948 MR. J. MIERS ON THE HIPPOCRATEACEA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
5 lines, diminishing upwards; the flower expanded is 2 lines in diameter, on a pedicel 
1 line long. 
23. HIPPOCRATEA PALLIDULA, nob.: Hippocratea ovata, Griseb. (non Lam.), Fl. B. W. 
Ind. 148; Plant. Wright. 172; Cat. Pl. Cub. 56: ramulis teretibus, subangulatis, 
subpatentibus: foliis oppositis, divaricatis, vel sæpius reflexis, ellipticis, imo sub- 
acutis, apice obtusis aut breviter acuminatis, margine subserrulatis, dentibus parvis 
obtusis sæpe mucronulatis, rigidulis, glabris, supra pallide viridibus, nervis tenuibus 
arcuatim nexis vix prominulis, sub lente granuloso-rugulosis, subtus pallide brun- 
nescentibus, nervis stramineis vix prominulis, venis transversis crebre reticulatis ; 
petiolo subtenui, superne sulcato, subtus ruguloso, limbo 14-plo breviore: paniculis 
axillaribus, folio brevioribus, flavide tomentellis, dichotome ramosis, cum ramulis 2 
paucifloris in dichotomiis, pedunculo ramisque compressis, subangulatis; floribus 
tomentellis, pedicellatis ; bracteolis acutis, divaricatis; petalis acute obovatis, pal- 
lidis, utrinque papilloso-tomentellis, intus barbatis; disco alte conico aut sub- 
pulviniformi, pallide tomentello, apice tomentoso; filamentis latis, ciliatis, imo 
tomentellis, erectiusculis, apice reflexis; ovario fere abscondito; stylo obtusulo, 
exserto: capsulis 3, distinctis, orbiculatis aut latissime ovatis, apice vix retusis, 
valde compressis, striato-nervosis, medio subcarinatis, 4-spermis, valvis tenuiter tes- 
taceis, pallide brunneis; seminis nucleo apicali oblongo, obliquo, valde compresso, 
ala omnino basali paulo longiore et latiore, membranacea, margine unico incrassata, 
funiculo brevissimo articulatim sustenta. In Antillis: v. s. in herb. Hook. et Mus. 
Brit., Cuba orientali (Wright, 80). 
A species easily distinguished from H. ovata by its habit and appearance. The 
branches are slender, with axils about 12 in. apart; the leaves, extremely pallid, thick 
and opaque, are 17-31 in. long, ¿-1 in. broad, on a petiole 13-3 lines long; the axillary 
panicle is 13 in. long, its peduncle being 9 lines, the primary branches 4 lines, the rest 
diminishing upwards, with the flowers aggregated at the extremities; the flower ex- 
panded, is 23 lines in diameter, on a pedicel 3 line long; the three mature capsules are 
subrotately expanded, each 14 lines long, 13 lines broad, and very shortly stipitated, 
the valves thinly testaceous ; the seeds are 12 lines long; the nucleus, turning obliquely 
inwards, is 6 lines long, 24 lines broad; the wing is 4 lines broad, with a coriaceous 
margin on the exterior side, and supported on a short testaceous funicle, as in the typical 
species. "The petioles, branches of the inflorescence, sepals, petals, valves of the capsules, 
and external margins of the wings of the seeds are all thickly charged with numerous 
white spiral threads. 
24. HIPPOCRATEA FESTIVA, nob.: scandens, ramulis tenuibus, terciibus, rugoso-striatis, 
subrubentibus, glabris, patentissme divaricatis, axillis remotiusculis: foliis anguste 
ellipticis, imo subcuneatim acutis, et in petiolo brevisubdecurrentibus, apice gra- 
datim aut citius acute acuminatis, minute mucronatis, crenato-serrulatis, margine 
tenui flavide cartilagineo, supra profunde viridibus, subpruinoso-opacis, nervis 
tenuibus areuatim nexis venisque reticulatis fere immersis, subtus pallidioribus, 
