GAYA. %Cq 



unilocularia, monosperma, ab apicc ad basim valvis tribus, qu& basi connatac permancnt, dchisccntia. Valva: 

 valde inaequales; intermedia sive dorsalis (Jig. n. 12. 1/4. ) compresso-carinata, arcuata , utroquc marginc 

 dcntato-laciniata et rcflexa, a lateralibus inclusa ; lateralcs (Jig- 9- 10.) planiusculaj, latcrc cxteriorc alatsc, 

 laterc intcriorc, angulum ventralem cocci constituentc, aptera;. Alas coccum undique superantes, basi rotun- 

 datx, intcgcrrimas, mcmbranacea; , cxtcrne tcnuissime tomcntossc, marginibus inter se contingentes, cavi- 

 tatem altcram , cxteriorcm , bivalvem, vacuam constitucntcs valvamquc dorsalem occultantcs. Semen 

 {J'g- **■ i5-) subovatum, apicc acutum, lateribus comprcssiusculum, fuscum, laivc, bispidulo-asperatum, 

 prxscrtim in angulis, magnitudine grani sinapis , infra apiccm pcr podospermium brevc suspcnsum. Integu- 

 mentum duplex; cxterius chartaceum, fuscum ; intcrius mcmbranaceum, album, hiuc chalaza magna fusca 

 instructum (Jig. 17.). Embryo (Jig. 16) curvatus, lutescens. Endospermium nullum , nisi intcgumentum 

 mtcrius pro eo suinas. Cotyledones membranacea: , reniformes , conduplicata? , latcrc itcrum rcflexa-. Radi- 

 cula teres, acutiuscula, supera. 



2. GAYA CAKESCENS. "|" 



G. fruticosa; tcnukcr cancscenti-tomentosa; foliis ovato-clliplicis, obtusis, cordalis, cre- 

 nato-serratis. 



Crescit ad lipam Jluminis Guallabamba , alt. io3o hex. (Regno Quitensi.) f? Floret 

 Januario. 



Frutex pcdalis ct altior, ramosus; ramis sparsis , teretibus, lrcvibus, tenuitercancsccnti-tomentosis. Folia 

 altcrna, petiolata, ovato- elliptica, obtusa, cordata, lobis rotundatis, patulis, crenato- serrata, reticulato- 

 venosa, 5-7-nervia, nervis venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, membranacea, utrinquc tenuiter canes- 

 centi-tomentosa, pilis stellulatis, 9-1 1 lincas longa, 5-8 lineas lata. Petioli 5-5 lineas longi, terctiusculi . 

 tenuiter canescenti- tomentosi. Stipule lincarcs, tomentoscn, erccta», lineam longa:, decidua. Pedunculi 

 axillares, solitarii, filiformes, terctcs, tomcntosi , uniflori, 9- 1 1 Hncas longi. Calyx hcmispln-ericus, quinquc- 

 iidus, tcnuiter canesccnti-tomcntosus, pcrsistens; lobis ovatis , acuminatis, rcqualibus. Petala quinque, 

 hypOgyna, calyce triplo quadruplove longiora (cx Bonpl. ) , flava, sequalia; in alabastro obovato-orbiculata, 

 flabellato-nervosa, subciliata, glabra. Stamina crebra (circiter 5o). Filamenta infernc in tubum connata; tubo 

 glabro, mcmbranacco, unguibus pctalorum adnato. Anther* rcniformcs, glabre, uniloculares, flarffi, apice 

 transverse dchiscentcs. Ovarium dcprcsso-orbiculatum. Sttli 14» capillacei, inferne connati , glabri. 

 Stirmata capitcllata. Capsula depressa, orbicularis, placcntiformis, polycocca, calyce pcrsistcntc cincta,mag- 

 uiludinc precedcntis ; coccis i/|, comprcssis, dimidiato-ovatis, basi rotundalo-scinicordatis, mcmbranaceis, 

 tcnuissimc canesccnti-toincntosis , unilocularibus , monospcrmis, trivalvibus, axi ccntrali aflixis , tardius 

 solubilibus. Valva: inxquales, basi connatx ct ita permancntes ; intermcdia linearis , subcanaliculata, ar- 

 cuata, utroquc margine echinato-laciniata et reflcxa ; valva: lateralcs planiuscula;, margine exteriore in alam 

 producta:. Ala: membranaceas , xquales , valvam intermediam undique superantes, valvatim connivcntcs, 

 coccum occultantcs, cxternc tenuissimc canesccnti-tomentosx, basi rotundatas, apice obtusa:. Semen oblique 

 ovatum , lateribus compressum, apice acutum , fuscum, Ixviusculum , glabrum; in spccimine nostro 

 immaturum. 



