ELAEOCARPACEAE. 



SLOAN E A 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 corymbiflora 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 (Split?.) K. Schum. Flora Bras. XII 3 p. 181. 

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

 Paramaribo: Wullschlagel 911. 

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



812 (fl. Apr.) 

 French Guyana. 



Sloanea Kappleriana Pulle 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 intusbre- 

 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. 



