106 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE SULPHUR. 
Rondeletiearum arcte appressa nec imbricata. Textura foliorum stipularum et florum intus insigniter albo- 
filamentosa. 
Plate XX XIX. fig. 1, flower, nat. size; fig. 2, corolla cut open; fig. 3, longitudinal section of 
ovary and calyx, with the style; fig. 4, transverse section of ovary: the three last magnified. 
363. Hepyotis (Ericotis) thymifolia, Ruiz et Pav.—Anotis thymifolia, DC. Prod. v. 4. p. 432. 
—Huamantango. 
364. Isert1a coccinea, Vahl.—DC. Prod. v. 4. p. 437. var. foliis longe petiolatis, thyrso abbre- 
viato, nec aliter a forma Guianensi distinguenda videtur.—Columbia. 
365. Scurapera stellata, sp.n., (Plate XL.) foliis oblongo-ellipticis acuminatis, pedunculo 
solitario terminali, involucro brevi lobato, calycis limbo truncato integerrimo, corolle laciniis 
5 linearibus, ovario biloculari—Isle of Gorgona. 
Rami crassi, cortice levi, medulla copiosa farcti; ramuli juniores acute tetragoni. Folia breviter petiolata, 
3-5-pollicaria, apice longiuscula acuminata, venis parallelis juxta marginem confluentibus. Stipulz breves in 
vaginam brevem sublobatam deciduam connate. Pedunculi communes vix pollicares. Capitulum circa 
6-florum, suffultum involucro brevissimo, per anthesin irregulariter sinuato-lobato, deflexo. Calyx 6 lin. 
longus, basi ampla ovario adherens, apice parum contractus, ore transverse truncato integerrimo vel obscure 
sinuato. Corolla alba, intus extusque glabra, tubo tereti calycem eequante ; laciniz stellato-patentes, circa 10 
lin. longe, acutse, basi incrassate, cestivatione imbricata. Anthere 5, lineares, incluse, filamentis brevibus in 
medio tubo affixis. Ovarium biloculare, carnosum, disco epigyno pulviniformi medio depresso ; ovula in loculis 
numerosa, placente carnosee immersa. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus, apice bilobus, lobis oblongis crasso-com- 
pressiusculis acutiusculis intus et margine stigmatiferis. Bacca calycis limbo coronata, bilocularis. Semina 
ovato-compressa, testa dura fragili minute rugulosa, albumine carnosa, embryone recto. 
Plate XL. fig. 1, flower, nat. size; fig. 2, corolla, cut open; fig. 3, stamen; fig. 4, ovary, 
longitudinal section with the style ; fig. 5, ovary, transverse section: figs. 2 to 5 magnified. 
366. Hameta patens, Jacq.—DC. Prod. y. 4. p- 441.—Realejo, Panama, Gulf of Fonseca. 
367. GUETTARDA conferta, sp. n., foliis ovatis acuminatis basi acutis utrinque hirsutis, stipulis 
latis petiolum subeequantibus, cymis subsessilibus, calycis limbo brevi obsolete lobato, corolle 
sericeo-hirtee laciniis crispis.—Cocos Island. 
Affinis G. hirsute. Pili ferruginei in ramulis petiolis 
ees pedunculis venisque foliorum primariis dens, i 
venulis transversis rariores. Folia 4- 
6-pollicaria, utrinque longiuscule acuminata, venis primariis utrinsecus 
rics subtus prominentibus. Stipule late obovate, mucronato-acute, fusco-membranaces, dorso basi 
hirsute, — glabre, subsemipollicares. Pedunculi communes per anthesin subnulli, fructiferi 2-4 lin. 
longi, ramis recurvis demum pollicaribus. Flores sessiles, parvi (4 lin. longi). Calyx brevis, breviter et 
oe oe eeaeraee Corolle limbi lobi 4, breves, obtusi, margine crispi. Drupa ovato-tetragona, 2 a 
longa, hirsuta, calycis limbo minimo coronata, putamine osseo, 4-loculari. 
368. Curococca racemosa, Jacq.—DC. Prod. v. 4, p- 482.—Tumaco and Atacames. 
369. Psycuorrra viridis, Ruiz et Pav.—DC. Prod. y, 4, p. 506.—Salango. 
_ 870. Psycuorrra micrantha, Humb. et Kunth.—DC. Prod. v. 3. p. 507.—Tumaco. 
In some specimens the leaves are longer and narrower than those figured and 
