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TABULA 2976. 
ASTEROPHORUM EBURNEUM, Spraque. 
TILIACEAE. Tribus BROWNLOWIEAE. 
A, eburneum, Sprague in Kew Bull., 1908, p. 249. Species 
unica. : 
rbor subramosa, 4°5 m. alta (teste Spruce). Rami striolati, 
primo stellato-pubescentes, mox glabrescentes. Folia _oblongo- 
12-25 cm. longa, 6-10 cm. lata, utrinque satis inconspicue s subtiliter 
reticulata, supra in nervis stellato-pubescentia vel puberula, ceterum 
glabrescentia, subtus minute puberula et lepidota; nervi laterales 
utrinque 8-10; petioli 3-5-7 cm. longi. Stipulae subulatae, 1°5 mm. 
longae, caducae. Pedunculi 5°5-6°5 cm. longi, ramis circiter 4. Flores 
unisexuales, ut videtur monoici ; masculi tantum visi. Fl. ¢ in apicibus 
ramorum rhachis umbellati, eburnei et odorati (teste Spruce), pedi- 
cellis 4-5 mm. longis. Calyx campanulatus, trilobatus, 4°5 mm. longus, 
extra stellato-tomentellus, intra glaber, lobis deltoideis 15-2 mm 
longis. Petala5 , imbricata, sneaaerbieomre pe rotundata, mm. longa, 
contiguae, deorsum divergentes. Capsula subturbinata, penta- 
gona, apice leviter depressa, 1°5-2°3 cm. longa, 1‘7-2 cm. diametro, 
extra Bi stellato-pubescens, 5-locularis, loculicida, loc andes mono- 
spermis, valvis in apicibus ramorum carpophori stellati suspensis, 
andloesipia crustaceo fulvo nitidulo tandem soluto. Semina ovoideo- 
globosa, cinerea, brunneo-variegata, 6-7 mm. diametro ; endospermium 
carnosum, cotyledonibus foliaceis, yadicula exserta. 
Ecuapor. Chonana, near Guayaquil, Spruce, 6260. 
The most oe apertane! aang for open ten seems to be beside 
Christiana, wit ich it agrees in the nature of its inflorescence and 
flowers. The ae Saipan ant 7 he is in ee fruit, which is a 
her isan capsule in Asterophorum, and consists of several follicles in 
Christia 
Pityranthe has a fruit like that . oat uataits but the flowers differ 
in having staminodes.—T. A. Spr 
Fie. 1, flower ; 2, section through flower ; 3, stellate hair from calyx ; 4, petal ; 
5, anthers; 6, capsules ; 7, seed ; 8, embryo. All enlarged except 6, which 1s of 
natural size 
