Heteropterys. 379 



bibracteolatisque; calyce 8-glanduIoso; petalis antheris stylisque glabris. — Frutex parce 

 ramosus, ramis teretibus glabris albo-verruculosis. Petioli circiter 3 / 8 poll. longi teretes, 

 pube adpressa ferruginea vestiti; foliorum lamina 3 — 5 poll. longa, \ 1 / 2 — 2 poll. lata, 

 supra nitida laete viridis, juventute pube fugaci adpressa vestita. Cymae (triflorae in 

 specimine nostro) terminales; pedunculis adpresse ferrugineo-sericeis, infra medium bra- 

 cteolis duabus minimis vestitis. Glandulae ad calycis tubum 8, glabrae. Petala 4 — 5, 

 glabra, unguiculata, aurea, recurvo-patentia, ovato-oblonga, margine v. glabra v. crenulato- 

 fimbriata. Filamenta 10, basin versus dilatata in tubum connata, ferrugineo-puberula. 



Nomine Chrysophylli argentei hanc specimen ex horto Laurentii, Lipsiis, accepimus. 

 Patria verosimiliter America australis.« 



9. H. Mathewsana Juss. Malp. Syn. (1840) 245 et in Aren. Mus. III. (4 843) 

 454. — »H. foliis lanceolatis breviter et acute acuminatis glabris coriaeeis, supra lucidis, 

 subtus reticulato-venosis, petiolatis, racemis in paniculas amplas terminales digestis; 

 calyce eglanduloso ; petalis . . . ; samarae ala longa sursum dilatata ascendente. — Rami 

 juniores floriferique rubiginoso-tomentosi, adulti glabrati lenticellis subrotundis scabri- 

 usculi. Folia lanceolata et breviter acuteque acuminata, poll. 6 et ultra longa, 2 lata, 

 glabra coriacea, supra laevia lucidaque, subtus nervis prominentibus intricate reticulata, 

 petiolo lin. 4 longo glabro obsolete biglanduloso. Paniculae amplae terminales et ad 

 folia suprema axillares (inde ternae), racemis compositae: peduneuli diversorum ordinum 

 rubiginoso-tomentosi, floriferi subnulli, sieque bracteae lineari-acutae bracteolis brevibus 

 approximatae ; pedicelli lin. 2 longi. Laciniae calycinae lin. 2 longae ovato-lanceolatae 

 extrorsum rubiginoso-tomentosae et apice revolutae, eglandulosae. Petala paulo longiora 

 longe unguiculata, limbo parvo. Stamina non exserta glabra, connectivo prominente. 

 Styli stamina superantes apice uncinati. Ovaria in unum trilobum coalita, dorso gibbosa. 

 Samarae abortu 1 — 2 divergentes rubiginoso-puberulae vel partim glabratae, ala sesqui- 

 pollicari superne dilatata (semipoll. et ultra lata), inferne angustiori (lin. 2 lata) et lo- 

 culum compressum oblique extrorsum ascendentem sensim continuante. 



Peruvia (Mathews 1465: Tarapoto).« 



Nota. Haec species H. (74) acutifoliae var. ß eglandulosae affinis esse videtur. 



1 0. H. Pirayuensis Morong in Annais New York Acad. Scienc. VII. (1 893) 66. (Enum. 

 of PL collect, by Th. Morong in Paraguay.) — "Suffruticose. Stern terete, angled or 

 striate below, more or less compressed and silky downy on the young branches, about 

 I m high. Leaves of a silvery hue, opposite, entire, coriaeeous, ovate, subcordate, 

 apiculate, glabrous and somewhat shining above, minutely downy beneath, often with 

 1 or 2 glands near the base of the blade; the largest collected 8 cm long and 5 cm 

 wide. Petioles canaliculate above, eglandulose or biglandular near the ap ex, 5 — 10 mm 

 long. Flores in small terminal panicles. Found only in fruit, but the persistent sepals 

 oblong, each with 2 glands in the back. Flores 4 in an umbel; pedicels jointed and 

 bibracteolate above the base; bracteoles minute, obtuse. Samaras 2 together, obovate 

 or sometimes eultriform, the wing beautifully purple-tinted, shining and sculptured with 

 Striae, about 2 cm long, on slender peduncles 10—15 mm long. 



Between Pirayu and Yaguaron (672). April 8." 



Nota. Haec species ab H. (59) argyrophaea Juss. vix differre videtur. 



11. H. retusa J. D. Smith Undescr. pl. Guatemala VIII. in Bot. Gazette XVI. (1891) 

 2. — Banisteria retusa Robinson apud Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 136. — 

 "Leaves short-obovate (20 — 24 X 15 — 18 lines), each end obtuse, apex retuse and cus- 

 pidate, sparsely pilose, veins rufo-pubescent and uniglandular above base of lowest pair; 

 petiole terete, biglandular at or below the apex: panicles rufo-tomentulose, 2 — 3-fasci- 

 culate from axils of reduced upper leaves and terminal, umbellately Compound, sub- 

 equalling leaves; pedicels 3 — 5, bracteolate in middle, exceeding flowers: sepals minute: 

 petals twice longer (2 lines), oblong, base rounded, carinate, shortly unguiculate, crimson; 

 the interior broader with stout claw and denticulate: filaments exceeding calyx, anthers 

 oblong, connective incrassate: styles a little shorter. — Near H. cotinifolia A. Juss., 

 but with different leaves and glands, solitary panicles, smaller flowers etc. — Erect 



