Tas. 5230. 
PENTAGONIA WenpDLANDI. 
Wendland’s Pentagonia. 
Nat. Ord. RupracE#.—PENTANDRIA MOoNOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Pantaconta, Benth. Calycis tubo turbinato vel tubuloso, cum 
ovario connato ; limi 5—-6-fidi lobis persistentibus. Corolla supera, infundibu- 
liformis vel tubulosa ¢uwdo tereti, limbo calycem longiore, extus glabro v. pilo- 
siusculo, intus tomentoso vel pubescente ; /imbi 5- vel 6-fidi laciniis ovatis acutis, 
zestivatione valvatis. Stamina 5-6, infra medium tubi inserta, inclusa ; /ilamenta 
filiformia; anthere lineares. Discus epigynus, cupuleformis. Ovarium inferum, 
biloculare. Ovula plurima. Bacca ovata, calycis limbo coronata, corticata, pul- 
posa.—Arbuscule Americe tropice, inermes, robuste ; ramis ramulisgue crassis, 
obtuse tetragonis ; foliis oppositis, petiolatis ; petiolis nudis, alatis v. auriculatis, in- 
tegerrimis v. pinnatifidis, supra glabris subtus sepe pubescentibus, stipulis uéringue 
solitariis, lanceolatis, acuminatis ; floribus bracteatis, corymbis axillaribus, brevis- 
sime pedunculatis, multifloris, confertis; calycibus corollisgue coloratis v. viridibus. 
Seem. in Bot. of H.M.S. Herald. 
Pentacontra Wendlandi ; foliis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis obovato-lanceolatis 
acutiusculis basi rotundatis petiolatis crassis nudis, stipulis e lata basi ovatis 
anguste acuminatis, squamis glanduligeris 5 intus ad basin calycis tubi, 
ovario fimbriato, corolla tubuloso-suburceolata, staminum filamentis flexuosis 
inferne incrassatis pilosis. 
PENTAGONIA macrophylla. Wend. in Hort. Herenh. (non Benth.) 
This fine plant was sent to us at Kew by Mr. Wendland, 
under the name of Pentagonia macrophylla of Mr. Bentham, the 
author of the genus Pentagonia in his ‘ Botany of the Voyage 
of H.M.S. Sulphur,’ p. 105. t. 39. That species (native of Pa- 
nama) has a rather long slender petiole to the leaf, and the base 
of the leaf is acute and somewhat decurrent upon the petiole ; 
the glandular scales are situated at the summit of the tube of the 
calyx, and the corolla is hypocrateriform. Dr. Seemann, du- 
ring the voyage of H.M.S. Herald, added two more species to 
the genus, one he published in the Lond. Journ. of Bot. vol. ix. 
p. 566. t. 17 and 18, under the name of P. pinnatifida, remark- 
able for its pinnatifid leaves and the very large auricles at the 
base of the petioles; and the P. 7inagita, Seem. in Bot. of the 
Voy. J. c. p. 184. t. 28. This also has pinnatifid leaves, and 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1861. 
