292 MALPIGHIACEAE tristellateia. 



4. TR. MONTANA Adr. Juss. I. 0. 496. — Foliis obovatis, brevissimc acuminatis 

 glaberrimis, utrinqae vireolibus; pedoocalfs ad apicem bibracleolaUs; tilamcntis 

 exsertia; samarae alis margioalibus in Btellam 7-radiatam dispoailia, crista inte- 

 gra. i)\j — ltaini glabri copia lenlicellarum conspersi, juniores sublaeves vircn- 

 ics, adulll pallide rubeotes scabri. Folla oppoaita vel labopposlta obovata (poll. 

 -2— l ' j longa, 1-V.i lata), brevissime acumlnala glaberrima, utrinquc virenlia ncr- 

 visque robellis vix prominulie reticulata, margine sublas revolalo el juxta batfn 

 biglanduloso, peliolo lineas 3 longo. itacemi terminales tripollicares, pedunculi 

 divcrsorum ordinum glaberriml virenles, Dorifer! lineas 2—1 '/■ longi, basi brevitcr 

 bracteati ct brevius apice vel paulluium infra apicem bibracteolati, braclea brac- 

 tcolisque subulatis, articulali cnm pedicello semipollrcarl crassiori. Calycioae 

 laciniac semiellipticae scsquilinearcs glaberrimae. Petala calyce quinquics lon- 

 giora. Staminum ftlamcnta oppositipclala vix calycc longiora gracillima, allerna 

 multo longiora crassioraque, antherac conneclivo exlrorsum subcarinatae. Ovaria 

 in unum coalita pilis albidis hirsutum , singula dorso medio cristala et appcndi- 

 culis 7 auriculaeformibus coronata. Styli non raro duo explicanlur (inaequales 

 lamen). Carpella 3, non aut vix puberula, receptaculo pyramidali acute trigono, 

 facic interna triangulari adnexa, laterahbus libera, dorsali 7-alala, alis slellalim 

 verlicillatis sabspathulatis, lin. 4 longis, medio cristala, crisla integra semicircu- 

 lari, infra cum ala inferiore continuata, supra breviler exserta, inler alas margi- 

 nales et crislam nervis transversis reliculala. Semen subrolundo-acuminalum. 

 — Cresc.it in Madagascariae monle Itamassina. 



5. TR. BERNIERANA Adr. Juss. I. c. 497. — Follis ovatis glabris, sublus polveru- 

 lenlo-discoloribus basi(|uc biglandulosis; pcdunculis sub apice opposite bibrac- 

 tcolatis; fllamcntis exsertis; samarae alis marginalibus in stellam 7 — radialam 

 disposilis. £<^ — Rami juniores pube adpressa brevi canescentes, adulti glabrati 

 rubelli. Folia opposita ovata (pollicem et ultra longa, %-% poll. lata), apice ob- 

 tnsa vel acuta, juniora pilis raris conspersja, adulta glabrata, supra viridia, sub- 

 tus discoloria veluti pulvere glaucesccnte illita, nervis prominulis reticulala ba— 

 sique ima biglandulosa, peliolo lineas 2-3 longo, supra canaliculato canescente. 

 Racemi in ramulis lateralibus lerminales uni-sesquipollicares pauciflori, pedun- 

 culis pube brevi adpressa sericeis, floriferi lineam minusve longi, sub apice bi- 

 bracteolati, bracteolis opposilis minimis, eodem cum pedicello sexies longiori 

 arliculalis. Calycinae laciniae lineares ovatae, cxtrorsum puberulae, punctulis 

 glandulosis prominentibus basi ipsorum plerumque intcrposilis. Pctala calyce 

 sexies longiora, stamina breviora, supra calycem duplo exserla. Ovaria birsula, 

 singula dorso 7-appendiculata, appcndiculis in coronam connivcntibus. Fruc- 

 tus non suppctit, cujus tamen slella 7-radiata ex ovario pracnuncianda. — 

 Crescit in Madagascaria. 



6. TR. BOJERIANA Adr. Juss. 1. c. 498. — Foliis cordatis, subtus puberulis gla- 

 bratisve; pedunculis apice opposite bibracleolalis; filamenlis subexsertis; sama- 

 rae alis marginalibus in stellam 7-radiatam dispositis, crista multipartita. i>v? — 

 Rami flexuosi, juniores cinerei vel pube brevi fulva conspersi, adulti rubcntes, 

 lenticellis discoloribus luberculali. Folia cordala (poll. 3 longa, 2'/» lala), supra 

 glabra, subtus pilis raris (minus in junioribus) flavidis pubentia vel fere glabrala 

 et reticulalo — venosa, petiolo contorto (lin. 8-10 longo), apicc biglanduloso. Ra— 

 cemi terminales el ad folia summa imminuta inque bracteas transeuutia axillares 

 nec raro geminali sicque paniculam magnam foliosam terminalem componentes, 

 peduncnli fulvo-pubcruli , floriferi lincares, apice bibracleolati , pedicelli semi- 

 pollicares. Laciniac calycinae ovatae (lin. 2 longae) exlrorsum fulvo-pubenlcs. 

 Petala calyce triplo longiora. Filamenta brcviora vix calycem aequantia. Ovaria 

 laleribus 7-appendiculata. Fructus conflatus e carpellis 3 rcceptaculo pyramidali 

 trigono applicatis, facie inlerna angulala cum hoc et inler se cohacrentibus, ox- 

 terna tomentosis et superne multiappendiculatis, appendiculac 7 majorcs alae- 

 formes subspalhulatac, vix semipollicarcs, tres utrinquc lalcralcs, seplima in 



