258 XXXVI. MALPIGHIACE/E, [.Banisteriec. 
cristatis; styli 3, stigmatibus capitellatis serius truncatis. Samare 1-3, lateribus sub- 
eristatis, dorso alatz, ala basin versus cum cristis confluente margine antico incrassata. 
Semina oblonga; cotyledones apice incurvs.—Frutices sspissime scandentes. Folia oppo- 
sita, ampla, basi 2-glandulosa, sepe pubentia, stipulis magnis interpetiolaribus geminatim 
confluentibus. Umbellr paniculatze, 4-florze, juniores singulee stipulis amplis valvatim con- 
niventibus incluse, pedicellis subsessilibus infra articulum basilarem bracteatis et 2-bracteo- 
latis. Flores flavi. 
Species ad 11, Brasilie incole. 4. Juss. Monog. 174. t. 13. WWalp. Hep. 249.  Griseb. in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. Malpigh. 55. 
31. Tricomaria, Hook. et Arn. in Bot. Misc. iii. 158. £. 101.—Calyx 5-partitus, eglandu- 
losus. Petala insqualia, unguieulata, sericea. Stamina 10, omnia perfecta; filamenta 
dilatata, basi monadelpha; anthere exappendiculatz, glabre. Ovarium sericeum, 3-locu- 
lare; styli 3, 2 breves clavati apice oblique tubuloso-truneati stigmatiferi, tertio rudimen- 
tario. Fructus 3-lobus, villosus, lobis penicilla pilorum dorso auctis. Semina...; embryo 
incurvus.—Frutex argenteo-sericeus, ramulis virgatis spinescentibus. Folia opposita et 
subopposita, lanceolata, integerrima, subsessilia, eglandulosa, stipulis inconspicuis. Flores 
aurantiaci ad apices ramulorum 1—3; pedunculi basi bracteati, brevissimi, cum pedicellis 
longioribus basi 2-bracteolatis articulati. / 
Species 1, Mendozz incola. 4. Juss. Monog. 227. t. 19.  Walp. Rep. v. 284. 
32. Ptilocheeta, T'urcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1843. 52.—Calyx 5-partitus, eglandulosus. Petala 
non visa. Stamina 10, omnia perfecta; filamenta capillaria, basi in annulum connata; an- 
therz parv:z, exappendieulate, glabrz. Ovarium 3-loculare, toro parvo impositum, dorso 
longe et dense sericeo-pilosum, pilis plumosis; styli 3, capillares, flexuosi, apice (früctu) 
vix incrassati, oblique stigmatosi. Fructus 3-lobus, lobis dorso longe patentim plumosis 
exalatis, Semina late obovoidea, lente curva; embryo uncinatus, eotyledonibus planis 
incumbentim incurvis, radicula tereti —Frutex, ramulis foliis floribusque molliter sericeo- 
villosis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, exstipulata, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, integer- 
rima, membranacea, eglandulosa. Flores axillares, subsolitarii, peduneulati ; pedunculi 
apice minute 2-bracteolati, cum pedicello stricto longiore articulati. Calyx sericeus. Car- 
pella parva, plumis pilorum sub-radiatim patentibus. 
Species 1, Bahiz incola. JWalp. Rep. v. 650. Genus singulare, non perfecte cognitum, sed certis- 
sime Malp:ghiaceum et manifeste Tricomarice arcte affine. 
Tarsvs III.  HrigxEx. 
33. Tristellateia, 7/ouars, Gen. Nov. Madag. 47.—Calyx 5-partitus, glandulis minimis 
v. O0. Petala unguieulata, extus carinata, glabra, sagittato-ovata. Stamina 10, omnia 
perfecta; filamenta ima basi monadelpha, rigida, introflexa, apice truncato-articulata, 5 
majoribus oppositipetalis; antherz lineari-oblongsw, acute, glabre. Ovarium 3-lobum, 
lobis dorso multi-appendiculatis; stylus 1, ceteri ad papillas reducti (rarius 2 v. 3), gracilis, 
elongatus, stigmate minuto. Samare 3, multialatre, alis angustis elongatis stellatim paten- 
tibus. Semen obovoideum, testa membranacea; cotyledones uncinatm, crassiusculm.— 
Frutices scandentes. Folia opposita v. 4-natim verticillata, integerrima, petiolis ssepius 
apice 2-glandulosis basi brevissime 2-stipulatis. Racemi terminales et laterales, interdum 
panieulati; peduneuli Horiferi erecti, basi bracteati, pedicellis breviores, bracteolis 2 seta- 
ceis. Flores lutei. : 
Species ad 8, Madagascariz, Arehipelagi Indici et Australis. tropiez incole.  Walp. Rep. v. 290. 
A4. Rich. Sert. Ast. t. 15. 
PraryNEwa, Wight et Arn. in Jameson's Ed. N. Phil. Journ. July 1833,179, ex Prodr. i. 107, 
certe est, Tristellateia australasica ut suspicatur Arnottius in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 59. $ : 
34. Hiptage, Gertn. Fruct. ii. 69. t. 116. (G«ertnera, Schreb. Gen. i. 990. Molina, Cav. 
Diss. 435. t. 263.)—Oalyx -partitus, glandula 1 magna partim pedicello adnata. Petala 
unguiculata, incequalia, sericea. Stamina 10, declinata, omnia fertilia, unico ceteris multo 
