Mathewsiance. N» O, Vacciuieee. 



TAB. CCXLIIL 



Anthopterus racemosus. 



Gen. Char. Calyx ovario adhaerens, turbinatus, alto-5-alatus, 

 5-dentatis, dentibus ovatis erectis. Corolla monopetala, conico- 

 urceolata, S-alata, 5-dentata, dentibus acuniinatis erectis v. 

 erecto-patentibus. Stam. 10. Filamenta brevia in membranam 

 connata, calyce ad basin corollas inserta, Ant7ierceh\\oc\x\vLVQSy 

 loculislongissimerostratis, rimaelongata ad apicem introrsum 

 dehiscentibus. Ovarium S-loculare, pluriovulatum. Fructus 

 subbaccatus, 5-alatus, indehiscens, S-locularis, dentibus caly- 

 cinis coronatus, — Yvxxi^:^ parasiticus^ glaher^ hahitu Thibaudise 

 ef Macleanise. Rami stricti* Folia lanceolata, coriacea, tri- 

 nervia. Flores mojuscuH^ racemosi* Pedicel li elongati, basi 

 unihracteati^ medium versus bibracteati* 

 Anthopterus racemosus. 



Hab. Province of Moyobamba, Peru; parasitic on trees. 

 Mathews; received in 1838. 



In Macleania, figured at 1. 109, vol. IL, of this work, we have 

 an instance of a plant of the Vacciniem which has a 5-winged 

 calyx: here we have the still more remarkable circumstance of 

 the corolla also having 5 broad wings, corresponding with the 

 6 teeth of the corolla; in which respect, as well as in the diflFer- 

 ent shape of the corolla, of the calyx, and in the different struc- 

 ture of the stamens, and in the long racemes of flowers, it differs 

 from Macleania^ and, as far as I know, from all of the natural 

 order. The leaves are from 4-5 or almost 6 inches long, sessile, 

 and the racemes equal to them in length. The fruit, in our 



specimens, is not quite i 



berry 



but the pericarp is thick and coriaceous, and apparently inde- 



hiscent. 



Fig. \. Flower. / 2. Stamens. /. 3. Single stamen. /. 4 

 Calyx and pistil. / 5. Section of a scarcely mature germen : 

 fnagnijied. 



