







MATISIA. 3 0? 



scssile, quinqueloculare; ovula duo in quolibet loculo, axi centrali affixa , 

 npposita (?). Styuus i. Stigma sulcato-quinc,uelobum. Drupa ovata, quin- 

 quelocularis ; loculis monospermis. Semoa hinc convexa, inde angulata. 

 (Endospeumium farinaceum?) Cotyledones corrugat*. ' 



Vrbor. Folia alterna, cordata, integra. Stipuke. . . Flores pedunculati, 

 3-6 fasciculati, e ramulis erumpentes, rosei, externe sericei; pedunculis 

 basi 9,- 3- bracteatis. 



i MATISIA cordata. -J- 



Matisia cordata Humb. et Bonpl Plant. tvq. i. p. so . t. ■>.. 3. 

 Chupachupa Novo-Granatensium. * 



Sapote Pcruvianorum. h 



Crescit in Regno Novo- Granatensi ad ripam fluminis Magdalen,, prope confluentem 

 Opontttemtn montos.s juxta Mariauita No V o- Granatensium et in Peruvi* calidis , 

 alt. So-Joo hex. & Floret Aprili , fructificat Majo, Junio. 



A..o» 3o-4o-pedalis; coma dcpressc- glcbosa ; truncus crectus, cylindraccus , , a -,5-pedalis, diametrc 

 .4-.8-poll.car. , ap.ce d.v,us io ramos crebrcs , quorum infcriores hori.onl.lc.; cor.ice cinereo He 

 = ; ramuhs hevmus, hete viridibus ; lignoalbo, levi. Foua aherna, longe pctiola.a, subr u dolo^a 

 oh sa.cordata mtegra, .ntcgerr.ma, retieulato-venosa, S ep.cm„ervia, nervis vcnisque p ri „ la riis subt 

 valde prom.ncnl.bus, membranaeca, glabra, subtus pallidiora, juniora subtus tenuissime albido-.omentosa 

 pubes,ellulata, S ub,o-pollicaria,8pollices lata. Pet.ou 5^ pollices longi, teretes, glabri , basi stipulis 

 duabus pams acut.s eaducis ins.rne.i. Flohes pedunculati , 3-6 fasciculati, e ramulis erumpentes, reflfti 

 pall.de rose, , subcarnosi , lcvi.cr et mollilcr tomen.osi , subbipollicares ; pedunculis 8 -glincas longis, tcretibus 

 .e,.u,ss,me tomentosis, basi 2 -3-bractca.is. Caiyx urceolato-campanulatus, coriaceo-subcarnosus, limbo 

 mag.s mmusve irregularitcr 2-5-lobus, intcrne sericcus, extcrne tenuissimc et dcnsissimefuscesccnti-tomen- 

 tosusj lob.s abbreviato-ovatis, acutis. Couolia pentapetala, hypogyna, subbilabiata ; petala obovato-oblonga 

 ap.ce rotundata, basi cuncata et libera, mullinervia, pallide rosca, crassiu S cula, utrinque prajscrtim extcrnc 

 sencco-tomentosa ct argcntca, calycc duplo longiora; tria (labiumsupcrius referentia ) subconcava, decem 

 imeas longa ; duo (labium iuferius referenlia) parum minora. Stajh.na hypogyna. Tubus stamincus cylin- 

 draccus, carnosus , corollam duplo supcrans , pulvcrulcnto-tomentosus , cauus, apice quiuquefidus , labio 

 supcnor, approximatus ; laciniis linearibus, patulis, squalibuS, cxterne anthcriferis, pelalo oppositis (?). An- 

 tiierj: circiter ,2 in qualibet lacinia scssilcs, subrcniformes , uniloculares, bivalves, glabra; receptaculum 

 polhnis membranaceum , scptum incompletum rcfcrcns. Pollex : grauula minutissima , sphairica, flavida. 

 OvAiuiM supcrum, quinquangulare, pilosum, quinquclocularc (?); ovulis duobus in quolibet loculo , axi 

 ccnlrali affixis, appositis (?). Stylcs crectus. staminibus brevior, tcres, pulverulentus. Stigma carnosum, sub- 

 capitatum. sulcato-quinquclobum, violaceum. DmpA(bacca in dcscript, gall. ) pcndula,ovata,4-5-p llj'caris. 



