PLATE 2682. 
SAPIUM AEREUM, Alotzsch. 
EvupuHorsBiace®. Tribe Crorones. 
8. aereum, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxxii. p. 119; similis S. Peppigit 
sed toliis oo basi subcuneatis supra pahere submetallico viri- 
discente insi igni 
Folia graciliter petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, ovali-oblonga, absque 
petiolo 24-4 Soe longa, apice rotundata et glandula magna cuculli- 
ormi-incrassata nt rotlexa instructa, margin e hine inde glanduligera, 
eciduis. Capsule 4-5 lin. "aiamete, leves, 3-loculares ; semin 
suborbicularia, compressa, circiter 2-2} lin. diametro, ie aa 
exsculpta, nigra. 
Soura America : Peru, Ruiz & Pavon in herb. Berol. 
The type of this species in the Berlin Herbarium apna of detached 
ieaves, advanced ovaries, separated re ina and two or three seeds as 
represented in the cen rink | plate. The Reiohiord like it in the 
Kew Herbarium is a s en from Costa Rica, at an elevation of 
1550 metres (Tonduz, 124 198), but the leaves want the metallic sheen, 
= persistent base of the picky is terete, and the brown seeds are only 
ut half as large as those of S. aereum. Ronen is = a specimen 
ey ear 8S. reum 
collected at Ubala, Bogota, at an elevation of 17 00 aie by J. Triana. 
Tt bears no number, but is designated ‘ caucho..—W. Borrine Hemsley. 
Fig. 1, 8 a leaf; 2, advanced female flower showing the 
ae i the ido. styles, caneset nine: 2,the same enlarged; 4, one valve of 
natural size; 5, the same from the inside; 6, seed, natural size; 7 and 8, 
p= “eat views of the same. —Enlarged, where not otherwise indicated 
