280 MALPIGHIACEAE ueteropterys. 



Addanlur descriplioni Schlcchtenda) ii oplimac sequcnlia: saraarae ferrugi- 

 nco-puberulac aborlu solitariae et tunc ereclae, ala tamen quoad stylum obliqua 

 oblongo-obovata (poll. l- 3 /« longa, 'A— '/• lala), margine postico subrectilineo, an- 

 tico curvilineo, laterc ulroque carpelli transverse cristalo, cristis brevibus mul- 

 lifidis, interdum biseriatis. Endocarpium inlra Inculum procurrens in conum 

 compressum, quem amplectilur semen, inlcgumento duplici membranaceo, in quo 

 chalaza orbicularis, hilo sub acumine conlcrmina, colyledonibus obliquc plicatis 

 cum radicula brevissima sensim continuis. — Crescit in Mexico. 



70. H. (BANISTEIUA Linn. Hort. Cliffort. 169.) BRACIIIATA II. B. Kih. Nov. gener. 

 cl spec. pl. V. 163. — DC. I. c. 591. no. 3. — Foliis subovalis oblusis; ramis bra- 

 chiatis; ramis floriferis paniculatis. 6^ — Brachypleris borealis Willd. Herb. — 

 Heleroplerys plalyplera DC. Hb. — Crescil ? — Species non salis cognila. 



71. H. BERTEROANA Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. 111. 476. — Foliis oblongo- 

 ovatis mucronulalis, sublus puberulis et basi glanduloso-bipunctatis; umbellis 

 quadrifloris in paniculas terminales latcralesque digeslis; calyce 8-glanduloso; 



petalis ? fruclu ? 6^? — Folia oblongo-ovala (poll. 2-l'/ 2 longa, lineas 



10-7 lala), apice subacuto mucronulata, subtus pilis adpressis pubescenlia et 

 punclulis 2 glandulosis ad basin notala peliolata. Paniculae in ramis ramulisque 

 terminales, maxima parle umbellis quadrifloris compositae, pedunculi diversorum 

 ordinum ferrugineo-rufescentes, floriferi subnulli, pcdicelli semipollicares. Calyx 

 ferrugineus 8-glandulosus. Pelala limbo suborbiculari subintegro, nervo extror- 

 sum prominente. Slamina calyce longiora, filamcntis glabris, basi coalilis, an- 

 theris glabris, conneclivo alrato loculos subaequante. Ovaria apice gibbosa fer- 

 ruginea. Slyli breves, ad apicem lalere sligmatiferi. Fruclus deerat. — Banisteria 

 Quapara 0. mucronulala DC. Prodr. I. 589. — Crescit in Anlillis. 



72. H. RUFULA Marlius mss. ex Adr. Juss. I. c. 477. 1. 14. — Foliis ovatis, basi sub- 

 cordalis acule mucronatis, subtus ferruginco-pubescentibus el ad basin margine 

 4-6-glandulosis, glandulis calathiformibus, longiuscule pedicellatis; umbellis qua- 

 drifloris in paniculas digestis; calyce eglanduloso; petalis carinato— alalis; sama- 

 rae ala erecta, lateribus cristato-muricatis. i^? — Ramuli pube ferruginea atro- 

 rubentes, lenticellis albidis creberrimis inslructi. Folia ovata (poll. 2'/2-r/ 2 longa, 

 l'A-V> lata), basi subcordata, apice acuie mucronata, supra pilis minutissimis 

 conspersa, subtus iisdem densioribus praesertim in nervis ferruginea el ad basin 

 4-6-glandulosa, glandulis magnis e margine revoluto folii excurrentibus stipitatis 

 calathiformibus, tenuia, petiolo lin. 5-3 longo ferrugineo. Paniculae axillares el 

 terminales, foliorum supremorum aborlu amplificalae corapositae ex umbellis 

 pleruraque quadrifloris, pedunculi diversorum ordinum alro-ferruginei , floriferi 

 lin. 1-2 Iongi, cum pedicello fere duplo longiori arliculati, paullisper infra api- 

 cem bibracteolati, bracleolis bracteisque brevibus ovalis. Calyx ferrugineus 

 eglandulosus, pelala eo duplo longiora unguiculala, dorso carinato-alata. Fila- 

 menta basi coalila glabra. Ovaria ferrugineo-hirsula, dorso medio cristata et 

 laleribus tuberculata. Samarae ferrugineo-puberulae, ala oblique extrorsum 

 ascendente obovata, lin. 9 longa et 5 lata, latere utroque carpelli transverse cri- 

 statae, cristis breviler laceralo-dentatis, loculus endocarpio intus prominulo sub- 

 reniformis. Semen conforme, inlegumenlo duplici membranaceo, colyledonibus 

 conduplicalis, tegumenli lamina plicae inlerposita, commissura axin spectantibus, 

 cum radicula basi sensim continuatis. — Crescit in Brasilia circa Sebaslianopolin. 



73. H. BUBIGINOSA Adr. Juss. I. c. 477. — Foliis ovatis vel suborbicularibus, basi 

 subcordatis mucronulalis, supra puberulis, subtus rubiginoso-tomentosis el bi- 

 glandulosis, breviter petiolalis; corymbulis in paniculas axillares et terminales 



digestis; calyce 8-glanduloso; pelalis carinatis; fructu ? 6 — Rami juniores 



rubiginoso-tomentosi, adulti sensim glabrati, lenlicellis albis punctati. Folia 

 (poll. 3-1 longa, V/ t lata) nunc longiora ovala, nunc breviora suborbicularia, basi 

 subcordaia, apice in brevioribus subemarginala mucronulata, supra puberula, 

 subtus lomento rufo densiori praesertim in nervis pubescentia discoloria glandu-r 



