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or nearly so, except on and about the veins beneath at maturity, shining especially above, 

 reticulate, acute or obtuse at the base, short-petioled ; inflorescence paniculate, pyramidal ; 

 sepals oblong to lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm. long, glandless, or with the glands one half as long 

 as the sepal-body or less ; larger petals 5-7 mm. long ; samaras 3.5-4 cm. long, the wing 

 dilated above, auricled on the ventral side at the base, the bod}' crownless. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 



Distribution : West Indies, Mexico, and Central America. 



Illustration : Cav. Diss. pi. 242. 



16. Banisteria longifolia Sw. Prodr. 75. 1788. 



Banisteria macrocarpa Pers. Syn. PI. 1 : 507. 1805. 

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

 Banisteria multiftora DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824. 

 Banisteria magnohaefolia Desv. ; Hamilt. Prodr. 40. 1825. 

 Heteropteris longifolia borealis Niedzu. Gen. Heteropt. 53. 1903. 

 Heteropteris longifolia marliniccnsis Niedzu. Gen. Heteropt. 54. 1903. 



Leaf-blades oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, mostly 15-40 cm. long, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous, except sometimes for scattered hairs beneath, shining and slightly reticu- 

 late above, dull and prominently reticulate beneath, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 short-petioled ; infloresence paniculate, pyramidal ; sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 3.5-5 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body or less; larger 

 petals 5-6 mm. long; samaras 5-6 cm. long, the wing dilated upward, auricled at the base 

 on the ventral side, the body crownless. 



Type locality : West Indies. 

 Distribution : Lesser Antilles. 



17. Banisteria reticulata (Poir.) C. B. Robinson. 



Malpighia reticulata Poir. in Lam. Encyc. Suppl. 4: 8. 1816. 

 Byrso'nima reticulata DC. Prodr. I : 581. 1824. 



Leaf-blades oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 9-20 cm. long, short-acuminate, glabrous, 

 except sometimes for scattered hairs beneath, shining and rather faintly reticulate above, 

 dull and prominently but rather finely reticulate beneath, obtuse or rounded at the base, 

 short-petioled ; inflorescence paniculate, broadly pyramidal ; sepals lanceolate, 5-6 mm. 

 long, the glands less than one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 5.5-6.5 mm. 

 long ; samaras 4-5 cm. long, the wing much dilated, broadly rounded on the ventral side, 

 scarcely auricled, the body very large, crownless. 



Type locality: French Guiana. 



Distribution : Jamaica; also in northern South America. 



Doubtful species 

 Banisteria verruculosa Sw. Adnot. Bot. 31. 1829. Guadeloupe. 



11. BRACHYPTERYS A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 290. 1840. 



Shrubs or woody vines. Leaves opposite; blades membranous, but rather thick, or 

 parchment-like, broad, entire. Flowers solitary in the leaf-axils or borne in peduncled 

 large-bracted umbel-like corymbs. Calyx with 8 glands ; sepals 5, broad, sometimes very 

 broad, persistent. Corolla yellow; petals 5, the blades broad, unequal, erose-crenulate. 

 Stamens 10, all anther-bearing; filaments subulate or subulate-lanceolate; anthers short, 

 thick. Ovary 3-lobed. Styles 3, distinct, slightly unequal. Samaras 2 or 3 together, or 

 solitary, nut-like, the wing flat, beak-like, the body thick, tuberculate. 



Type species, Stigmaphyllon paralias A. Juss. 



1. Brachypterys ovata (Cav.) Small. 



Banisteiia ova ta Cav. Diss. 429. 1790. 



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



Banisteria brachiata Willd. Sp. PI. 2 : 742. 1799. Not B. brachiala L. 1753. 



Banisteria pitta H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. S : 160. 1822. 



Banisteria brachyptera DC. Prodr. 1 : 591. 1824. 



Banisteria calciirapa Desv.; Hamilt. Prodr. 40. 1825. 



Brachypterys borealis A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 291. 1840. 



Stigmaphyllon ovatum Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 31. 1900. 



