155 



Me lochia 

 Mc lochia 



Guanai, 2.000 ft. (1846). 

 Occ. 97. Yungas, 4,000 



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



Walthe} 



and 1458). 



Guanai, 2,000 ft. (1405 



Thcobroma Cacao, L. I c. 782. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (655). 



Mart 



J 



Madre de Dies. (654), 



Guazwna tdmifolia. Lam. Encycl. iii. 52. Guanai, 2,000 ft. 

 (1859). 



Giiazitma tomeutosa, HBK. Nov. Gen. & PI. v. 320. Yungas, 

 4^000 ft. (1287). 



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

 petioli aculeis destituti ; caules ramosi ; folia orbicularia vel 

 late ovata, 8- 1 2 cm. lata; apice obtusa vel acuta, cordata, 

 niargine Integra ; petioli gracili, folia sequantia ; folia subter 

 pallido-glauca, nervi prominent!, supra atroviridi, ncrvi im- 

 niersi ; 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, 

 neryis utnnque prominentibus, distincte reticulata; rami et 

 petioli pubescentes, aculeis destituti ; foliis valde cordatis, 

 ovatis, saglttatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, subter minutissime 

 pubescentibus, supra glabris, utriusquedentato-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 BoLlViANA, spec. nova. Scandens; glabrescens ; 



f61i 



la 



tituti 

 serrulati 



herbacea, utrinque reticulata ; rami et petioli aculeis des- 



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



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



florascentia j3arviflora?; 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). 



