BAIUSTERIA. jf. 



Crescit locis humidis Jluminis Sinu , inter Carthagenam et Isthmum Panamensem h 

 Floret et fructificat Martio. ' V 



CttHH scandentcs; ramis teretibus, kcvibus, glabris , fuscis; ramulis junioribus oppositis, compressis, 

 patentissimi*. Folia opposita, petiolata, basi exteriorc biglandulosa, glandulis orbiculatis sessilibus pcma- 

 «o lmiDU s, oblonga, apicem vcrsus angustata, acuta, basi rotundata, obsoletc venosa , nervo subtus promi- 

 ncntc, crass.uscula, supra glabra et tete viridia , subtus vix pallidiora ct adpresso-pubcrula , tripollicaria 

 et parum long.ora, , a; ,3 lineas lata. Pet.ol. canaliculati , adprcsso-pubcruli, quatuor lincas longi. I-Yores 

 pcduncula,., nonnulh (circi.er 5) iu apiee ramuloru.n uinbellato-conges.i. magnitudine florto Pruni 

 iSTZ !• PC "! UnCUl,S '■ 9 linCSS lo "* is • ba « »>racteola.is. Calvx hcnisph.xricus , quinqucpar.i.us ; 

 duZ I / fT**"" • -bpubcruUs , .qualibus . quatuor dorso bigla^dalo^ , quinfa eria^ 

 dulosa ; glanduhs magn.s, oblongis, crassis, glabris. Pei.vl.v quinque, longe unguicula.a, subro.und.a (?) , 

 flabcllato-venosa margine crenulato-A m briata, Ilava, rubro-maculata, glabra, inxqualia (?), patcntissima. 

 Ma.m.nv dcccm. I..LA.MEMA subulata, infcrnc dilatata, basi connata, glabra. Ant.ier^: subrotnndo-cllipticff 

 glabra:, b.loculares, intcmc longitudinaliter dchiscentes. Ovarium scssilc, subrotundo-triquetrum, tricoccum' 

 hirsutum, tnlocularc; ovulum solitarium in quolil.et loculo, pcndulum, ovato-elliplicum. Styli trcs lili' 

 formes. glabri, patuli, longitudine slaminum. Stigmata hinc (internc) truncata, indc (cxternc) subiuata • 

 subula divergcntc subuncinata. Paixits : Samara, tres, ovato-oblonga:, comprcssiuscuhe . coriace.x- s.ylo 

 pcrsistcnte coronata:, pubc cvanescente obtecta:, fusca:, utroquc laterc cristato- trinupidaUe, dorso ala.a: 

 vcntrc no.a.a: cica.riee magna subrotundo-ovata plana; ala divcrgcns , subrecta, margine crassiore superne 

 spectans, .b.que supra basim ema.ginata, coriaceo-mcmbranacea, lineari-oblonga, apicc obliqua, truncata 

 obtusa, G- 7 hneas longa, trcs Iincas lata. Semen infra apiccm aflixum, pendulum, ovalo-oblongum- in 

 specimine nostro immaturum. 



5. MNISTERIA ixi.ir-ncA. f 



B. ramulis adpresso-puberulis; foliis ellipticis, utrinque rotundatis, subcuspidatis, mem- 



branaccis, supra glabris, subtus adpresso- puberulis , basi biglandulosis; glandulis scssilibus; 

 umbcllis axiliaribus, paucifloris. 



Crescit in Regno Novo-Granatensi, prope Loxam, alt. 1060 hex. £ Fhret shtgusto. 



Rami-li terctes, kcves, adprcsso-pubcruli. Folia opposita, pctiolata, clliptica, utrinque rotundata, apice 

 brevissime cuspidata, integerrima, rcticulato-veuosa, nervo medio sublus prominentc, membranacea, supra 

 glabra, subtus adpresso-pubcrula ct pallidiora, 4-4^pollices longa, af polliccs lata. Petioli 6-7 lincas 

 longi, subpuberuli, intcrne canaliculati. apice biglandulosi; glandul.-c subrotunda:, scssilcs. Umbell.s axil- 

 lares, solitaria:, longe pcdunculata- , pauciflorx- (?); pedunculo z± polliccs longo, tcrcti, adprcsso-pube- 

 rulo. Flores haud vidi. Frdctus pcdicellati, compositi c samaris tribus, quarum tcrtia abortiva. Caiyx 

 quinqucpartitus , glandulosus filamentaquc in fructu persistentia. Pedicelli frucliferi j2-i/| lineas longi, 

 adpresso-puberuli , apicem versus incrassati, supra medium articulati et bibraeteati; bractcis oppositis , 

 parvis, ovatis. Samara> ovata, compressiuscula: , coriacea;, fusca;, adprcsso-puberulas, stylo persistentc 

 coronatai, intcrne cicatrice magna ovata plana notatic, exlcrno alata; ; ala divcrgens, recta, mcmbranacea, 

 oblique oblonga, marginc superiorc crassior, intcgerrima et basim versus gibba , marginc infcriore tcnuior et 

 obsoletc denticulata, striata , apice obtusa, 8-9 liueas Jonga, 5-4 lincas lata. Semina solitaria, ovato-oblonga , 

 acuminata, in specimine nostro immatura. 



INonnisi fragmcnta hujus planta: suppetunt. 



Nov. Ge.n. et Sn-c. Tomus V. 21 



