498 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
as this group seems in these characters, in several of which it approaches the 
genus Gloeospermum, it is connected with the more typical forms by numer- 
ous species of the Old World. The present species is close to R. andina, 
which I know only from description, but appears to differ in definite stamina! 
characters. The description of the stamens in the original characterization 
of RK, dichotoma is incorrect in almost every particular. 
WXPLANATION OF PLATE 31.—Rinorea dichotoma, from the type specimen. Natural size. 
3. Rinorea gossypium (Tulasne) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42. 1891. 
Alsodeia gossypium Tulasne, Ann, Sci. Nat. III. Bot. 7: 367. 1847. 
Tree, glabrous; leaves alternate; stipules 15 mm. long; petioles 5 to 8-mm. 
long; blades broadly elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 12 to 18 em. long, 5 to 10 em. 
wide, short-acuminate, rounded at base, subentire; cymes 15 mm. long, sev- 
eral times branched, 3 to 10-flowered; pedicels 5 mm. long; sepals ovate, 
obtuse, marcescent ; petals (in bud) exceeding the sepals, ovate-oblong, obtuse; 
filaments united into un annulus, short, with a gland at base, alternating 
with 5 teeth of the annulus, the anthers oblong, the connective scales terminal, 
oblong-linear, obtuse; ovary glabrous, the ovules numerous and pluriseriate 
on each placenta; capsule globose, 3 cm. thick, 8 to 10-seeded; seeds white- 
woolly, 8 mm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Near Muzo, eastern Andes of Colombia. Type in the her- 
barium of the Jardin des Plantes, collected by Goudot. 
Not seen; description condensed from the original. To be distinguished from 
Rk. andina and R. dichotoma by its shorter pedicels, broader leaves, and 
woolly seeds. Triana and Planchon‘ record the species from the plain of San 
Martin, between Villavicencio and Jiramena, Colombia, altitude 250 meters. 
M. Gagnepain of the Paris Herbarium has sent me sketches of this species, 
which show that it is properly placed in this group. 
4. Rinorea paniculata (Mart.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42. 1891. 
Alsodea paniculata Mart. Noy. Gen. & Sp. 1:30. pl. 22. 1823, 
Tree, glabrous; leaves alternate; stipules lanceolate, fugacious; petioles 5 
to 10 mm. long; blades elliptic, oval-oblong, or ovate-oblong, 8 to 15 em. long, 
3 to 6 em. wide, acuminate or short-pointed, cuneate at base, entire or subre- 
pand; panicles (including peduncle) 6 to 9 em. long, about 2.5 em. wide, 
terminal, loose, puberulous, the branches 2 to 5-flowered ; sepals broadly ovate, 
obtusish, puberulous and ciliolate; petals small, half longer than the calyx, 
white, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, spreading at apex, somewhat puberulous out- 
side; filaments short and broad, the anthers ovate, 2-mucronate, the connective 
scales about twice as long, lance-ovate, acute, serrate, somewhat barbate toward 
base outside; ovary villous; capsule obovoid-turbinate, about 1 em. long, seri- 
ceous-pubescent, usually 1-seeded. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Primeval woods near Teffé and Coari, Province of Alto 
Amazonas, Brazil. Type collected by Martius. 
Not seen; description compiled from Martius. This species is close to R. 
guianensis, which Bichler united with it, but has considerably shorter petals, 
and, according to the original description, the connective scales are somewhat 
barbate outside toward base, which is not the case in R. guianensis. 
5. Rinorea bahiensis (Moric.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1 : 42. 1891. 
Alsodeia bahiensis Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amér. 68. pl. 46. 1839. 
Glabrous; leaves alternate; petioles about 6 mm. long; blades ovate-elliptic 
or obovate-elliptic, 4 to 7.5 cm. long, 2.5 to 3.5 em. wide, obtuse to gshort- 
acuminate, at base acute, subentire; panicles terminal, narrow, puberulous, 
*Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. Bot. 17: 126. 1862. 
