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cm. longa et lata; mucroo.1-0.2 cm. longum; stipulae ca. 0.4 cm. 
Nova Grenada, Magdalena (folton, Sept. 1852, 2o. 802), in 
Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. and Kew. 
I first identified this plant with Aiiraea terntfolia A. Juss., 
founded upon Alalpighia ternifolia H.B.K., but after examining 
the original in Herb. Bonpland in Paris I found that it differs very 
much from our plant. It has narrower leaves which are never 
cordate at the base, and smaller flowers with thinner peduncles. Be- 
sides, the plant of Jussieu has calyx glands which are very obvious, 
while they are not to be seen on our specimen. Certainly our plant 
resembles much more Aalfighia cbovata from Rio Magdalena 
than the one previously named; but AZ odovata differs by having 
obovate leaves which are nearly glabrous underneath, and by its 
peduncles which are woolly and whitish instead of ferrugineous. 
This plant is regarded, therefore, as a new species. 
The name is derived from the fact that the leaves are ternate as 
in JIL. ¢ernifolta (triphylla) but much wider (platy). 
Heteropteris multiflora Hochr. comb. nov. 
Jfalpighta reticulata Poir. Encycl. Supp. 4: 8. 1816. 
Byrsonima reticulata DC. Prod. 1: 581. 1824. 
Heteropteris reticulata Niedenzu, Mon. in Arb. Bot. Inst. 
yceum Hosianum 54, Braunsberg (Juin 1903) non Griseb. 
Bantsteria multiflora DC. Prod. 1 589. 1524. 
fleteropterts platyptera Griseb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 12: 67 pro 
parte, non DC. 
Surinam, Guyana (Schwenitz), in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 
Like Niedenzu, I do not believe that the West Indian plant 
called Bandsteria longifolia by Swartz (Prod. 1: 589. 1800) 
and Bantsteria macrocarpa by Persoon (Enchir. 1: 507. 1805) 
is identical with our plant. All West Indian specimens bear the 
indication ‘‘ vine,” ‘*scandens” or ‘*scandent shrub,” while the 
ones from Guyana are said to be trees. Comparing both roughly, 
I find also that the flowers of the West Indian plants are somewhat 
smaller than those from South America. Therefore we agree with 
