(334) 
short-tomentose, globular, or slightly narrowed above, strongl 
2-grooved, the apex short-truncate, tipped with the stout style. 
(NVo. 2249.) 
Heteropteris ovalifolia sp. nov. 
Glabrous, except the finely ferruginous inflorescence; branches 
rest of the inflorescence; flowers crowded on the short branchlets, 
the pedicels stout, 2-5 mm. long; calyx sub-hemispherical, 4 mm 
broad, the sepals blunt or rounded at the apex, the glands black, 
nearly 2 . long, broadly elliptical; limb of the petals very 
broadly elliptical, 3 mm. long, the claw slender, 2 mm. long; 
stamens nearly equaling the style, exceeding the calyx by 1-2 mm., 
the anthers large and bro frui long, the seminiferous 
little above the middle, 7 mm. broad at the narrowest portion, 
which is about 4 mm. above the base, strongly nerved. 
‘¢A low climber with yellow flowers, in gravel and clay.” 
Coroico, September, 1894. (Vo. 2458.) 
STIGMAPHYLLON TOMENTOSUM A. Juss. in A. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. 
Mer. 3: 53. (Vo. 2206.) 
BANISTERIA ARGENTEA (H.B.K.) Spreng.; A. Juss. Arch, 
Mus. Par. 3: 393. 1843. (eteropierts argentea H.B.K. 
Nov. Gen. 5: 164.) (Vo. 2062.) 
? BANISTERIA oxycLapA A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Par. 3: 396. 
1843. (Vo. 2873.) 
BANISTERIA SPRUCEANA Griseb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. 12*: 45. 
‘* A climber on the ground, with yellow flowers, in dry, gravelly 
and clayey soil.” Coroico, September, 1894. (/Vo. 2457.) The 
same as Rusby 515. 
Banisteria Pearcei sp. nov. 
labrous, except the inflorescence; branchlets gray, densely 
leafy; petioles 3 mm. long, stout, margined, brown; blades 4-8 
cm. long, 1.25-2.5 cm. broad, ‘lance- -oblong, the base acute to acu- 
minate, the summit abruptl y acuminate, acute; coriaceous, gray- 
green, lustrous, venation slender and lightly prominent both sides, 
reticulate, the secondaries about 9, strongly ascending , connecting 
close to the margin; inflorescence sparse, lightly ferruginous: 
peduncles a little exceeding the petioles, the few seen about 5- 
