366 ROSACEA, 
1. Moquilea platypus, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 9. 
Arbor, foliis glaberrimis lanceolato-oblongis acutiusculis basi cuneatis vel rotundatis, floribus cano- 
tomentosis breviter pedicellatis racemoso-paniculatis , paniculis amplis terminalibus ramulis valde 
compressis, petalis ellipticis ciliatis. 
Arbor 150-pedalis, ramulis crassiusculis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, glaberrima, integerrima, 
oblonga vel anguste lanceolata, 6-10-pollicaria, acutiuscula, basi rotundata vel cuneata, supra 
nitida, petiolo crasso 6-7 lin. longo; stipule vix 1 lin. longe, persistentes. Flores breviter 
pedicellati, fasciculati, racemoso-paniculati ad 8 lin. diametro; panicule terminales, 8-9 poll. 
(forsan sepius ultra) longe, ramulis cinereo-puberulis, patentibus, valde compressis. Calyx 
dense cano-tomentosus, turbinatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus late ovatis, obtusis, tubo intus stri- 
gilloso. Petala elliptica, ciliata, lobis calycinis longiora. Stamina 15, exserta, filamentis 
filiformibus strigillosis. Ovarium strigillosum. Fructus ignotus. 
NicaRaGua, neighbourhood of Granada, cultivated (Levy, 222); Panamat (Cuming, 
1272). Hb. Kew. 
The actual native country of this handsome tree is a little uncertain, as Cuming’s 
specimens may have been collected further south, in Western Colombia, and Levy saw 
it only under cultivation. | 
4. HIRTELLA. 
Hirtella, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 280; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 608. 
About forty species, chiefly concentrated in the Amazon region. 
1. Hirtella acayacensis, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 529. ; ‘ png 
Mexico, mountains of Acayaca (Mogino & Sessé). 
2. Hirtella americana, Aubl. Pl. Guian. p. 247, t. 98. | 
British Honpuras (Temple); Guatemata (Salvin & Godman); Panama, Isle of 
Taboga (Hinds), without special localities (Seemann, S. Hayes).—CaYENNE, COLOMBIA, 
and GuIANA to Braziu. Hb. Kew. 
3. Hirtella castanea, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 528; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 304. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
A, Hirtella, dodecandra, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 529; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 
302. a | 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
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Cp Atm 
5. Hirtella mollitsima, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii. p. 263. 
PANAMA, without locality (Seemann), in dense woods, Lion-Hill railway-station 
(S. Hayes, 646).—CotomBia. Hb. Kew. 
6. Hirtella oblongifolia, DC. Prods. ii. p. 529; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 
303. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
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