ASTRONIUM. ANACARDIACEÆ (AUCT. ENGLER). 455 
lus communis cire. 1,5 dm. longus, interjugis 3-4 cm. metientibus, 
foliola petiolulis 3-4 mm. longis, inæqualia, 3-8 em. longa, 3,5-4 em. 
lata, basi subtruncata inæquilatera, acumine 5 mm. longo instructa. 
Paniculæ ramuli composito-paniculati; pedicelli 1,5-2 mm. longi. 
Calycis masculi segmenta 1 mm. longa et lata. Petala in floribus mas- 
culis 3,5 mm. longa. Staminum filamenta 2 mm. longa, antheræ 
oblongo-ovatæ, 1 mm. longæ, pallidæ. Fructus ut in specie priore. 
Nova-Granada, in silvatieis ad Cartagena et Santa Martha (Ber- 
tero, n. 2638, Balbis, n. 2114 in herb. reg. Berol.). 
B, Planchonianum (Engl.); foliis novellis utrinque, imprimis subtus 
holosericeo-pilosis, demum glabrescentibus; foliolis breviter petiolu- 
latis, remote serratis. — Astronium graveolens Triana et Planch., 
l. c., 288; A. Planchonianum Engl. in Fl. Bras., 399. — Diomate, 
Tibigara, Quebrahacha Novo-Granat. 
Nova-Granata, prov. Bogota, i in valle fluminis Magdalena, alt. 300- 
1200 m. (Triana, n. 3689 in herb. cæs. Vindob.); Capo (Goudot); 
prov. Socorro (Triana); Sabanilla (Karsten in herb. cæs. Vindob.). 
4. A. fraxinifolium (Schott in Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. post., 
404, p. p.); ramulis teretibus, novellis dense holosericeo-pilosis, 
demum glabris; foliis impari-pinnatis 4-6-jugis, holosericeo-pilosis, 
demum glabrescentibus vel ad nervos tantum pilosis, foliolis infimis 
atque summis quam media brevioribus, oblique ovatis vel ovato-oblon- 
gis vel subtriangularibus, acuminatis, obtusissimis vel emarginatis, 
basi rotundatis vel ssepius truncatis, margine undulatis; paniculis 
foliis longioribus, amplissimis, ramis patentibus, ramulis angulosis, 
pedicellis tenuissimis quam alabastra paullo longioribus ; calycis mas- 
culi segmentis (sub anthesi) tubo paullo longioribus, orbiculari-obo- 
vatis; petalis calyce duplo longioribus ` calycis feminei segmentis (in 
fructu) oblongo-spathulatis quam petala octies longioribus; fructu 
oblongo acuto. — Reichenb. Ic. exot,, t. 295; L. March. in Warming 
Symb., 414; Engl.in Fl. Bras., 398, t. 84. — Aroeira, Aroeira do 
campo Brasil. 
Arbor elegans 13-16 m. alta, truneo elato, cortice glabro canes- 
cente, ramis erecto-patentibus (Warming). Foliorum petiolus 1,7-2 
dm. longus, interjugis 4-5 em. longis ; foliola petiolulis 1-3 mm. longis 
insidentia, maxima 8-9 cm. longa, e basi 3-4 cm. lata apicem versus 
angustata, acumine 4-8 mm. longo et 2-3 mm. lato instructa. Pani- 
cule terminales vel in axillis defoliatis orientes, 2-2,5 dm. longs. 
Calycis masculi segmenta 1,5 mm. longa et lata, viridia, albido-mar- 
