1502 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



ovatae apice basique obtusae emarginatae vel basi subcordatae 1 mm longae, 0,8 mm 

 latae. Pistillodium perminutum dense ferrugineo-pilosum.<< 



In Somalia: R. Tozzi 1931 n. 339 ( »Oltregiuba : Isol. Touata nel Giuba, foresta 

 presso Alessandra, albero alto 7 — 10 m, XII fi. (J<<). 



»Nome indigeno: Embebe. Legno di color roseo pallido, assai dui^o, denso e 

 pesante; il campione del diametro di 12,5 cm di sotto e 13,5 cm di sopra, lungo 20 cm 

 pesa 2160 gr. E legname che presenta caratteri di grande pregio. — Questo genere e 

 dedicato alla memoria dell'Ingegnere Giovanni Ghiarini da Ghieti, naturalista della 

 spedizione al Caffa, morto nel Gera il 5 Ottobre 1879, cui debbonsi tra l'altro le osser- 

 vazioni botanico-agrarie contenute nella relazione di quelle spedizione pubblicata dal 

 Gapitano Cecchi.« 



P. 1061 adde: 



Cupanla belizensis Standley in Trop. Woods XVI. (1928) 40. — >>Folia pinnata, 

 foliolis circ. 7, oblongis, petiolulatis, apice rotundatis, basi acutis vel obtusis, adpresse 

 serratis, subcoriaceis, subtus molliter pilosulis, pilis brevibus, patentibus; paniculae 

 multiflorae, tomentulosae.<< 



>>Young branchlets stout, obtusely angulate, densely and minutely tomentulose 

 or finally glabrate, with short or elongate internodes; petioles 3,5 — 4 cm long, the leaf 

 rachis 8 — 11 cm long, grayish-tomentulose; leaflets about 7, on petiolules 2 — 9 mm 

 long, the blades oblong, 8 — 12 cm long, 3 — 4,5 cm wide, broadly rounded at apex, acute 

 to obtuse at base, rather coarsely appressed-serrate nearly to the base, subcoriaceous, 

 puberulent above along the nerves, beneath softly pilosulous with grayish spreading 

 hairs, the nervation prominent beneath, closely reticulate; panicles terminal and 

 axillary, much branched, many-flowered, about 13 cm long and broad, the branches 

 densely grayish-tomentulose; bracts about 2 mm long, triangulär, rigid; flower buds 

 1 — 1,5 mm in diameter, densely tomentulose. << 



»British Honduras: Cohune Ridge, Vaca, western Gayo District, 1927, Duncan 

 Stevenson n. 15; Yale n. 11995 (typus). — The local name is Grande Betty.« 



Cupania obovata Gleason in Bull. Torrey Bot. Glub LIV. (1927) 616. — »Leaf- 

 rhachis closely and finely ferruginous-puberulent, terete below, flattened and strongly 

 angled above; leaflets about 7, thin and membranous, obovate-oblong, broadly rounded 

 or somewhat retuse at the apex, entire or slightly undulate, cuneate to a petiolule 

 about 5 mm long, minutely puberulent along the midvein on both sides, otherwise 

 glabrous, the lower 30 — 38 by 50—65 mm, the uppermost 45 by 110 mm; lateral veins 

 6 — 8 pairs, curved-ascending, impressed above with obscure veinlets, the venation 

 elevated and conspicuously reticulate beneath; panicles freely branched, 20 — 30 cm 

 long, the branches prominently channeled, minutely puberulent below, becoming 

 tomentulose above; pedicels 1 mm long; sepals broadly obovate-oblong; 1,7 mm long, 

 1 — 1,3 mm wide, closely tomentose; petals 5, apparently white, broadly obovate, 1,3 mm 

 long, 1 mm wide, thinly white-villous, especially on the basal half; scales 2, semi- 

 obovate 0,8 mm long, attached to the side and base of the petal, densely white villous 

 with hairs 0,6 mm long; stamens 8, intradiscal, about equal; filaments erect, stout, 

 0,9 mm long, densely villous on the basal two-thirds; ovary about equaling the filaments; 

 disk fleshy, annular, continuous.« 



In Guiana anglica: La Gruz n. 4379 (at Kamakusa, on the upper Mazaruni 

 River, Jul. 1923). 



»The obovate rounded leaflets give the plant the aspect of a Matayba; although 

 fruit is unfortunately lacking, the character of the scales on the petals indicates that 

 it is a Cupania. << 



P. 1109 adde: 



Matayba spondioides Standl. in Gontr. Dudley Herb. I. (1927) 77. — >>A small tree 

 with grayish scaly bark, the branchlets dark red-brown, bearing numerous small whitish 



