142 | . TILIACEA. 
1. Hasseltia floribunda, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii. p. 232, t. 651. 
NicaraGcua (Tate); Panama (Seemann, S. Hayes).—Cotompta, Ecuapor. Hb. Kew. 
2. Hasseltia pyramidalis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. i. p. 4. 
Frutescens, foliis petiolatis glabris oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis obtusis remotiuscule crenato- 
serratis, floribus albis racemoso-paniculatis, paniculis pyramidiformibus, filamentis crispis, 
stylo brevi trifido. 
Frutez, ramis tenuibus teretibus, junioribus puberulis. Folia alterna, glabra, petiolata vix coriacea, 
subtrinervia, oblongo-lanceolata, 3-6-pollicaria, acuminata, obtusissima, basi cuneata, supra 
obscure biglandulosa, remotiuscule crenato-serrata, petiolo gracili, 8-12 lin. longo. Flores albi 
(Linden), pedicellati, racemoso-paniculati ; paniculz lax, terminales folia superantes; sepala 
4 (vel interdum 5 ?), pubescentia, ovato-obtusa ; petala 4 (vel interdum 5 ?), obovato-spatulata, 
pubescentia, sepalis equilonga; stamina numerosissima, libera, petalis breviora, antheris 
parvis, filamentis filiformibus crispis; ovarium villosum, triloculare, multiovulatum (?) ; styli 
brevissimi, trifidi. Fructus ignotus. 
South Mexico, Chiapas, @ulusuchiapa (Linden, 1639); Honpuras (Armstrong). 
Hb. Kew. | | 
- This differs from H. floribunda and H. pubescens (which is possibly only a hairy state 
of H. floribunda) in its shrubby habit, smaller and thinner leaves, loose pyramidal 
panicles (not dense corymbose flat-topped panicles), and in other characters, given above. 
3. Hasseltia, sp. | 
Nicaragua, without locality (Tate). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe SLOANE A, 
11. SLOANEA. 
Sloanea, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 655; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 238. 
Trees, about thirty species, restricted to Tropical America. 
1. Sloanea quadrivalvis, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 85, t. 15. 
Dasycarpus quadrivalvis, CErst. 
Nicaragua (Girsted) ; Panama (S. Hayes, Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
[Lecostemon, Mog. et Sessé, according to a pencil note in a copy of Bentham and 
Hooker’s ‘Genera Plantarum’ (Bib. Kew.), is perhaps a Sloanea. | 
Series IL. DISCIFLORE. 
Order XXVII. LINACEZ. 
Linee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 241. 
About 135 species, belonging to fourteen genera. The herbaceous species are mostly 
natives of the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, and the shrubby and 
arboreous ones mainly of tropical countries. 
