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5. Banisteriopsis pauciflora (H.B.K.) C. B. Robinson. 



Banisteria pauciflora H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 160. 1822. 

 Banisteria podadena Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 3D : 392. 1858. 



Leaf-blades oblong, elliptic, or ovate, mostly 2-6 cm. long, mucronate at the apex, 

 glabrous above, usually permanently, but inconspicuously pubescent beneath, dull on both 

 sides, obtuse or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long, the 

 glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 7-9 mm. long ; samaras 

 2-2.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing obliquely truncate and undulate-crenate from 

 the middle to the apex, the body rugose-tuberculate. 



Type locality : Near Havana, Cuba. 

 Distribution: Cuba. 



6. Banisteriopsis argentea (H.B.K.) C. B. Robinson. 



Heteroptens argentea H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. PI. 5 : 164. 1822. 

 Banisteria argentea Spreng.; A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 281. 1840. 

 ''Banisteria elegans Triana & Planch. Ann. Sei. Nat. IV. 18 : 322. 1862. 

 Banisteria argentea obtitsiuscitla Niedzu. Gen. Banist. 1 : 30. 1900. 

 Banisteria argentea acuminata Niedzu. Gen. Banist. 1 : 30. 1900. 



Leaf-blades ovate, oval, or ovate-lanceolate, mostly 2-12 cm. long, acute or short- 

 acuminate at the apex, rather copiously pale-pubescent above, densely white- or silvery- 

 pubescent beneath, short-petioled ; sepals ovate, usually broadly so, about 3 mm. long, 

 copiously pubescent, the glands over one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 

 7-8 mm. long; samaras 2.5-3 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing broadly rounded and 

 even, the body spiny-tuberculate. 



Type locality : Colombia. 



Distribution : Guatemala to Panama and northern South America. 



Illustration : H.B.K. Nov. Gen. &. Sp. pi. 450. 



7. Banisteriopsis Schomburgkiana (Benth.) C. B. Robinson. 



Banisteria Schomburgkiana Benth. Lond. Jour. Bot. 7 : 129. 1848. 



Leaf-blades ovate or oblong, 3-10 cm. long, slightly or abruptly acuminate at the apex, 

 dull and finely, often obscurely, pubescent above, silvery-pubescent beneath with short 

 silkj' hairs, acute or acutish at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 3-4 

 mm. long, glandless, copiously pubescent ; larger petals 9-10 mm. long ; samaras 4-5 cm. 

 long, the ventral edge of the wing undulate, the body spiny-tuberculate. 



Type locality : Rio Branco, Brazil. 



Distribution : Guatemala to Panama, northern South America, and Brazil. 



8. Banisteriopsis speciosa Small, sp. nov. 

 Leaf-blades oval to ovate, 4.5-12 cm. long, abruptly short-acuminate, yellowish-green, 

 reticulate on both sides, glabrous or with scattered hairs beneath, much paler beneath than 

 above, abruptly narrowed or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate or orbicular- 

 ovate, 4-5 mm. long, glabrous, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or less, 

 longitudinally grooved on the back ; larger petals 11-12 mm. long, the blades suborbicular, 

 lacerate-denticulate ; samaras not seen. 



Type collected at Coban, Guatemala, May, 1907, H. von Turckheim II. 17S5 (herb. John 

 Donnell Smith). 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



9. Banisteriopsis lucida (Rich.) Small. 



Banisteria lucida Rich. Act. Soc. Nat. Hist. Paris 1 : 109. 1792. 



Heteropteris appendiculata DC. Prodr. 1 : 592. 1824. 



Banisteria appendiculata Lamb.; A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 284. 1840. 



Leaf-blades elliptic, obovate, or oblong-lanceolate, 5-16 cm. long, prominently acuminate, 

 glabrous and shining above, more or less ferruginous-pubescent beneath, short-petioled ; 

 sepals broad, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; 

 larger petals 11-13 mm. long ; samaras 4.5-5.5 cm. long, the body appendaged. 



Type locality : French Guiana. 



Distribution : Porto Rico, St. Vincent, and northern South America. 



