— 219 — 



[1818] p. 221;— A. tomentosa L var. cumanensis; var. catnpechiensis et 

 var. guyaquilensis H. B. I<TH. Syn. Plant. Nov. Gen, II [1823] p. 283 et 

 284; WALP. Rep. Bot. Syst. IV [1844-1848] p. 132 et 133 [!];-- A.floridana 

 RAFIN. Atl. Journ. 148 ex Ind. Kew.~ A Meyeri MiQ. Symb. Flor. Surin. 

 in Linnaea 18 [1844] p. 263 [!);-- A. Lamarkiana PRESL. Bot. Bemerk. 

 [1844] p. 99;- A. tomentosa L. var. owarensis WALP. Rep. Bot. Syst. IV 

 [1844-1848] p. 133 [!];- A. oblongifolia Nutt. ex CHAMP. Flor. South. 

 Unit. States [1860 et 1865] p. 310;-- A. officinalis L. var. nitida [JACQ.] 

 O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Plant. II [1891] p. 502 [!];-- Bontia gertninans L. Spec. 

 Plant. II [1763] p. 891 [!]; BURM. Flor. Ind. [1768] p. 138 [!];-- Bontia 

 spec. BROWN. Hist. Nat. Jam. [i756] p. 263; LINN. Spec. Plant. II [1763] 

 p. 891 sub. Bontia gertninans L. [!]; J ACQ. Stirp Amer. [1763] p. 178 sub 

 A. tomentosa J ACQ. [!]; LINN. Spec. Plant. II [ 1 764] p. 891 sub A. gertninans 

 L. [!];-- Bontia folins snbtns tomentosis J ACQ. Enum. Plant. Amer. [1760] 

 p. 25; LINN. Spec. Plant. II [1763] p. 891 sub B. gertninans L. [l];-Bo/itia 

 foliis oppositis, peciiinculis spicatis LINN. Syst. [1760] p. 1122 ex jACQ.;— 

 Mangle laitrocemsifolius, flore albo tetrapefalo Slaon Hist. Jam. II [1707] 

 p. 66; Linn. Spec. Plant. II [1763] p. 891 sub B. gertninans L [!]; JACQ. 

 Stirp. Amer. [1763] p. 178 sub A. tomentosa JACQ. [!]; Linn. Spec. Plant. 

 II [1764] p. 891 sub A. germinans L. [!];-- Donatio LOEFL, Iter. Hist. 

 [1758] p. 193 ex JACQ.;- Hilairantluis nitidus [jACQ.) VAN TlEGH etHilai- 

 ranthus tomentosiis [JACQ]. VAN TlEGH. in journ. de Bot. XII [1898] p. 358 [!]. 



Arbor ramosa, 4--15 M. alta, 0.5--0.8 M. diam. Ram uli patentes, mitantes, 

 teretes, laeves, novelli dense tomentosi glabrescentes, sparse resinoso-punctati, 

 sparse lenticellati. Folia lanceolata vel oblonga, basi acuta, in petiolo 

 attenuata, raro obtusa vel rotundata, apice acuta vel obtusa, margine vix recur- 

 vula, supra glabra, nitida, minutissimeglandulosa,viridia,subtusdenseadpresse 

 persistente pulverulenta, in sicco fulva vel glaucescentia, opaca (vel ex JACQ. 

 nitida), abscondite resinoso-punctata, costa subtus pulverulenta glabrescentia, 

 elevata, nervis 10--15; obsolete reticuIato--venosis, 6—12 c.M. longa, 1.5--4 

 c.M. lata; petiolus brevis pulveruleutus vel glabrescens, 0.5--1.5 c.M. 

 longus. I n f 1 o r e s c e n t i a terminalis, paniculiformis, subfoliosa, 3--10 

 c M. alta; c y m a e, terminales et ex axillis foliorum supremorum, solitariae 

 pedunculatae ; spicae densae plus minusve elongatae vel subcephaloideae, 

 saepe dissiti-florae 0.5-2 c.M. longae, 0.5 -- 1 c M. diam., e floribus 2-14 

 decussatis composita formantes, p e d u n c u 1 i s quadrangularibus, sicco 

 sulcatis dense adpresse furfuraceis cinerascentibus dense abscondite resinoso- 

 punctatis, et sparse obsolete glandulosis, b r a c t e i s parvis sessilibus 

 ovatis obtusis, extus densissime pulverulento-tomentosis, mox scariosis 

 deciduis, b r a c t e o 1 i s 2, oblongis obtusis extus omnino furfuraceo-tomen- 

 tellis, costa prominente, intus glabris, 0.3-0.5 c.M. longis, 02-0.3 c.M. latis. 

 Flores sessiles, parvi, 0.3-0.5 c.M. longi, 0.25-0.5 c.M. diam. Calyx 

 parvus, laciniis subinaequalibus, subovatis, ciliatis, extus omnino densissime 

 adpresse pulverulento-tomentosis, opacis, intus glabris, lucescentibus, utrimque 

 sparse resinoso-punctatis, 0.3-0.5 cM longis, 0,2-0.3 c M. latis. Corolla 



