24!» MALHCIIIACEAE 



BANISTEKIA. 



pulverulcnli , sccumlarii gcmiiinli , (crtinrii raccmosim ct oppositc florifcri, pedi- 

 ciih Bemipollieares patenlea, Blngnll artioalati enm pedancalo letqailrnenm longo, 

 basl bracleato praeiereaqne infra artlenlam bibraoteolali , bracteis braeteolisqne 

 breribus ovalis pabernlia. Calyi profnnde qninqaefldos, lacioiii lin. 2 longis 

 scmicllipticis, inlrorsum glaber, cxlrorsum infcrnc pubcsccns, basi 5-7-glan- 

 dnloana (lacinia quinta pctalo interiorl contraria lemper eglandulosa, rieinls 

 intcrdum cglandulosis vel (antum uniglnnilulo^i- , glandnlM scmilincam circiter 

 longae ellipsoideae prominenles, in lacinia approximalac dum geminatac, suli- 

 lalcrales dum solitariae. Petala calyce fcre quadruplo longiora unguiculaia, 

 ongne lenni calycem acquante, limbo suborbiculari, in quibusdam basi emarginato 

 elegantet DmbriatO subundulato mcmbranaceo, rellcxa, inter sc inaequalia. Sta- 

 mina 10 calyceni longe superanlia, 5 pelalis opposita alternis breriora exteriora- 

 quc, omnia valde intcr sc inacqualia et dissimilia (tria sciliccl quae laciniis caly- 

 cinis exterioribus 1-eglandulosis opposita, cacteris multo majora, tria quac pelalo 

 inlcriori respondent contra minora) filamcnta linearia glabra, inferne inter sc 

 coalita, anlherac connectivo fusco-rubente glanduliformi globuloso, in pleriaque 

 crasso, in tribus slaminibus majoribus in massam difformem excrescenle, loculis 

 hinc adnatis lincaribus glabris, ipso crescente decrescenlibus et demum fero 

 aborlivis, polline tamen sempcr foetis. Ovaria 3 inler se facie inlerna coalita, 

 caeterum libera, dorso in gibbum sursum producla, spurcc hirsuta uniovulata, 

 ovulo uncinato pendulo. Slyli tolidem slamina superanles divergcnles crassi 

 glabri, a basi ad apiccm attenuati, stigmate capitellato glanduliformi lerminati, 

 serius eodem depresso truncati. Fruclus (nonnisi longc ante maturilatem sup- 

 pctcns) e samaris tribus apice in alam produclis, margine anlico rectam , curvi— 

 lineam postico. — In sylvis caeduis juxta pagum Rio Manso, in prov. Minas 

 GeraGs in Brasilia. 



f Spccies excludendae , certe alius scd hucusque dubii gvneris. 



56. *B. VERRUCULOSA Swrlz. Annol. bot. posth. p. 31. — Liber mihi prorsus 

 incognitus. 



57. *B. AUREA Arrabida, Flor. Flumin. IV. t. 167. - An polius Telrapterys? — 

 Species indescripla. — Crescit in Brasiliac dilione Flumincnsi. 



58. B.? FLORMUNDA DC. Prodr. I. 589. no. 15. - Foliis ovalibus obtusis cmargi 

 natisve coriaceis glabris, petiolis pubescenlibus cglandulosis; racemis corymbosis 

 pedunculatis folia aequantibus. 5^ — Flores numerosi ampli flavi. — Crescit in 

 insula Portorico. 



59. B.? PANICULATA DC. 1. c. 591. no. 44. — Foliis oblongis acuminalis petiolisque 

 eglandulosis; pedunculis foliorumque nervis ferrugineo-tomentosis; panicula 

 terminali a basi ramosa; frucluum alis divaricatis subconcavis horizontaliter ex- 

 pansis. 6 — Crescit in Mexico. 



60. B. MULTIFLORA Bojer mss. ex Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. III. 424. — Foliis 

 ovalis, basi subcordalis, breviter acuminatis tomentosis, glandulis in peliolo 

 2 tomenlosis; umbellis quadrifloris in paniculas foliosas tricbolome digcslis; pe- 

 dicellis sessilibus; calyce eglanduloso; petalis glabris, breviter unguiculatis 

 sagittatis subinlegris; staminibus slylisque glabris; samarae pilis urenlibus nitentis 

 lateribus sublaevis ala longiuscula, sursum dilatata exappendiculata. 5 — Rami 

 ramulique rufo-tomentosi. Folia opposita (poll. I — 1 */s longa, '/ : -l lata), basi 

 subcordata, apice breviter et acute acuminata, tomcnto supra rufa, subtus den- 

 siori discoloria, petiolo ('/;— '/ 4 — pollicari) tomenloso, apice biglanduloso, glandulis 

 substipitatis globosis, supra umbilicatis tomentosis, stipulis vix conspicuis. Um- 

 bellae quadrillorae, ramulos supremos pluries dichotomos terminantes ct pani- 

 culam foliis sensim decrescentibus inlermixlam componcntes, pedicelli lin. 2 longi 

 lomcntosi articulati ibidcmque bractca et biacleola duplici laterali breviori invo- 

 lucrali. Calyx eglandulosus quinquuparlilus, laciniis ovatis (lineam longis) cxlror- 

 sum tomenlosis. Petala calyce triente longiora, brevilcr unguiculata, limbo basi 



