Mathewsiane. N. O. Meliacez. 
TAB. CXXIX. 
GUAREA? MICROPHYLLA. 
Foliolis 4—5 jugis ellipticis integerrimis subtus preecipue ramu- 
lisque pubescentibus, racemis axillaribus paucifloris, calyce 
hirsuto 4-partito, staminum tubo 8-dentato, antheris longe 
aristatis, toro obsoleto. : 
Has. Prov. of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews (n. 2128) 1836. 
- Without fruit I cannot possibly refer this to any of Adrien de 
Jussieu’s Genera of Meliacee, an order, I believe, extremely 
limited, as to number, in Western South America, but to which, 
rather than to Cedrelee, I think it certainly belongs. I have 
therefore only referred it provisionally to the Genus Guarea. 
e anthers are sessile on the staminal tube and interior, alter- 
nating with the blunt teeth and terminated by a long flaccid awn, 
which appears to be incurved for its upper half. 
Although my own specimen bears the number 2128, I have 
reason to believe, that no number was attached to the specimens 
sent to other subscribers. It came in the collection of 1836. 
Fig. 1. Flower, unexpanded. jf. 2. Open flower. f- 3. Sta- 
minal tube. jf. 4. Upper part of the staminal tube laid open, 
bringing the aristate anthers more distinctly into view. f- 5. 
Back view of an anther :—magnified. 
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