rLATE 2327. 



TEMNOPTERYX SERICEA, Hoohf. 



BuBiACE^. Tribe Muss.^inde.e. 



T. sericea, ITook.f, in Benth. et Ilookf, Gen. riant ii. 72 ; herlia 

 robusU 2-3-pedalis, caule pilis ferrugineo-sericeis induto et in stipulis 

 multmdis sericeis vaginato, foliis oblanceolatis v. oLlongo-elli^jticis 

 graciliter aoumiiiatis basi in petiolum longe attenuatis supra glabris 

 subtus et prsecipue in costa nervisque lateralibus U-16 proniincutibus 

 ferrugineo-sericeis, floribus in cyinis axillaribus contractis v. glotncruHs 

 breyiter peduuculatis bracteis stipulaceis niultitidis vaginatis dispositis 

 pedicellatis v. ^bubsessilibus, calycis tubo anguste turbinato costato 

 limbi segmentis magnis ini^qualibus petiolatis majoribus 1-3 ciam 

 lannna late ovata v, subcordata acuta minoribus spathulatis v. lamina 

 lanceolata supra glabra, corollae tubo calycem sujierante superne Icviit^r 

 dilatato lobis carnosulis brevibus ovatis tubo 8-10-plo brevioribiis, 

 staminibus prope v. supra medium tubi insertis, filnraeutis brevissi'inis, 

 antheris anguste linearibus mucronulatis, fructu subgloboso apice 

 truncate vestigiis limbi calycini corouato, pericarpio septibque teuuiter 

 crustaceis. Hiern in OliV Fi TVnn Ar^ ,-;, 7« 



Af^ 



Hab. W 



Folia lamina 6-U poll, longa, 2-3i poll, lata; petiolus 1-2 poll, 

 longus; stipuLe 1-1^ poll long^. Flares 1-U poll, longi ; calycis 

 segmentorum laminae ad |-1 poll, long^e. Frtictas ^-5 poll. diam. 



been 



^J-anns memorable expedition to the mountain range in 1° N. lat., 

 nown then as the Sierra del Crystal, where some peculiar forms not 

 elsewhere collected by him were found. The divisions of the style, 

 ^nich IS much stouter than the corolla-tube in our specimens, are live 

 Jiumber, and narrowly linear. Whether the enlarged lamina of 

 some of the calyx-segments is coloured or herbaceous, I cannot clearly 

 say.— D. Oliver. 



Bect;5n ^ ^^™^Ia laid open. 2. Pistil, the ovary in vertical section. 3. Transverse 

 Becuoa of orary. All enlarged. 



