152 THALAAIIFLOIUE. 



wing, thickened on the upper side. Seed 1, pendu- 

 lous. Cotyledons thick, unequal. Radicle superior, 

 turned towards the hilum De Cand. 



Trees or shrubs, generally climbing. Named, by Dr Hous- 

 ton, in honour of the Rev. ; John Banister, a Botanist, who lost 

 his life in Virginia, when engaged in collecting plants. 



1. Banisteria laurifolia. Bay-leaved Banisteria. 



Leaves ovato-lanceolate subacute sub-coriaceous 

 glabrous, petioles eglandulose, racemes terminal pani- 

 cled ferrugineo-tomentose, stigmata dimidiate. 



Acer scandens, foliis laurinis, Sloane, II. 26. Banisteria 

 laurifolia, Swartz, Obs. 182. De Cand. Prod. I. 589. 



HAB. Common in thickets. 



FL. From February to the end of May. 



Stem shrubby, twining: branches loose, terete, scabrous, when 

 young tomentose. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovato-oblong, 

 subacute, subcoriaceous, glabrous : petioles when young ferrugi- 

 neo-tomentose, eglandulose. Racemes terminal, panicled. Pe- 

 duncles ferrugineo-tomentose. Flowers shortly pedicelled, yel- 

 low. A small roundish concave ferrugineo-pubescent bractea 

 at the base of each pedicel. Calycine segments oblong, obtuse. 

 Petals clawed, with the limb roundish. Filaments cohering at 

 the base. Ovary pubescent : styles 3, greenish : stigmata sim- 

 ple. Wings of the carpels about an inch in length. 



2. Banisteria splendens. Showy Banisteria. 



Leaves cordate apiculated orbiculato-oval sericeo- 

 pubescent beneath, petioles biglandulose at the apex, 

 racemes axillary subdichotomous corymbose. 



Acer scandens minus, apocyni facie, folio subrotundo, Sloane, 

 II. t. 162. f. 2 Banisteria foliis orbiculatis, Browne, 231 

 B. heterophylla, Willd. Sp. II. 742. B. fulgens, Lam. Diet. 

 I. 368 Cav. diss. IX. 426. t. 253. B. splendens, De Cand. 

 Prod. I. 588. 



HAB. Common on fences and in thickets. Liguanea, &c. 



FL. March. 



Fruticose : branches twining, terete, granulated, minutely 

 puberulous. Leaves opposite, petiolated, oval, subcordate at 

 the base, rounded but apiculated at the apex, entire, subgla- 

 brous above, appresso-puberulous beneath with stipitate hairs : 

 petiole terete, minutely puberulous, furnished close to the base 

 of the leaf with a pair of opposite sessile urceolate glandules. 

 Racemes axillary, corymbose ; peduncles dichotomous, or two 



