MONOUUAI'IIIA IMH.YGALACEAKllM. 235 



lala, in imimi.- iiiiiiirins;i, iMccla. Kaccmi teiuies, coniosi. '£-'■> iniii. I:iti. in inatii- 

 rilale iiiiil.ili'r.ilrs, (uni i mm. lati. l'Ioiigati, sa»pc 5-8 cm. vel minoius. Flores 

 erecli. l'nictus iialenlcs vi'l suli|)eM(liili. BracUî.i' ajjioe siibulal;e, ilorso macula 

 vidlaci^a notal;v, decidua'. Sepala cxtci'iora in;pqualia, siiperius laie triaiigulaiT, 

 trincrvatnm, villa meiiia piic|iiii'asciinli' luilalnni, supiii'iora elliplica '/, breviora, 

 Iriplo angiisliora, ohliisa. ipiain al;e iltiplo breviora, glabra. Alae quain corolia féru 

 (liiplo breviores, obldiiga-, apice rnliiiuial«, basi attenuaUe, vilta média dorsali 

 niilala. i'clala siipcriciia alis diiplu lonj^iora. margine iino recto, alio angulale 

 ciirvalo, acnla, vel subobUisa, cailnarn crislalam suba^qiiaulia vel ;equaiUia, per 

 7,-7j c'im tiibo slaiiiiiiali comiala. Oariiia' unguis sensim in iimbuni atlenuatns. 

 Crista lilamentis liiiearibiis, acutis, 0-8 formata, quorum duo carinœ adnati 

 suni minores, triaiigulares. Antlier;e glabra-, filamenla longitudine snbaîquautes, 

 ovojdea'. Ovariuni laie elliplicum, glabrum : slylus brevis. Sligina superius vagi- 

 naliim. pui'pur'asct^ns in appendiculiim apici' penicillatnm ^c^slatum), prolongatum. 

 (Capsula longe elli|itica. alis sepalisqne (puun tripin longior, apice s;epc eniar- 

 giiiala, altenuala, :{-3 'j, mm. Innga, o.s-l nnn. lata. Semina elongata sensim 

 versus apicem altenuata, longe conica, pilis albis adpressis vestita, basi quasi coro- 

 nam l'ormantibus. Appendicula caruncula- seinine 4|)lo breviora, acuta, angusta. 



Habitat in .\o\a Aiidalusla prope Caracas : Gnanaguana (Funk. 1834, n" 'H8); 

 (jerca de l'iedras ail pedem niontis Tolinia Amlimn Nov. Oranata'. André Hb. 

 Am. .('(1. n" l!»0o. 



P. AP1»UESSA, Benth. 



(laulis reclus, teres, validus, apice corymbose ramosus. loliis dilapsis ssepe 

 nndns vel l'oliosus ; rami iteriim ramosi, l'asligiali: racemi terminales densillori, 

 cylindrici, rachi lloribns dilafisis, aspera ; llores parvi,subsessiles ; sepala exteriora 

 inicqualia; aise obovat*, trinerviiB; petala superiora obovata, apice subserrulata, 

 lala, quam carina paulo breviora; crista brevis, lobis paucis formata; arithera' 

 lilamentis liberis panio breviores; stigmacristatum; stylus perbrevis; capsula ovata, 

 vel Iriangularis apice liaud emarginata ; semina elliplica, hirsuta; appendicula 

 ' , sem. longiliidine a'ipianlia. 



Bentli in Hook .1. of liot. 100; lîennet in Mari. FI. Brasil. p. M. 



Tab. imlra XXIV, fig. 15- 10. 



