiolcs communis tcrcliusculus, striatus, basi incrassatus, 2-af polliceslongus, glabrius- 

 culus. Rliachis angulata, striata petiolique proprii tcnuiter cancscenti-pubescentia. Petioli proprii 5-61ineas 

 longi, hinc transversim rimosi. Paniccl« terminales (?), rainosissimffi , bractcata;, 8-io-pollicares; ramis 

 ramulisque alternis, angulatis, tenuiter cano-tomcntosis, patentibus. Flores pediccllati , in ramulis brc- 

 vissimis fascicuiato-conglomcrati , per racemos dispositi, albi , magnitudinc floris Cupania; tomentosa;, 

 hermaphroditi masculis crcbris intermixti. Bracte;e lineari-lanceolataj, cano-tomentosa:. Caltx penta- 

 phylius', coloratus, externe pubcscens, persistens; foliolis ellipticis, obtusis, concavis, membranaqeis, 

 suba;qualibus. Petala quinque, inter calycem ct discum inserta, cum illius foliolis alternantia, unguiculata, 

 tcnuiter mcmbranacea, latissimc obovata, cucullata, margine viilosa, alba, aiqualia, calycc parum breviora. 

 Stamina octo, inter discum et ovarium inserta, inaiqualia, calycem superantia. FiLAMENTAlibcra, capillacea, 

 villosa, apicem versus glabra. Ahtbeu ellipticce, apice obtusas et emarginataj, basi bilobie, dorso affixa;, 

 erccta;, glabraj, biloculares, longitudinalitcr dehiscentes. Disccs annularis in fundo Iloris, ovarium laxe 

 cingens, carnosus, intcger, undulatus , glaber, ciliatus. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, sessilc, hirsuto- 

 pubcscens, triloculard ; loculis monospermis; ovula elliptica , fundo cavitatis insidentia , erecta , la?via, 

 glabra; arillo cupuliformi. Stylcs brevis, triangularis , persistens. Stigma trilobum; lobis obtusis, patulis. 

 Frcctcs desideratur. 



3. CUPANIA latifoua. t 



C. foliis pinnatis; foliolis quatuor, obovato-oblongis, profunde retusis , dcntato-repandis , 

 coriaccis, glabris, subtus in venis pubcrulis. 



Crescit in insulafluminis JUagdalena- , Jsla de Brugas dicta. }) Floret Majo. 



Arbor 4o-pedalis ; ramulis junioribus lcretiusculis, tenuiter fuscescenti-tomentosis. Folia alterna, petio- 

 lata, imparipinnata ; foliola quatuor, altcrna, petiolata, obovato-oblonga, apicc profundc rctusa, basi 

 acuta et sxpc ina;qualia , margine dentato-repanda, reticulato-venosa, vcnis primariis subparallehs, nervo 

 mcdio venulisque subtus prominentibus, coriacea, glabra, nitida, subtus vix pallidiora inque venis teiiuisshne 

 puberula; superiora 6^ pollices longa, 52-53 lineas lata; inferiora minora , subquadripollicaria. Petiolus 

 basi incrassatus rhachisque tcrctiuscula , pm;scrtim interne tenuissimc fuseesccnti-tomcntosa. llhachis 

 adjccto pctiolo tripollicaris. Petioli proprii 2-4 lineas longi , infcrne paulo incrassati , intcrnc tenuissimc 

 tomentosi. Racemi axillarcs, solitarii , pedunculati, ramosi, bracteati, in apice ramulorum paniculato- 

 dispositi (ex Bonpl.). Pedunculus, rami bracteceque tcnuissime fuscesceuti-tomcntosa. Bracte,e lineari- 

 lanceolata:. Flores pcdiceltoti, fasciculato-conglomcrati; in specimine nostro nondum apcrti. Calyx pen- 

 tnphyllus, extcrnc tenuiter cano-tomentosus ; foliolis ellipticis, obtusis, concavis, subaiqualibus. Petala 

 quinque, inter calycem et discum imposita, unguiculata, cucullata, suborbiculata, villosa, icqualia. Stamina 

 octo, inter discum et ovarium inserta. Filamenta libcra, villosa, apicc glabra. Anther-e clliptica;, obtusa;, 

 basibindce, dorso affixa;, biloculares, glabra;, longitudinaliter dchisccntcs. Disccs hypogynus , annularis , 

 pilosus. Ovaricm sessile, ovatum, hirsutum. Stylcs brevissimus (?). Frcctis desideratur. 



Cupania? glabras Swartz proxima videtur. 



1 Calyx tctrapliyllus, pctala quatuov cx Bonpl. 





