200 
HER. 
circiter longi. Folia supra saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora, tactu laevia, venatioue tenera sed distincta, 9 
pollices longa, 4i-fere 5 lata. PeduncuU semipollicarea. Amenta baccifera 3 poll, longa, 2^ lin. crassa. 
Bractearum vertex prseter aream angustam transversam pube gnimosa sordide flavida tectus. 
909. Artanthe trinervia, Miq. (Tab. XLI.) ; glabra, prseter pubem mnovatiomim tenerrimam 
subpiilverulentam, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatisj basi acutis, subcoriaceis 
pellucido-punctatis, supra leevibus, nitidis, subtus nervo utrinque paullo supra basin libero (raro 
altero adhuc altius esscrto) secus marginem adscendentc renasque numerosas horizontales omnes con- 
nectente subtrinerviis, araentis imilateraliter patentibus cylindricis crassis folio brevioribus, bracteis 
pedicellato-peltatisj vertice trigone prseter centrum nudum villosisj baccis obovoideis glabris. Western 
Veraguas. 
Scctio IsophjUon ; Artanthe Paraensl quodammodo accedit. Mamnli tenues, cjlindrici, striulati et nodosi. 
PeiioU antice caualiculati, 1^ vix 2 lin. longi. Folia circiter 5 poll, longa, l^-lf infra medimn lata, 
nitida, polita, saturate viridia. JPeduncuU 3-4 lin. longi. Amenta circiter bipoUicaria vel paullo longiora ; 
axis longitudinaliter sulcatus. Baccee annulatim dispositge, densae, vix angulatse, Iseves, umbilicatge. Semen 
obovoideum. Bractearvm pedicellus siipeme dilatatus et ciliatus. 
Plate XLI. Fig. 1, portion of catkin ; 2, 3, 4, bracts ; 5, berry ; 6, the same cut open ; 7, seed : — all 
magniJieJ, and the last three in a young state. 
910. Artanthe tricuspis, Miq. (Tab. XLII.) ; subglabra, foliis e basi cuneata trilobis, lobis 
lateralibus brevibus patulis triangularibus acutis, sinu lato a lobo medio elongato lineari-lanceolato 
diremtis, utrinque glanduloso-punctatis, glabris^ junioribus margine puberis, mcmbrauaccis, amentis 
brenter pedunculatis brevissimisj bracteis pediceUato-peltatis, verticis centre nudis, cseterum ochraceo- 
villosis. Southern Darien, 
Foliis lohatis in toto Ordine hetcrogeneaj hac nota unice FnchecG specie adhuc inedit^ foliis panduratis 
instrueta? accedens, cseterum A. BrunoniaiKB affinis. 
Smiuli tcretiusculi, striulati. Petioli tenues, 1-1^ poll, longi. Folia 4-5 poll, longa, basi super lobos 
laterales 2-3 poll, lata, lobo medio plusquam i folii partem sistente, basi 3 lin. lata. BeduncuU 2. Amenta 
3 lin. longa, juvenilia. 
Plate XLII. Fig. 1, bract ; 2, 3, anthers : — all magnijied. 
911. Artaxthe adunca, Miq. 1. c. p. 449 j forma ramulis tomentcllis; an species? Savanas 
about Panama. 
Ramulis dense tomentellis, petiolis pedunculisque pubescent ibus, foliis angustioribus firmioribus a 
specie difFert, nervatione, colore ac amentis curvatia autem congruit. 
912. Artaxthe ulmifolia, Miq. ? 1. c. p. 472. no. 110; specimen ut videtur paullo magis pu- 
bescens. Savanas about Panama. 
F 
^ 913. Ottoxia fflaucescensj Miq. ; fi-utesccns, humilis, ramis striulatis, foliis ovatis vel ovato- 
oblongis longiuscule acute acuminatis, basi ajquali acutis vel obtusis, membranaccis, pellucido-punc- 
tatis, glabris, supra Isetc viridibns, subtus glaucisj vcnis patulis utrinque 6-7 tenuissimis fcrc obtectis, 
amentis brevibus breviter pedunculatis. — Nomcn vcrnacul. " Bai'basco." Woods of Darien. 
Adulta glabra, sed innovationes sub lente vix omnino glabra. Petioli tenues, 2-2^ lin. longi. Fhlia 
4-5^ poll, longa, 1^-2^ lata, margine extremo sub lente expallido. Amenta tantum Tirginea, quare de 
floribus pedicellatis vel sessilibua nil statuendum. 
" The leaves of this species are used by the Indians for stupefying fish." B. Seemann. 
