STERCULIACEA. 127 
8. Sterculia mexicana, R. Br. in Horsf. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 227. 
Soura Mexico, Tabasco (Linden). Hb. Kew. 
4. Sterculia oblongifolia, DC. Prodr. i. p. 482; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 106. 
New Spain (Sessé). 
5. Sterculia punctata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 483; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 107. 2 44 
New Spain (Sessé). 
Tribe HELICTEREA. 
2. MYRODIA. 
Myrodia, Swartz, Prodr. p. 102 (Lewarza, La Llave) ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 219, 
About eight arboreous and shrubby species, limited to Tropical America. 
1. Myrodia funebris, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 119. 
Lexarza funebris, La Llave. 
Sourn Mexico, Oaxaca (Andrieur, 512), Papantla (Liebmann); SAN SALVADOR, near 
Sonsonate (S. Hayes). Hb. Kew. 
2. Myrodia turbinata, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. ii. p. 1227. 
Mexico (Sessé), without locality —Also in the Wrst InpIEs. 
8. Myrodia verticillaris, DC. Prodr. i. p. 477; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 99. 
Mexico (Sessé). 
3. QUARARIBEA. 
Quararibea, Aubl. Pl. Guian. p. 691, t. 278; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p- 212. 
Two arboreous species, the present and Q. guianensis (a native of Guiana and 
Brazil). 
1. Quararibea pterocalyx, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. i. p. 4. (Tab. X.) 
Ramis puberulis, foliis amplis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis ovato-ellipticisve, floribus magnis 
breviter pedunculatis oppositifoliis, calyce tubuloso persistente anguste decemalato apice 
irregulariter trilobo. 
Arbor parva, ramosa, ramis teretibus cano puberulis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata 
usque ovato-elliptica, 6-9 poll. longa (forsan interdum ultra), 23-4 poll. lata, obtusa vel sub- 
acuta, basi rotundata, parum inequalia, integerrima, supra glabra, lucida, subtus dense flavo 
puberula, costa venisque elevatis, petiolo tereti spe medio leviter geniculato-curvato, 7-10 
lin. longo. Flores fulvo-furfuracei, solitarii, oppositifolii, fere sessiles, 8-4 poll. longi, basi 
bibracteolati, bracteis parvis; calyx persistens indurescens, tubulosus, sesquipollicaris, lon- 
gitudinaliter decemalatus, apice irregulariter 3-lobus (forsan etiam interdum 5-lobus) ; 
petala 5, linearia, apice rotundata, utrinque furfuracea, 3-4-pollicaria ; columna staminea 
indivisa, robusta, furfuracea, apice antherifera, antheris bilocularibus vel inferioribus interdum 
unilocularibus, loculis parallelis vel discretis ; ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis?, stylo 
columne equilongo. Fructus (maturus non visus) bilocularis, dispermus, calycis tubo indurato 
inclusus. 
Panama, in swampy ground near Frijoli railway-station (8S. Hayes, 137). Hb, Kew. 
