igo leguminoSjE. 



lapsain extrorsum reflexo, acuta; antherae elliptico-elongatœ exserlae dorso 

 medio superne esulcalo affixœ, 2-lobse, introrsœ, lobis antice siilco dis- 

 junclis basi bi-eviter discretis, rima longitiidinali apertis, poUine luteo; sta- 

 minum sterilium totidem pelalis alternorum filamenla teretia gracilia, calyce 

 dimidio longiora stylum slaminaque pollinifera excedenlia massulam ellip- 

 licâm iiitegram albidam antherse loco gerentia. Ovarium lineare rectum 

 crassLim sessile liberum, pilis aureis longis dense vestitum, i-loculare 5-7- 

 ovulatum, in stylum crassum glaberrimum rectum staminibus ananlheris 

 vix brevius hinc (ad latus supremum suturas continuum) sulco angusto no- 

 talum intus fistulosum apiceque stigmatico pervio acutiusculum abiens. 

 Ovula anatropa. 



Guianam Batavorum incolit juxta Paramaribo. (Hostmanni herb. 

 N" 1007.) 



ZOLLERNIA. 



ZoUernia maxim. princ. Wied. et Nées ab Es. nov. Act. phys. med. Bonn, 

 tom. xiii, xjii. — Coquebertia Ad. Brongn. in Ann. se. nal. xxx, 

 io6. — Vogelin Linnœaxi, i66. 



1. ZOLLERNIA HOULLETIANA f. 



Z. ramis raniulisque glabris ; foliis crassis coriaceis breviter petio- 

 latis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, basi attenuatis, glaber- 

 rimis , marginatis subundulatis remote minuteque dentatis vel sub- 

 integerrimis, utrinque reticulato-nervosis ; stipulis supremis longis 

 aiigustis coriaceis, redis; racemis rufo-tomentosis obscuris in pani- 

 culas terminales corymbiformes quasi dispositis, bracteis ovatis mi- 

 nutissimis bracleolisque hisce calycis basi approximatis ; alabastris 

 longiuscule rostratis, rostro recte truncato ; antheris glabris , acutis. 



Arbor, ramulis teretibus glabris, exsiccatis nigris, cortice rarius verru- 

 coso saepius punctis minutis impressis notato. Folia alterna (disticha ?) 6-8 

 c. m. longa, 25-35 mm. lata, acuta aut subacuminata, acuminis apice ar- 



