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Middle leaflet 3 toG.5 cm. wide; capsule densely puberulous, H to 7.5 cm. 

 long. 0. M. orinocensis. 



Middle leaflet 5 to 7.5 cm. long. 



Leaflets very obtuse, long-attenuate at base. 7. M. parkeri. 



Leaflets abruptly acuminate, sessile. 8. M. paviaefolia. 



1. Maximilianea codinae (Kichl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i: 44, as Maxi- 



iiiiliana. ISUl. 



Cochlospermuni codinae Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13': 4;J1. pi. S6, f.i. 

 187L 



Leaves 7-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, subcaudate-acuminate, glaucescent 

 beneath; two outer sepals oblong-ovate, subacute, the three inner rounded; 

 petals three times as long; capsule obovate-oval in outline, obtusely 5-angled, 

 5-valved. 

 Type Locality: Banks of the Rio Para, Brazil. 



Described by Eichler from a drawing by Codina. 



2. Maximilianea regia MarL & Schrank, Flora 2: 452. 1819. 

 Wittelsbachia insif^nis Mart. & Zucc. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i: 81. pi. yj. 1824. 

 Bomhax hibiscifoUiiDi Willd.; Mart. & Zucc. Nov. Gen. &: vSp. i: 81, as 



synonym.^ 1824. 



Cochlospernium instgne vSt. Hil. PI. Us. Bras, ■pi: S7- 1827. 

 "Azeredia pernanibncana Arruda; Allem. Appar. Coll. Desenh. Arruda, 

 cum tab. 1840." \ 



Cochlospermiim insigne var. pohliana Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13^: 430. 

 1871. ' \ 



Shrub about 2 meters high; branchlets pubescent at apex; petioles puber- 

 ulous, 8 to 14 cm. long; leaves about 10 to 12 cm. wide, o- or 5-lobed for three- 

 fourths their length, the lobes oboval or ovate-oblong, acuminate to obtusish, 

 pubescent beneath at maturity, the middle lobe 8 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 5 cm. 

 wide; panicle pyramidate, the lower branches 2- to 4-flowered, the upper 

 1-flowered; pedicels 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, tomentellous; flowers to 8 cm. wide; 

 two outer sepals o%-ate or oblong, subacute or obtuse, puberulous, the three 

 inner 10 to 20 mm. long, 12 to 14 mm. broad, less pubescent; petals sub- 

 quadrate-obovate, usually emarginate; stamens free, the anthers dehiscent 

 by an apical pore; ovary with 3 to 5 placentae; capsule 3- to 5-valved, oblong- 

 pyramidal, obtuse, 7 cm. long, glabrate; seeds reniform, to 7 mm. wide, 

 involved in dense whitish wooL 

 Type Locality: Eastern Brazil. 

 Range: Provinces of Pernambuco, Goyaz, Bahia, and Minas Geraes, Brazil. 



Not seen; the description compiled from those of Martins and Zuccarini 

 and St. Hilaire, and from Eichler' s^ account in the Flora Brasiliensis. The 

 capsule is said to have the odor of dill (AnetJmm graveolens) . The filamentous 

 bark, according to Eichler, is used for making rope. St. Hilaire states that 

 a decoction of the roots is used for internal troubles, principally those result- 

 ing from falls or other accidents, and that this decoction is said to heal ab- 

 scesses. He gives the native name as "butua do curvo." 



^ Wrongly referred to this species, according to Eichler. 

 6 Fl. Bras. 13": 429-431. pi. 86, f. 2. 1871. 



