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laciiiiis ngequalia, alteinis loiigiora , pratereaquc postica 

 in inlorescentia ca^terisque vulgo mnora\ ilanienta basi- 

 bus coalita : antbeie loculis introrsum connectivo crasso 

 glanduliformi , non raro excrescenti, adnatis, glabris aut 

 pilosis. Styli 3 stigmate capitellato terininati, serins trun- 

 cati. Ovara 3 inter se coalita, singula dorso gibbosa, hir- 

 suta. Samara; 3, autabortupauciores, pice inalamexpansa, 

 margine antico-superiori crassiorem, lateralibus interdum 

 cristatse vel muricatai. : 



Frtices intertropico-americani, plerumque scandentes. 

 Folia opposita, rarissime 3-verticillata, integerrima, bre- 

 viter aut vix petiolata , subtus ad basin saepius glandulifera, 

 bistipulatata , slipulis minulis deciduis^ rarius basi diltala 

 in annulum interpetiolarem connatis. Umbella3 plerumque 

 4-flora;, abbreviatione foliorum summorum bracteeefor- 

 mium panculas plus mnus ampias, terminales, lateralesque 

 componentes ; rarissime racemi similter psi compositi : pe- 

 dunculi florferi rarius breves, vulgo subnulli, pedcells 

 tune basi articulatis et ibidem l)ractea extiorsum, bracteola 

 duplic ad latera involucrats. Flores rose aut lute, rarius 

 alb (Ad. de Juss., 1. c). 



BANISTERIA PAUCIFLORA. 



Baiiisteria pauciflora , Kunth , Nov. Gen., V, p. 160. 

 DC, Prodr.,\, p. 590. 



B. l'oliis ovali-acutis, submucrouatis, basi rotundatis, coriaceis, 

 supernc nig^ro-viridibus, sublus pallidioribiis, pubenlilmS;, vcrsus 

 basin sapius biglandulosis; loribus cymosis terminalbus. 



Crescit circa llavanan, Cabanam el alibi. Id iliense oclobre llu- 

 vcs fruclusquc gercns. 



