46 ■ J. Perkins. — Styracaceae. 



vel cuneata, subchartacea , integra, supra nervo mediano excepto glaberrima, subtus 

 fusco-tomentosa, pilis stellatis minutis ad nervös venasque multo majoribus hirsutis 

 intermixtis instructa, supra nervis paullo, subtus nervis venisque manifeste prominen- 

 tibus, venis in nervis lateralibus rectangulariter impositis, nervis lateralibus 6 — 8, prope 

 marginem curvato-conjunctis. Inflorescentia racemosa vel paniculata (pauce ramosa), 

 3 — 8,5 cm longa, 3 — 18-flora, axillaris vel terminalis; rhachis inflorescentiae hirsuto- 

 fusco-tomentosa; bracteae lanceolatae, tomentosae, caducae, minutae, bracteolaeque 2 

 in medio pedicelli, minutissimae , ovatae, caducae, tomentosae; flores 1,7 cm longi, 

 pedicello \ — 1,5 cm longo, flavescenti-stellato-tomentoso, hinc inde pilis multo majoribus 

 ferrugineis intermixtis ; caljx valde cupuliformis , truncatus , margine minute distincte 

 denticulatus, subpapyraceus, 4 mm latus, 6 mm altus, extus flavescenti-stellato-tomen- 

 tosusy intus breviter flavescenti-pilosus ; coroUa 5-partita, tubo 3 mm longo, lobis multo 

 breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, membranaceis (in sicco) 1,4 mm longis, ca. 

 3 mm latis, revolutis (in sicco), lanceolatis, apice acutis, extus flavescenti-stellato-tomen- 

 tosis, intus in parte ^4 superiore pilosis, apice incrassatis pilos fasciculatos paucos 

 gerentibus; stamina 10, filamentis parte libera planis, marginibus intus elevatis basim 

 versus pilis fasciculatis dense obsitis, extus tenuiter pilosis; ovarium late ovoideum, 

 superum, triloculare, extus flavescenti-pilosum, multiovulatum. 



Venezuela: Tovar (Fendler n. 746a. 1854 — 1855) — Herb. Berlin, Boiss., 

 Brüss., Deless., DC. 



36. St. Pearcei Perk. n. sp. — Frutex 2 — 3 m altus; rami subteretes, 6 mm lati; 

 folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo circiter 1 cm longo, oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga, 6,5 — 

 10,5 cm longa, 2,25 — 4 cm lata, apice breviter acuminata vel interdum acuta, basi cuneata, 

 supra glabra, subtus dense hirsuto-fusco-stellato-tomentosa praecipue ad nervös venasque, 

 integra, papyracea vel subcoriacea, nervis lateralibus ca. 9, marginem petentibus, marginem 

 versus curvatis, supra nervis venisque paullo subtus manifeste prominentibus. Inflores- 

 centia racemosa, circiter 3,5 cm longa, multiflora (circiter 10-flora); rhachis inflores- 

 centiae ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa; bracteae minutae, caducae, tomentosae; flores 

 nondum evoluti, 1 1 mm longi, albidi (ex Pearce), pedicello 4 — 5 mm longo, ferrugineo- 

 tomentoso ; calyx cupuliformis, 4 mm altus, 4 mm latus, margine truncatus, minute in- 

 distincte 5-denticulatus, extus pilos stellatos ferrugineos gerens, intus adpresse griseo- 

 pilosus; corolla 5-partita, tubo 1,5 mm longo, glabro, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, 

 membranaceis, 6 mm longis, 1 mm latis , extus minute adpresse stellato-pilosis, intus 

 molliter pilosis; stamina 10, filamentis parte libera 2 mm longa, planis, basim versus 

 pilis aureis dense fasciculatis obsitis, antherae hinc inde margine pilis stellatis in- 

 structae; ovarium superum, obovatum, extus tomentosum, triloculare, multiovulatum, 

 stylo glabro. 



Andines Gebiet, Bolivia: Yungas, Gorico, 650 — 1650 m ü.M. in den Hügeln 

 unter Gorico (Pearce). 



Var. bolivianus Perk. n. var. — Differt a typo foliis longioribus ( 1 7 cm) et 

 latioribus (9 cm); fructus 9 mm altus, 5 mm latus; calyx 4 mm altus. 



Bolivia: Prov. Santa Gruz de la Sierra (Weddell n. 4080, im November blühend). 



Nota. Plantam a cl. Weddell collectam varietatis loco cum Styrace Pearcei conjun- 

 gendam esse censeo quamquam et pilorum forma et magnitudine et ambitu foliorum sine ulla 

 dubitatione diversa; floribus deficientibus an species sit nova dijudicare non possumus. 



37. St. Burchellii Perk. n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor; rami subteretes, 3 — 4 mm 

 lati, juniores fusco-tomentosi, demum glabrescentes ; folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 

 — 10 mm longo, fusco-tomentoso, oblonga, 10 — 17 ad 25 cm longa, 4 — 6,5 ad 9 cm 

 lata, apice acuminata vel interdum acuta, basi cuneata, integra, papyracea vel subchartacea, 

 supra glabra vel in costa hie illic pilosa, subtus coeruleo-pruinosa pilis brevibus stella- 

 tis minutis ad nervös venasque multo majoribus hirsutis fuscis instructa, nervis venisque 

 supra paullo, subtus manifeste prominentibus, venis inter sese parallelis anguste reti- 

 culatis majoribus rectangulariter costae insidentibus, nervis lateralibus 9 — 12, marginem 

 petentibus margine inter sese curvato-conjunctis. Inflorescentia racemosa, axillaris. 



