POURRETIA. 



MO.NADELl'HIA foiaakdhm. Littv. 

 Oil DO SATITHAMS, MAI-VACE/E. Jvs* 



CHARACTER GENERICUS. 



IIAIUTUS. Anno a VtoUu Bami altcnii, inordinate rcmoii, llcxiiosi; 

 supemc iiiiiiiiii folios!, patentee Folia Mlcma, ad summiiafcm 

 ramuWum apnroximaia, lobata, subpdtaia, membra nacca* 



FLORKSCENTIA. Calyx 5ubcamt>aiiulatu5 , colorotus, limlio 

 quinquedentato, deaiibus patcnti* rcflcxis, cxicmc lomcmoMis, 



incnu&Utis , persistent 

 Corolla calycc longior, persistans, pcnlapctala, petalis oblcmgis, 



oblusis, iiifrnic in ttibuin cohjerciilibus. 

 Stamina mmierosissima; Uisi p<:t;ilornin imcrta el in qiiiwpic 



phalanges ilisposila, cxserla, ncrsisLcnlia. 

 Pi$tilli;m : ovarium supemm, pcniagonum; stylus, untcus c&scrtu-f ; 



si initial a ipiiumK*. 

 Pt:niCAi\nt:M : capsuh oblonga, ampUssimc pentaplcra* quinine- 



1 ocularis; loculls monospermy, non ucluscen libit*, inMar alarum 



membronaccis* Scmina oblonga, loculamcnli forma. Kmbivo 



tlicotylccloncus. Coiylcdoncs contort uplic*iia:; ratlicula crassa, 



teres ^ in lima* 



SPECIES. 



POURRETIA PLATANIFOLIA. 



Pctrrttti fcii* loo-f pcti>l*ti* t tul*(x(utn * quisle *»«pteodelu(itp l*lm bki-otiUurs t*etiuv 

 oilf iratntfuti*, jatf^cruvt; pfdoiKuli* tUrtUtli*; tAjtt IookuUo*, xkUZxi nl£ra* 



Habitat in America mcridionali ; fre*jncns justa Turbaco , 

 M:ihaic* ct JWaiica* in provinda Cartlugincnsi, ul>i vcniaculc 

 dieia Mocundo. 



