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and among the shrubs of the savanaa, with the exception of S. trUenmla, whicli grows In the depth of the 
virgin forests*. 
147. ScHMiDELiA in^quilaterd, Mart., Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p. 415. Santiago de Veraguas. 
148. CuPANiA Akeesia, Camhe&s.—BU^hia sapida, Ko^nig, De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 609.— 
Nomen vemacul. "Aqui.'' Cultivated, but only in a few gardens of Panama; it was iutroducoil 
from Jamaica about the year 1840. 
149. CrPANiA l<evigata, :\Iiq., Wlprs. Ann. Bot. vol. U. p. 215.— Komcn vernacul. " Varila^o." 
Near tlic city of Panama and the ruins of Panama Viejo. 
150. CuPANiA sylvatica, Seem. ; ramulis foliis rhachibnsquc mfo-tomentosis dcmum ghd)ris, 
foliis trijugis, foliolis obovato-oblongis breviter acumiuatis basi acutis vcl cuncatis marginc intcgcrri- 
mis, racemis axillaribus, calyce dense rufo-tomentoso, petalis calycem subjequautibus extus sub- 
glabris intus filamentisquc albo-pilosis, staminlbus 8, oyario nlloso, fructu —Nomen vernacul. 
" Parimonton." In dark woods, Crnces and Gorgona, Province of Panama. 
A large shrub or small tree ; leaves, including the common petiole, 1 foot long ; the upper leaflets, the 
largest 5 inches long, 2\ broad ; veins in the lower leaflets ten, in the upper fourteen ; lobes of the calyx 
ovate, acute ; petals obovate, obtuse. 
MELIACEiE. 
151. Melia Azedarach, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 621.— Nomen vemacul. " Jasiuto." 
Cultivated, but also natm-alizcd in many parts. 
152. TiuCHiLiA spondioides, Swartz, De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. G22. In dark forests, city of 
Panama, village of Cruces, Province of Panama. 
153. Trichilia Havanenm, Jacq., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 622. Volcano of Chiriqui, Pro- 
vince of Veraguas. 
154 MoscHOXYLON Vei-aguaseme, Seem. ; arV^a, foliis imparipinnatis, foUolls trijugis ovato- 
lanecolatis acumiuatis subtus ad axillas nervorum pilosis, paniculis tcrminalibus petiolo duplo super- 
autibus, rliaehi pubcseeute demum glabrato, ealyce brenter S-deutato, petalis bas, coal.t,s acutis 
glabris (albidis), staminibus 10, ovario glaberrimo. Volcano of Chiriqm, \ eraguas. 
A tree about 20 feet Ingb ; leaves alternate, about 9 inches long ; petiole glabrous ^th the exception 
of the axils of the leaflets, which, like the axils of the nerves of the leaflets, are elothed wrth smgle tufts o 
hair ; leaflets quite entire, and nearly 13 inches long ; flowers larger than those of most of the spee.es of 
this genua, about li line long. . 
AMPELIDE.^. 
155. Cissrs sicyoides, Linn:, De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 628. Panama; Cbagres (Fendl. no. 52). 
156. Cissus obtusata, Bcntb. Bot. Sulpb. p. 77.-Wl>rs. Rep. vol. v. p. 377. Island of 
Tatoga; Panama (Sinclair). 
* Serjania Caraccana, Wilia.-which I confess myself unable to distinguish from S. .Ulrata, H.B. K. 
—was collected by me at Sua, in Ecuador. 
