336 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
glabratis, foliis oblongis basi. inequilateris acuminatis, 
acumine obtusiusculo, serrulatis supra glabriusculis nitidis 
subtus petiolisque pubescentibus crebre punctatis, um- 
bellis sessilibus, floribus minutissime tomentosis 5-fidis, 
sepalis membranaceis ovatis obtusis margine ciliatis, sta- 
minibus fertilibus 10 calyce longioribus, antheris subglo- 
bosis, stylo breviter trifido. 
Has. In dry woods. FJ. Jan. 
Frutex 10-12-pedalis. Folia 3-4-poll. longa, 12-15-lin. 
lata. Petioli 3 lin. longi. Pedicelli graciles, petiolo vix lon- 
giores. 
This species is most closely allied to C. inequilatera, St. 
Hil., but differs from it in having much larger leaves, which 
are also more sharply pointed, shorter petioles in proportion 
to the size of the leaves, shorter pedicels, shorter broader 
and ciliated calycine segments, and less divided styles. 
336. Casearia inequilatera, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 2. p. 237. 
Don, Dict. 2. p. 52. 
Has. In dry woods, common. FI. Feb. 
337. Heteropteris laurifolia, (sp. n.); glabra, foliis mem- 
. branaceis ovato-oblongis acutis basi subrotundatis supra 
nitidis subtus venis prominentibus versus marginem dis- 
tanter glandulosis, petiolis basi biglandulosis, paniculis 
axillaribus terminalibusque sublepidoto-pubescentibus folio 
longioribus. 
Has. In bushy places. FI. Feb. 
Frutex scandens, ramosus. Folia opposita, 5-6 poll. longa, 
. 2-91 lata. Calyx 9-glandulosus, sepalis oblongis obtusis. 
Petala 5, integra, flava. Stamina 10, basi monadelpha. 
Filamenta alterna breviora. Carpella pilosa. Styli 3; dis- 
tincti. Fructus ignotus. Au. 
Allied to H. hireoides, Ad. Juss. e 
338. Banisteria subcordata, (sp. n.) ; piloso-pubescens, foliis 
ellipticis acuminatis basi subcordato-rotundatis subtus 
glandulosis, petiolis basi subtus 1-glandulosis, umbellis 
corymbosis 1-2 axillaribus terminalibusque tomentosis 
folio brevioribus. 
Has. In open bushy places. FI, Feb. 
