Cupania. 1031 



subtus pilis brevibus adspersa glandulisque microscopicis perraris obsita, epapillosa, 

 ad paginam superiorem hypodermate instructa; paniculae folia plerumque superantes, 

 pauciramosae, ferrugineo-tomentellae; flores mediocres; discus tomentosus; germen 

 trigono-subglobosum, ferrugineo-tomentosum; fructus — (non suppetebat). 



Arbor 7 m alta (Eggers). Rami paniculas gerentes 3 — 4 mm crassi, cortice sub- 

 t'usco lenticelloso. Folia 12 — 26 cm longa; foliola 7 — 15 cm longa, 3,5 — 7,5 cm lata, 

 sicca subfusca; petiolus communis 2 — 3 cm longus, subteres, ferrugineo-tomentellus. 

 Paniculae 15 — 30 cm longae, basi laxius, apice dense cymuligerae, cymulis inferioribus 

 stipitatis, omnibus contractis; bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae, 2 — 3 mm longae; pedi- 

 celli 1 — 3 mm longi. Flores albi (Eggers). Sepala ovata, 2 mm longa, subcoriacea, 

 basi 1-costata, dense cano- vel sufferrugineo-tomentella. Petala 3 mm longa, ex oblongo 

 in unguem attenuata, margine basique pilosula; squamae duas petalorum tertias 

 aequantes, villosulae. Stamina 2,5 mm longa, filiformia, basi pubescentia; antherae 

 glabrae. Germen 2 mm longum, stylo aequilongo. 



In Ecuador: Pavon! (ad flumen Huayaquil, a. 1799; Hb. Boiss., Webb); Spruce 

 n. 6262! (prope Guayaquil, m. Nov. 1861, fl.; Hb. Hook.); Eggers, Fl. Am. trop. 

 n. 15690! (El Recreo, m. Jan. 1897, fl.; Hb. Berol., Monac). 



Obs. Affin is Cupaniae latifoliae Kunth, quae differt foliolis subtus subpapillosis, hypodermate 

 nullo. 



5. C. cinerea Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Spec. III. (1844) 38!; Walp. Rep. II. 

 (1843) 815 n. 2; Benth. in sched. coli. Spruce n. 4412! (a. 1855 — 1856) ed. Triana et PI.; 

 Triana et PI. Prodr. Fl. Novo-Granat. in Ann. Sc. nat., 4. ser. XVIII. (1862) 374 n.4; 

 Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 513 n. 71 etc., p. 558 n. 4, p. 573, in 

 Fl. Bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 124,1900)568 n.l, in Herzog, Pflanzenform. Ost-Bolivias in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLIV. (1910) 381, 386 et in Herzog's boliv. Pfl. in Mededeel. Herb. 

 Leiden Nr. 19 (1913) 62, coli. n. 1380! — Cupania tomentosa, non Sw., Kunth in H.B.K. 

 Nov. Gen. et Spec. V. (1821) 97 n. 1! (Ed. in 4o 125), VII. (1825) Distrib. geogr. 287 

 (Ed. in 4o 366, N.-Granata prope El Espinal) et Syn. PI. Aequin. III. (1824) 163 n. 1, 

 IV. (1825) Distrib. geogr. 384 (coli. Humb. et Bonpl. n. 1801! in Hb. Berol. et Paris.); 

 DC. Prodr. I. (1824) 613 quoad speeim. ab Humb. et Bonpl. ad flum. Magdalenae 

 leeta. — Cupania americana, non Linn., Triana et PI. Prodr. Fl. Novo-Granat. in 

 Ann. Sc. nat. 4. ser. XVIII. (1862) 373, quoad coli. Humb. et Bonpl. (n.1801)!, in obs. 

 ab iisdem ad Cup. glabr., non Sw., Tr. et PI. (i. e. Cup. papillos. Radlk.) dubitanter, 

 neque recte, recensita. — Cupania alba Griseb. Novit. Fl. Panam. in Bonpl. VI. (1858) 

 4 n. 37, coli. Duchassaing!; Walp. Ann. VII. 4. (1869) 625 n. 2. — Vulgo: Sama Boli- 

 vianis t. Herzog 1. c. 1910. — Arbor; rami juniores teretes, puberuli, denique glabres- 

 centes; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 6 — 10, alterna, obovato-oblonga, apice obtusa, 

 subtruncata, basi acuta, repando-serrata, petiolulata, coriacea, discoloria, supra fusces- 

 centia, rarius pallescentia, subtus tomento denso cinereo vel in subfuscum vergente 

 (praesertim nervis venisque insidente, parenehymati adpresso) induta, epapillosa, sub- 

 eglandulosa (rarius sat glandulosa), ad paginam superiorem hypodermate instructa 

 (duplici in speeim. Pittier n. 3704, simplici in reliquis speeim. panamensib., columbianis 

 et peruvianis, nullo in speeim. bolivianis); paniculae folia aequantes vel superantes, 

 minutim tomentellae; flores mediocres; discus tomentosus; Capsula turbinato-triangu- 

 laris, sat stipitata, extus, praesertim junior, tomento brevi cinereo, intus tomento denso 

 sordido induta; semen obovoideum, arillo basi incrassato usque ad mediam partem 

 indutum; seminis testa denique in valvas duas laterales fissa, embryonem emittens, 

 ipsa in fruetu aperto remanens (Spruce), fusco-spadicea. 



Arbor 30 pedes alta, pulchra (Poeppig). Rami paniculas gerentes diametro 

 2 — 4 mm, cortice fuscescente, adultiores lenticellarum seriebus notati. Folia 12 — 25 cm 

 longa; foliola 5 — 15 cm longa, 2 — 5 cm lata; petiolus communis 2 — 5 cm longus, teres, 

 glabriusculus. Paniculae 15 — 30 cm longae, sat dense cymuligerae, cymulis sessilibus 

 contractis; bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae, 2 — 3 mm longae; pedicelli 1 — 2 mm longi. 



