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road-sides, growing with Cassia occidentalis and rctiveria aUia^ea. The carpela are in the same specimen 
either with or without awns, as Mr. Bentham correctly observes. My plants from the Chiriqui volcano 
are more downj on the under aide of the leaves, and several other fonns were coUected hy me ni 
different localities. 
57. SiDA hederafolia, Cav., De Caud. Prodi-, vol. i. p. 463. Cerro dc Ancon, Panama. 
58. Malaciira capitata, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 269.— Nomen vernacul. " ilalva.^' 
Common tlirougliout the Isthmus, generally in swamps. 
This plant is highly useful. Inhabitants of northern latitudes coming to the Isthmus are, on entering 
the country, generally visited by ulceration; their skin, in particular that of tlin logs and feet, assumes 
an unusual degree of irritability, and the sUghest scratching of even a mosquito-bite wiU often produce 
ulcers and sores of the most alarming nature. If in such cases the wound is washed with an infusion of 
the leaves of the Maha, the relief experienced is great, and the cure speedily performed. In other 
cutaneous diseases the remedy is oc^ually efficacious. 
59. Abutilon graveolens, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. vol. i. p. 56. Island of 
Taboga ; but apparently not wild. 
60. Abutilon rufmerve, St. Hi!. PI. Bras. vol. i. p. 205. t. 42. Volcano of Chiriqui, Vcraguas. 
A shrub from 4 to 6 feet high, with yellow flowers. The leaves of my plant differ from that described 
by St. Hilaire, by being slightly pubescent on the upper surface. 
61. WissADriA excelsior, Prcsl, Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p. 328.— 5irfa excelsior, Cav., Do Cand. 
Prodr. vol. i. p. 468. Hacienda de Cocoli, Panama. 
STERCULIACEiE. 
62. Paciiira sessilis, Benth. in Bot. Sulph. p. 70.— Wlprs. Rep. Bot. vol. v. p. 95.— Nomen 
vernacul. " Calabazuclo." Island of Taboga, Bay of Panama. 
63. Pachira aquatica, Aubl. Guian. vol. ii. p. 72o.—Caronnea jjrinceps, Linn, fil., De Cand. 
Prodr. vol. i. p. 478. On tlie banks of the river Nuqui, Darien ; Chagres, Province of Panama 
(Fendl. no. 311). 
64. -Pxcnmx Fendleri, Seem.; caule aculeato, foUis , calycc tnmcato mucronato 5-dcntato 
ferrugineo-tomcntoso, petalis (albis) extus dense fermgineo-tomentosis intus pubescenti-tomcntosis, 
tubo staminum ^'illoso, piHs rctrorso-adpressis, antberis oblongo-rcniforraibus, stylo glabro, semimbus 
nigro-pnnctatis.— Nomen vernacul. " Cedro espinoso." Panama ; Chagres (Fendl. no. 310) . 
A middle-sized tree, covered with short thick thorns. No leaves have as yet been collected. The 
flowers are from 3 to 4 inches long, and appear after the leaves hare fallen off. I have called this species 
in commemoration of Mr. A. Fendler, by whom the flora of the Isthmus has been so diligently explored. 
*6o. Pachira Barriyon, Seem.; caule incrme, foliis S-foliolatis, foliolis obovato-oblongis brc- 
viter acuminatis basi acutis utrinque glabris, calyce trmicato integerrimo basi glanduloso, petalis 
tomcntosis versus apiccm glabratis, tubo staminum lanato, antheris oblongo-reniformibus, capsula 
seminibusque maculatis. h . Nomen vernacul. " Baxrigon." Common in the pro^-inces of Pa- 
nama and Veraguas; Chagres (Fendl. no. 312). 
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