134 STERCULIACEA. 
and Tabasco (Johnson); GuatemaLa (Bernoulli, Friedrichsthal) ; Nicaragua (Levy, 
17).—CotomsB1a, Perv, Guiana, Trinipap. Alsoin the Easr Inprus and Java. Hb. 
Kew. 
8. Guazuma ulmifolia, Lamk. Dict. iii. p. 52; A. St.-Hil. Pl. Us. Bras. ¢. 47. 
South Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1278 and 1462), Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 
7103).—Widely dispersed in Tropica America and the Wust Inpres. Hb. Kew. 
15. AYENIA. | 
Ayenia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1020 (Cybiostigma, Turcz.) ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 225. 
Herbs or shrubs, about ten or twelve species, confined to America. 
1, Ayenia cordifolia, DC. Prody. i. p. 488; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 105. . 
MExico, in the mountains (Mogino & Sessé). 
This is probably the same as A. magna. 
2, Ayenia magna, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1354. 
Cybiostigma abutilifolium, Turcz. . 
Sour Mexico, Mirador, Vera Cruz (Linden, 27), Yucatan (Linden, 848),—Wust 
InDies, Cotompia. Hb. Kew. 
3. Ayenia microphylla, A. Gray, Pl]. Wright. in Sm. Contrib. v. p. 24. 
Texas, New Mexico to—Sovra Mexico, Oaxaca (Galeotti, 71 68). Hb. Kew. 
4, Ayenia ovata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 4. (Tab. XI. figg. 1-4.) 
Frutescens, cano vel fulvo tomentosa, foliis petiolatis ovatis cuspidulato-dentatis subtus velutinis, 
floribus subumbellatis, umbellis axillaribus pedunculatis 3-5-floris, petalis longe graciliterque 
unguiculatis, limbo basi cordato, ovario villoso longe stipitato. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus gracilibus, novellis cinereo vel flavo tomentosis. Folia petiolata, ovatavel ovato- 
lanceolata, 1-2-pollicaria, acuta vel obtusa, basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, regulariter cuspi- 
dulato-dentata, supra brevissime pubescentia, infra velutina, venis prominentibus, petiolo 4-6 lin. 
longo, stipulis lineari-subulatis deciduis. Flores majusculi, subumbellati, singulariter evoluti, 
pedunculis gracilibus 3-12 lin. longis, pedicellis 3-6 lin. longis; sepala 5, membranacea, ovato- 
lanceolata, acuta, 3-4 lin. longa, extus villosa, intus glabra colorata ; petala 5, longe unguiculata, 
unguiculis filiformibus, laminis basi cordatis, apice urceolo stamineo adnatis; stamina 3, 
antheris 3-locularibus; ovarium stipitatum, villosum, stylo brevi, stigmate capitato. Fructus 
non visus. 
SoutH Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1515). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XI. Fiee. 1-4. ‘ 
Fig. 1, a flower, enlarged ; 2, staminal tube cut open and showing the attachment to the tips of the — 
petals; 8, blade of petal with one of the 3-celled anthers attached to its under surface ; 
4, section of an ovary. 
This has been confounded with A. magna, which appears to have received its name 
in contrast to 4. pusilla; but our plant has larger and fewer flowers, and a decidedly 
