^^ BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HER-iLD. 
A forest-tree, about 60 feet high, with coriaceous leaves from 4 to 5 inches long, and 1| to 2 inches 
broad. Its wood is useful as timber. The capsule is about as large as a hazel-nut, and covered -R-ith short 
black hair, having almost the appearance of velvet, whence is derived the popular name of the tree, 
Terciopelo (i. e. velvet) . 
Plate XV. Fig. 1, calyx and ovary ; 2, stamen ; 3, ovary and style ; 4, ovai-y cut open i—all magnified. 
83. Apeiba Petoumo, Aubl., De Caud. Prodr. vol. i. p. 514.— Nomeu vernacul. "Corteza." 
In the islands of the Bay of Panama and in the vicinity of the city of Panama. 
From the fibre of this tree the natives manufacture cordage, which is distinguished from that made 
of other indigenous plants by its whiteness. 
84. LtJHEA rtifescem, St, Hil., Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p. 353.— Nomen vernacul, '^Guazimo Colo- 
rado." Southern parts of Veraguas^ in forests. 
85. Heliocarpxjs arborescens, Seem, j arborcscens, foliis cordatis longe acuminatis grosse et 
iuficqualiter scrratisj serraturis glandulosis, supra villosis subtus ramulis paniculisque fusco-tomentosis, 
stipulis deciduis, floribus pajiiculatis ramulosis, ramulis subdicbotomis, sepalis lineari- acuminatis 
petala spathulato-oblonga triple superantibus. On the bauks of the river Santamaria, Canton 
of Nata. 
A shrub or small tree from 10 to 14 feet high ; leaves from 5 to 6 inches long, and frqm 3 to 4 
inches broad ; flowers whitish, appearing in November and December. 
86. Heliocarpus Americana, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol, i. p. 503. Island of Taboga. 
87. CoRCHORt-s siliqmsus, Linn., De Cand, Prodr. vol. i. p. 504.— Nomen vernacul. '^Te." 
Common on road-sides and in waste places all over the Isthmus. 
An infiislon of the leaves of this shrub is drunk instead of tea by the inhabitants, whence is derived 
the vernacular name of the plant. In Hooker's Herbarium there are specimens of this Coreho^'us collected 
m Jamaica (M'Fadyen) and in St. Vincent (Guilding). 
88. Triumfetta Lappula, Linn., De Cand, Prodr. vol. i. p. 506.— Nomen vernacul. " Pega- 
pega," Very common in all parts of the Isthmus. 
89. Triumfetta speciosa, Seem, {?^ Bartramea) ; ramulis petiolis foHis junioribusque dense fcr- 
rugmeo-tomentosis, foliis inferioribus Mobis 7-nen^iis, superioribus ovatis acuminatis S-nerviis 
omnibus serratis, serraturis caUoso -glandulosis, floribus cymosis, calycibus magnis coloratis cxtus 
viUosis intus glabris, sepalis in tubum concretis apiculatis petala basi hirsutissima 3-plo superanti- 
bus, staminibus circiter 15, fructibus longe cchinatis viUosiuscuUs. Near the Hacienda de Boquete 
I'olcano of Cliiriqui. ' 
A shruT) about 5 feet liigli ; the lower leaves from 5 to 6 inches long, and from 3 to 4 inches broad • 
the calyx nuusually large for tHs genns, nearly 1* inch, and bright yeUow and red ; the capsule about i 
of an inch across. Altogether this species is rery handsome, and would be classed among the ornamental 
plants by our gardeners. It was found preriouflly in the southern parts of Mexico, by Galeotti, Jurgensen 
and Lmden, and at an elevation of about 3000 to 4000 feet above the sea, being the temperate region in 
which It also grows in Teraguas. There is a species of Triumfetta in the Peruvian highlands, a specimen 
of which ,s contamed in Hooker's Herbarium, but not yet described, which is aUied to this one, but has 
petals nearly as long as the calyx. A good character of T. speciom seems to be the dense mass of hair 
which surrounds the base of the petals. 
