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HETEROPTERIS CHRYSOPHYLLA. GoOLDEN- 
-LEAVED CHRYSOPHYLLA. : 
KEKE EEE EEE EEK EER EEE 
Class and Order. 
DecanDRIA 'T'RIGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matpieu1ace. ) 
Generic Character. — 
Cal. 5-partitus, extus ad basin 8—10-glandulosus. Pe- 
tala unguiculata, subrotunda. Stam. 10 filamentis subula- 
tis basi coherentibus. Styli 3 sursum non dilatati. Car- 
pella indehiscentia 3, monosperma, subdistincta, demum 
separabilia, desinentia in alam simplicem membranaceam 
deorsum (nec superne) incrassatam. Semen 1, pendulum 
in quogue loculo. Cotyledones crasse inequales. Radi- 
cula supera ad hilum versa.—Arbores, fruticesve sepe scan- 
dentes. DC. Gees cee 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hererorteris* chrysophylla; foliis ovato-oblongis acutius- 
culis versus apicem subsinuatis subtus tomentoso-niti- 
dis aureis, petiolis brevissimis apice biglandulosis, 
floribus axillaribus paniculatis. 
Hererorreris chrysophylla. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. 
et Sp. v. 5. p. 163. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 391. 
Banisteria chrysophylla. Lam. Dict. v. 1. p. 368. Cav. | 
Diss. t. 24. Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. t. 105. _ 
Descr. A twining shrub, attaining to a great length, 
with opposite, rounded branches, clothed with dense ap- 
pressed, rusty, and shining hairs, the younger ones com- | 
“= : pressed. 
* “Erspos, various, and wrepoc, a wing, from the variable shape of the wing 
of the fruit. 
