Heteropteris 



MALPIGHIACE^ 



233 



Oriseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 119; Niedenzu in Arh. Inst. Braunsh., 

 Heteropteryx, 51, 52 ; Urh. Syrnh. Ant. iv. 329. Acer benghalense 

 &c. Pluk. Phyt. t. 3,/. 1 ; Aim. 7. Acer scandens foliis laurinis 

 Sloane Cat. 137 & Hist. ii. 26. Banisteria foliis ovato-oblongis 

 acuminatis Plum. PI. Amer. (Burm.) t. 14. B. foliis ovatis, 

 seminibus unialatis &c. Broicne Hist. Jam. 231 (excl. syn.). B. 

 laurifoliai. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 611 (1762); Gsertn. Fruct. ii. 167, 

 /. 116 ; Sw. Ohs. Bot. 182 ; Wright Mem. 271 ; Macf. Jam. i. 152 ; 

 Small in N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 137. B. angulosa Mill. Gard. Diet, 

 ed. 8 (1768) (non L.). B. coerulea Lam. Encyc. i. 367 (1783); 

 €av. Diss. 421, t. 243. (Fig. 77.) 



The type. Miller's specimen, is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Fig. 77. — Heteropteris laurifolia A. Jiiss. 



A, Pistil and six stamens X 3. ovary cut lengthwise, showing the 



B, Median carpel ol A showing the style ovule, x 3. 



somewhat different from the others ; C, I'ruit, one samara cut to show the seed, 



nat. size. 



Dragon Withe, White Withe. 



Banks of Rio Cobra ; St. Dorothy ; Sloane Herb. v. 93 ! Houstoun ! 

 Broughton 1 Masson 1 Bertero ! Macfadyen ! St. Mary, McNab 1 Hartweg ! 

 Moneague, Prior 1 March 1 J.P. 716, Jenman ! King's House grounds, J.P. 

 1081, Hart 1 Constant Spring, Blue Mts., Port Antonio, Hitchcock ; Pro- 

 vidence road, near Castleton, 700 ft. ; Toms River, 600 ft. ; Thompson ! 

 Mona mountain, Fatvcett ! Mount Mansfield, 800 ft. ; Stony Hill, 1000 ft. ; 

 near Bardowie-, 1800 ft. ; Hope road ; Grove bridge ; near Lacovia ; 

 Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 5740, 5819, 5820, 6738, 8010, 8519, 8597,9850, 11,773.— 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Cruz, Central America. 



Leaves elliptical, oblong, or lanceolate, apex obtuse or acute, often 

 subacuminate, base obtuse or wedge-shaped, sometimes rounded, veins 

 conspicuously reticulate, prominent on both sides. Panicles to 2*5 dm. 1. ; 

 reddish pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles more or less persistent, ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm. 1. Sepals about 4 mm. 1., oblong, revolute at 

 apex, buff-pubescent, with 8 glands. Petals yellow, blade roundish to 

 elliptical, sometimes hastate at base, 3-4 mm. 1. ; claw 2-8 (4) mm. 1. 

 Samarx 2*5-4 cm. 1. 



2. H. reticulata Niedenzu in Arh. Inst. Braunsh., Heteropteryx 

 54 (1903) ; leaves leathery, glabrous, without glands, 1 0-16 cm. 1. ; 

 panicles terminal and axillary ; branches few, spreading more or 

 less at right angles, racemose ; fruit : upper margin somewhat 



