155 (51) 



MelocJiia hirsiita, Cav. Diss. vi. 320. Guanai, 2.000 ft. (1846). 

 Melochia venosa, Sw. Prodr. Flor. Ind. Occ. 97. Yungas, 4,000 



ft. (1847). No. 1848 is probably the same species. 

 Waliheria Americana, L. Sp. PL 673. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (1405 



and 1458). 

 Theobroma Cacao, L. 1, c. 782. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (655). 

 Theobromasylvestre,M.2LX\..,V>&xw. Uebers. Theobr. 14? Junction 



of the rivers Beni and Madre de Dios. (654). 

 Giiaziima ubnifolia, Lam. Encycl. iii. 52. Guanai, 2,000 ft. 



(1859). 

 Gtiazuma tomentosa, HBK. Nov. Gen. & PI. v. 320. Yungas, 

 4,000 ft. (1287). 



BUETTNERIA PESCAPR^IFOLIA, spec. nova. Glabra; rami et 

 petioli aculeis destituti ; caules ramosi ; folia orbicularia vel 

 late ovata, 8-12 cm. lata; apice obtusa vel acuta, cordata, 

 margine Integra ; petioli gracili, folia aequantia ; folia subter 

 pallido-glauca, nervi prominenti, supra atroviridi, nervi im- 

 mersi ; capsula semiglobosa, 2 cm. diametro, densissime muri- 

 cata. Flores non vidi. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (2644). Related 

 to B. discolor, Benth. 



BuETTNERiA Benensis, spec. nova. Scandens ; folia herbacea, 

 nervis utrinque prominentibus, distincte reticulata ; rami et 

 petioli pubescentes, aculeis destituti ; foliis valde cordatis, 

 ovatis, sagittatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, subter minutissime 

 pubescentibus, supra glabris, utriusque dentato-serratis, longe 

 acuminatis, 8-13 cm. longis, 5-7 cm. latis, petiolatis ; petioli 

 3-4 cm. longi ; inflorescentia parviflora, breviter pedunculata ; 

 flores parvi ; calyce hirsuto, sepalis lanceolatis, 5 mm. longis ; 

 capsula et semina non visa. Junction of the rivers Beni and 

 Madre de Dios. (1964). Resembles in leaf- form speci- 

 mens in Herb. Kew marked B. cordifolia, Sagot from French 

 Guiana, but the plant is smooth except for a few scattered, 

 stellate hairs. 



Buettneria Boliviana, spec. nova. Scandens ; glabrescens ; 

 folia herbacea, utrinque reticulata ; rami et petioli aculeis des- 

 tituti ; foliis cordatis, utrinque glabris, ovatis vel acuminatis, 

 serrulatis, 6-8 cm. longis, 4-5 cm. latis, gracile petiolatis; in- 

 florascentia parviflora?; capsula 1-5 cm. longis, 2 cm. dia- 

 metro, echinata, echinis 2-3 mm. longis, semina 5 mm. longa, 

 2 mm. lata, glabra, nigra. Junction of the rivers Beni and 

 Madre de Dios. (1249). 



