150 THALAMIFLOR^. 



It is probable tliat Swartz's plant is identical with tbat which 

 I have described as b. media ; and that the glandules of the 

 leaves, and flower-stalks escaped his observation. According 

 to Jacquin, whose specimens were collected at Carthagena, the 

 style is single. 



3. * Bunchosia paniculata. Panicled Bunchosia. 



Leaves oblong cordate acuminate glabrous, racemes 

 panicled axillary and terminal. 



Malpighia paniculata, Mill. Diet. No. 6. — Bunchosia pani- 

 culata, De Cand. Prod. I. 582. 



HAB. ? 



FL. ? 



A shrub with purple flowers. 



IV. Triopteris. 



Calyx 5-partite; divisions biglandulose at the base. 

 Petals subrotund, clawed. Stamens 10, with the 

 filaments subulate, subcoherent at the base, alternately 

 longer. Styles 3. Carpels 3, united at the base, 1- 

 seeded, expanded into 3 wings, of which 2 are superior 

 and 1 inferior, with sometimes a small dorsal crest. — 

 De Cand. 



Name, from r^tig three, and tts^ov a wing. 



1. * Triopteris Jamaicensis. Jamaica Triopteris. 



Leaves oblong acuminate venose glabrous, petioles 

 eglandulose. 



Banisteria capsulis trialatis, foliis ovato-acuminatis, racemis 

 terminalibus, Browne, 231. — Triopteris Jamaicensis, Swartz, 

 Obs. 183. 



HAB. Fences. — Swartz. 



FL. ? 



A twining shrub: branches terete, glabrous. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, veined. Racemes terminal, axillary, compound : divi- 

 sions opposite, subdivided : flowers shortly pedicelled, small, 

 blue. Styles 3 Swartz. 



V. Tetrapteris. 



The character of Triopteris y except that the car- 

 pels are expanded in 4 oblong wings, 2 superior, 2 



