ELAEOCARPACEAE. 



SLOANEA Linn 



Sloanea latifolia (L.C.Rich.) K. Schum. Flora Bras. XII 3 p. 173 

 Blondea latifolia L.C.Rich. Act. soc. Par. I. no 



Paramaribo, near plant. Tourtonne: Kegel 939; named by Garcke 



Linnaea XXII p. 55 Sloanea coiymbijlora D. C. 

 French Guyana. 



Sloanea dentata Linn Spec. pi. Ed. I. 512. 



Surinam River, near Cassepoera-kreek: Kegel 1175 named by Garcke 



Linnaea XXII p. 56 : Sloanea Plumieri Aubl. 

 Surinam: Hostmann 1025. 

 Amazon district, Guyana. 



Sloanea obtusa (Splitg.) K Schum. Flora Bras. XII 3 p. i8i. 



Dasynema obtusa Splitg. Tijdschr. Nat. Geschied. en Phys. IX. p. 98. 

 Paramaribo: Wullschlagel gii. 

 Surinam: Hostmann and Kappler 412; near Post Belair : Splitgerber 



812 (fl. Apr.) 

 French Guyana. 



Sloanea Kappleriana Pu!le nova spec. 



Rami inferne teretes glabri, superne augulati ferrugineo-tomentelli ; 

 foliis sparsis petiolo mediocri terete, tomentoso, apice paulo incrassato, 

 stipulis linearibus petiolo 3 4 plo brevioribus, utrinque ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tellis, caducis. Lamina oblonga vel ovata, apice obtusa vel apiculata (in 

 specimine Versteegiana>, basi cuneata, obsolete repando-dentata, coriacea, 

 supra in nervo mediano tomentosa, ceterum glabra ; subtus praesertim 

 in nervos sparse pilosa. Inflorescentia axillaris petiolum subaequans, 

 pedunculis pedicellos aequantibus, bracteis ovatis, obtusis ; sepalis 4-6, 

 plerumque 4, ovatis vel oblongis ; obtusis vel acutis, extus et intus bre- 

 viter pilosis; staminibus calyce duplo longioribus; antheris oblongis ob- 

 tusis, quam filamenta multo brevioribus, glabris ; ovario obscure tetragono 

 villoso, stylo apice divaricato-quadrifido calycem paulo superante, post 

 antherarum delapsus multo elongate. Capsula oblonga 4-valva, setis 

 rigidis filiformibus obtecta. 



