MALPIGHIACEH. XIV. Vareasra. 
XIV. VARGA'SIA (probably an alteration from the vernacu- 
lar name of one of the species in St. Domingo). Bert. ined. 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 283. no. 1707. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, with- 
out glands. Petals almost sessile. Styles joined at the base, 
but revolute at the top. Samaree winged at the apex. Shrubs 
with 3 leaves in a whorl. 
1 V. cra'sra (Bert. ined. in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 388.) leaves 
tern, obovate, acute, serrated, very smooth on both surfaces, 
veiny; racemes spiked, aggregate, reflexed. h.. S. Native 
of St. Domingo. Flowers yellow. 
Smooth Vargasia. Shrub cl. 
2 V. tomentosa (Bert. ined. in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 388.) 
leaves tern, spatulate-oblong, serrulated, clothed with white 
down beneath ; racemes aggregate, erect. h.. S. Native of 
St. Domingo. 
Downy Vargasia. Shrub cl. ? 
Cult. These climbing shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of 
loam and peat; and ripened cuttings will strike root in sand 
under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XV. TETRA’PTERIS (from rerpa, tetra, four, and mrrepov, 
pieron, a wing; in allusion to the carpels being each expanded 
mto 4 wings). Cav. diss. 9. p. 433. D.C. prod. 1. p. 587.— 
Triópteris, Willd. spec. 2. p. 743. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decéndria. Calyx 5-parted ; each 
segment furnished with 2 glands at the base. Petals roundish, 
unguiculate. Stamens 10, with awl-shaped filaments, which are 
alittle joined together at the base, each alternate one longer than 
the others, Carpels expanded each into 4 oblong wings, 2 su- 
perior, 2 inferior ; these last are usually smaller. Petioles with- 
_ out glands. Flowers of all yellow.—Shrubs twining or climbing. 
1 T. BUXIFÒLIA (Cav. diss. 9. p. 434. t. 262. f. 1.) leaves 
ovate, obtuse, almost sessile, small, very smooth; flowers in 
wabelis, terminal. h. S. Native of St. Domingo. Triópteris 
puzi òlia, Willd. spec. 2. p. 745. Leaves 8 or 9 lines long and 
or6 broad. Wings of fruit purplish. 
Box-leaved Tetrapteris. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
ne ‘i ÅCAPULCE’NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
ke eaves ovate-elliptical, obtuse, on very short stalks, cor- 
= coriaceous, shining, smooth ; umbels axillary, solitary, 4- 
cae © kh. S. Native of Mexico near Acapulca on the 
$ ore. _ Flowers unknown, but probably yellow. 
; capulca Tetrapteris. Shrub cl. 
se MUCRONA'TA (Cav. diss. 9. t. 262. f. 2.) leaves ovate, 
nicl nately acuminated, on short footstalks, very smooth ; pa- 
es axillary, somewhat umbellate at the tops of the branches. 
9. > v ` Native of Cayenne. Triópteris acuminàta, Willd. spec. 
bead » Hetioles 3 lines long. Leaves 4 inches long and 2 
Mucronate-leayed Tetrapteris. Shrub cl. 
. ACUTIFÒLIA (Cav. diss. 9. t. 261.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
pres rie with the middle nerve beneath clothed with close- 
€d hairs which are fixed by their centre ; panicles terminal. 
o a Native of Cayenne. Triópteris acutifòlia, Willd. spec. 
fore . Cavanilles says that his plant is smooth. It is there- 
Perhaps distinct, or the hairs are omitted in the description, 
€y may be deciduous. 
cule-leaved Tetrapteris. Shrub cl. 
lives | Semena Na (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea. 5. p. 218.) 
middle mecolate, acuminate, acute, on short petioles, smoothish, 
i erve strigose ; umbels usually 4-flowered, panicled at 
ies Er ; fruit with equal siges.: h. U.S. Native of Mexico 
folia in tel Flowers orange-coloured. Differs from T., acuti- 
al eaves being one-half smaller. 
s Tetrapteris. Shrub cl. 
