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THALAMI FLORAE. 
wing, thickened on the upper side. Seed 1, pendu- 
lous. Cotyledons thick, unequal. Radicle superior,, 
turned towards the hilum — De Cand. 
Trees or shrubs, generally climbing. — Named, by Dr Hous- 
ton, in honour of the Rev. JJobn Banister, a Botanist, who lost 
his life in Virginia, when engaged in collecting plants. 
1. Banisteria laurifolia. Bay -leaved Banin teria. 
Leaves ovato-lanceolate subacute sub-coriaceous 
glabrous, petioles eglandulose, racemes terminal pani- 
cled ferrugineo-tomentose, stigmata dimidiate. 
Acer scandens, foliis laurinis, Sloane, II. 26 — Banisteria 
laurifolia, Swartz, Obs. 182. — De Cand . Prod. I. 589. 
HAB. Common in thickets. 
FL. From February to the end of May. 
Stem shrubby, twining: branches loose, terete, scabrous, when 
young tomentose. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovato-oblong, 
subacute, subcoriaceous, glabrous : petioles when young ferrugi- 
neo-tomentose, eglandulose. Racemes terminal, panicled. Pe- 
duncles ferrugineo-tomentose. Flowers shortly pedicelled, yel- 
low. A small roundish concave ferrugineo-pubescent bractea 
at the base of each pedicel. Calycine segments oblong, obtuse. 
Petals clawed, with the limb roundish. Filaments cohering at 
the base. Ovary pubescent : styles 3, greenish : stigmata sim- 
ple. Wings of the carpels about an inch in length. 
2. Banisteria splendens. Showy Banisteria. 
Leaves cordate apiculated orbiculato-oval sericeQ- 
pubescent beneath, petioles biglandulose at the apex, 
racemes axillary subdichotomous corymbose. 
Acer scandens minus, apocyni facie, folio subrotundo, Sloane, 
II. t. 162. f. 2. — Banisteria foliis orbiculatis, Browne, 231 
B. heterophylla, Willd. Sp. II. 742. — B. fulgens, Lam. Diet. 
I. 368. — Cav. diss. IX. 426. t. 253. — B. splendens, De Cand. 
Prod. I. 588. 
HAB. Common on fences and in thickets. Liguanea, &c. 
FL. March. 
Fruticose: branches twining, terete, granulated, minutely 
puberulous. Leaves opposite, petiolated, oval, subcordate at 
the base, rounded but apiculated at the apex, entire, subgla- 
brous above, appresso-puberulous beneath with stipitate hairs : 
petiole terete, minutely puberulous, furnished close to the base 
of the leaf with a pair of opposite sessile urceolate glandules. 
Racemes axillary, corymbose ; peduncles dichotomous, or two 
