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BANISTERIA laurifolia. 
Laurel-leaved Baiiisteria. ; 
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>*bECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MAhTiGHiACKJE : ttibus 3. Baoisteriese iXfc. ^^| ) 
BANISTERIA h.—Calyx ad basin 8-1 0-glahdulosus. 
Petaia unguiculata, subrotunda. Stamina 10, filamentis subulatis basi 
coheerentibus. Styli 3, apice seepius in foliola explanati! Catjpella inde- 
hiscentia 3, 1-sperma subdistincta den^um separabilia, desinentia in alam 
simpliccm, membranaceam, ad latus sufieriite incrassatum. Semeti 1 pendulum 
in quoque loculo. Cotyledoms sxmaiK. ineequales. Radicula supera ad 
hilum vena. -Arbores {rnticei^^^^i^tii^ sw^ Dec. piodr. 1.587. 
Div. III. Foliib ouatis vhlonijiact. 
B. Imirifolia ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subcoiiaceis glabris, petiolis i^lan- 
dulosis, racemis paniculatis tcrniinalibus ferrugineo-toraentosis, ^^^^ttl^' ; 
tibus dimidiatis. Dec. I. c. p. 589. 
Acer scandens foliis laurinis. Shane jam. 137, hist. 2. p. 26. Raii 
dendr. 94. 
B, laurifolia. Linn. sp. pi. 611. Swartz. obs. 182. WiUd. sp.pl. 2.740. 
Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 3.106. Spreng. syst. veg. 2.387. 
We are not aware of the place from which this drawing 
was obtained. * 
The plant has long been cultivutcd in the stoves of this 
couiltry, having been sent to Miller, from Cai thagena, by 
Dr. Houstoun, before the year 1733. It very rarely pro- 
duces its flowers in this country, which is probably the 
cause of its not having been previously represented in any 
Botanical publication. The specimen from which the 
drawing was made a})pears to have been in ;i weak state, 
the flowers usually ibrming, in the West Indies^ a small 
branched panicle. 