1 
acumi 
XV. Terrapteris. XVI. BANISTERIA. 643 
6 T. cırrIròLIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 505.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
acute, smooth; umbels axillary, stalked; wings of fruit twin, 
lower ones one-half shorter than the others. h. S. Native of 
Jamaica in the woods on the mountains. Tetrapteris inaequalis, 
Cav. diss. 9.t. 260. Tridpteris bifiirca, Geert. fruct. 2. p. 163. 
t. 116. Triópteris citrifolia, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 857. 
Flowers small. Leaves cordate at the base. 
Citron-leaved 'Tetrapteris. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 
7 T. prscoror (Meyer. esseq. prim. 182. under Triópteris,) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, smooth on both surfaces, discoloured 
beneath ; umbels panicled, terminal, and axillary. kh. S. Na- 
tive of Guiana near the Essequebo in sandy woods. Exterior 
wings of fruit 3-times larger than the rest. 
Discoloured-leaved Tetrapteris. Shrub 6 feet. 
8 T.? paucirLora (Meyer. prim. esseq. p. 183. under Trióp- 
teris,) leaves oblong-lanceolate, smooth on both surfaces, on very 
short footstalks ; umbels axillary, shorter than the leaves. kh. VU. 
S. Native of Guiana in bushy places near the Essequebo. 
Fen-flowered Tetrapteris. Shrub cl. 
Cult. This is a genus of rather ornamental shrubs, but ex- 
tremely difficult to bring into flower in this country. They 
will all thrive in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat ; and cuttings, 
taken from ripened wood, will strike root in sand under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
XVI. BANISTE'RIA (in honour of John Baptist Banister, 
a traveller in Virginia in the 17th century, author of a catalogue 
of Virginian plants, inserted in Ray’s Historia Plantarum). H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 161. D.C. prod. 1. p. 587.— 
Banistèria with unconnected fruit, Lin. gen. no. 573. Cav. diss, 
9. p. 421. 
Lx. syst. Monadélphia, Decándria. Calyx 5-parted (f.109. a.) 
furnished with 8 or 10 glands on the outside at the base. Petals 
roundish, unguiculate (f. 109. b.). Stamens 10 (£. 109. c.), with 
awl-shaped filaments, which are a little joined at the base (f. 109. 
c.) Styles 3 (f. 109. d.), usually expanded into a leaflet at the 
apex. Carpels 3, indehiscent (f. 109. f.), 1-seeded, somewhat 
distinct, and are at length separable, each ending in a mem- 
branous wing (f. 109. a.), thickened on the upper part (f. 109. d.) 
Seed pendulous, 1 in each cell. Cotyledons thick, unequal. Ra- 
dicle pointing towards the hilum.—Trees or shrubs, usually 
climbing. Flowers of all yellow. 
* Leaves cordate at the base, lobed, or angularly toothed. 
1 B. patma'ra (Cav. diss. 9. p. 430. t. 257. f. 2.) leaves pal- 
mately cleft, downy beneath, with acuminated lobes; petioles 
biglandular at the top. k. ^, S. Native of St. Domingo and 
Cayenne. Perhaps only a variety of B. angulosa. Flowers 
sulphur-coloured. 
Palmate-leaved Banisteria. Shrub tw. 
2 B. axcuròsa (Lin. spec. 611.) leaves cordate, bluntly an- 
gular, rather fiddle-shaped, downy or silky-pubescent beneath ; 
petioles biglandular at the apex. R. ^, S. Native of St. Do- 
mingo and Cayenne.—Plum. ed. Burm. t. 92. Cav. diss, 9. t. 
252. Flowers sulphur-coloured. 
Angular-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
3 B. stnva'ra (D.C. prod. 1. p. 588.) leaves cordate, ovate- 
roundish, very bluntly sinuated, smooth above, and scarcely 
pubescent beneath ; petioles biglandular at the apex. ROS, 
Native of Guiana. Flowers yellow. Carpels on the inner side 
have a larger appendage than in B. angulosa, with the lateral 
wings almost reduced to a crest. 
Scolloped-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
4 B. varuroria (D. C. prod. 1. p. 588.) leaves cordate, 
clothed with hoary down beneath, some of which are ovate and 
undivided, others are 3-lobed, and acute at the apex ; petioles 
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