Mathewsiane. N. O. Lythrariez. 
TAB. CXVI. 
ADENARIA PARVIFOLIA. 
Ramulis foliisque junioribus preecipue ad nervos pubescentibus, 
foliis oblongis utrinque attenuatis brevi-petiolatis glabris sub- 
tus pallidioribus nigro-punctatis subcoriaceis, umbellis brevi- 
pedunculatis, calycibus 4-fidis, staminibus inclusis. 
Has. Prov. of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836. 
Frutex, ramis ramulisque subteretibus, junioribus tenuiter pubes- 
centibus. Folia opposita, sesquiunciam longa, subcoriacea, 
penninervia, vix reticulata, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, 
basi in petiolum perbrevem attenuata, glabra, subtus pallida, 
nigropunctata, Unmbelle axillares, plurifloree, pedunculate, 
pedunculo pedicellisque 2 lineas longis. Calyx turbinatus, 
petalisque oblongo-spathulatis, extus glandulis majusculis 
punctatus. Stamina 8, brevia, calyci infra medium inserta. 
Ovarium subglobosum, supra hirsutum, nigro-glandulosum, 
inferne nudum, in stipitem brevem attenuatum: Sfylus longi- 
tudine ovarii: Stigma bilobum. Capsula calyce persistente 
semitecta, globosa, indehiscens? bilocularis. Receptacula 
dissepimento affixa. Semina numerosa, parva. 
If this plant be compared with the specific character alone of 
Adenaria otpeossaeme H. oes K. (from the banks of the Magdale- 
na) it will be f tirel toagree; but besides the widely 
different locality of the two, we find from the description, that 
Humboldt’s plant has the leaves **32—36 lines long, thin and 
membranaceous, reticulated with veins and thestamens exserted :” 
hence I am led to consider the present asa newspecies. A second 
of the genus has been sent by Mr. Mathews, among his earlier 
collections, from the Quebrada of Panahuanca, n. 824; the 
Adenaria floribunda H. and K. It is a tree, 15—20 feet high, 
the flowers and leaves larger than in our present species, the 
- Jatter as well as the branches and umbels very downy. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx laid open with the stamens, < 3. ce 
Pistil. f. 4. Capsule cut open: oe es 
