STERCULIACEAE. 293 



Melochia hirsuta Cav. Dissert. VI. 320 t. 175 f. i. 



Surinam: Focke 994 named Melochia vestita Bth. 

 Tropical South-America. 



Melochia hypoleuca Miq. Linnaea XXII p. 468. 



Para district, near plant, la Prosperite : Focke 983 (fl. Sept.) 



WALTHERtA Linn 



Waltheria americana Linn. Spec, plant, ed. I. 673. 



Marovvyne River, near Galibi : Went 422 (fl. Octob.); near Albina: 



Versteeg 541 (fl. July). 

 Tapanahoni River, near Drie-Tabbetje : Versteeg 660 (fl. July.) 

 Lower Surinam River: Kappler ed. Hohenacker 1859 (fl. April) named 



by Miquel : Waltheria paniculata Bth. (?) in sched. ; near plant. Jagt- 



lust: Splitgerber 389 H. L. B. 905, 237—73 (A- Dec). 

 Paramaribo : Went 265 (fl. Aug.) ; near Orellana-kreek : Focke 695 and 



Focke 121 H. L. B. 903, 237-74. 

 Para district, near plant. Hannover: Splitgerber 1014 (fl. March) 



H. L. B. 905, 237 — 76; near plant Berlijn: Went 372 (fl. Sept.) 

 Surinam River, near Joden Savanne: Kegel iiio (fl. Nov.) ; Tulleken 



165 H. L. B. 903, 322- 1249 (fl. July). 

 Upper Coppename River: Boon 1160 (fl. Sept.). 

 Surinam : Hostmann 190 ; Dr. Voltz without number ; Weigelt ; Wull- 



SCHLAGEL 38 ex Schum. 1. c. 65. 

 Vernacular name: »Malva", >Kamferblad" or >Soldatenthee". 

 Brazil and Guyana. 



THEOBROMA Linn. 



Theobroma Cacao Linn. Spec, plant, ed. I. 782. 



Paramaribo: Kegel 181 ; Splitgerber 1097 H. L. B. 905, 237 — 72. 

 All tropical America. 



GUAZUMA Plum. 



Quazuma ulmifolia Lam. Encycl. Ill 52. 



Upper Surinam River, near Blauwe Berg: Splitgerber 933 (fl. May) 



ex de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. I. (1848) p. 243. 

 All tropical America. 



HELICTERES Linn. 



Helicteres pentandra Linn. Mantissa II. 294. 



Marowyne River, near Albina: Went 432. (fl. Octob.); Versteeg 35 



(fl. July). 

 Tapanahoni River, near Drie-Tabbetje: Versteeg 675 (fl. July). 



