155 
( 51 ) 
Melochia hirsuta, Cav. Diss. vi. 320. Guanai, 2.000 ft. (1846). 
Melochia venosa , Sw. Prodr. Flor. Ind. Occ. 97. Yungas, 4,000 
ft. (1847). No. 1848 is probably the same species. 
Waltheria Americana, L. Sp. PL 673. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (1405 
and 1458). 
Theobroma Cacao , L. 1 . c. 782. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (655). 
Theobroma sylvestre, Mart., Bern. Uebers. Theobr. 14 ? Junction 
of the rivers Beni and Madre de Dios. (654). 
Guazuma ulmifolia, Lam. Encycl. iii. 52. Guanai, 2,000 ft. 
(1859). 
Guazuma tomentosa , HBK. Nov. Gen. & PI. v. 320. Yungas, 
4,000 ft. (1287). 
Buettneria PESCAPR^EIFOLIA, spec. nova. Glabra; rami et 
petioli aculeis destituti; caules ramosi; folia orbicularia vel 
late ovata, 8-12 cm. lata; apice obtusa vel acuta, cordata, 
margine integra; petioli gracili, folia aequantia; folia subter 
pallido-glauca, nervi prominenti, supra atroviridi, nervi im- 
mersi; capsula semiglobosa, 2 cm. diametro, densissime muri- 
cata. Flores non vidi. Guanai, 2,000 ft. (2644). Related 
to B. discolor , Benth. 
Buettneria Benensis, spec. nova. Scandens; folia herbacea, 
nervis utrinque prominentibus, distincte reticulata; rami et 
petioli pubescentes, aculeis destituti ; foliis valde cordatis, 
ovatis, sagittatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, subter minutissime 
pubescentibus, supra glabris, utriusque dentato-serratis, longe 
acuminatis, 8-13 cm. longis, 5-7 cm. latis, petiolatis; petioli 
3-4 cm. longi; inflorescentia parviflora, breviter pedunculata; 
flores parvi; calyce hirsuto, sepalis lanceolatis, 5 mm. longis; 
capsula et semina non visa. Junction of the rivers Beni and 
Madre de Dios. (1964). Resembles in leaf-form speci¬ 
mens in Herb. Kew marked B. cordifolia , Sagot from French 
Guiana, but the plant is smooth except for a few scattered, 
stellate hairs. 
Buettneria Boliviana, spec. nova. Scandens; glabrescens; 
folia herbacea, utrinque reticulata; rami et petioli aculeis des¬ 
tituti ; foliis cordatis, utrinque glabris, ovatis vel acuminatis, 
serrulatis, 6-8 cm. longis, 4-5 cm. latis, gracile petiolatis; in- 
florascentia parviflora?; capsula 1-5 cm. longis, 2 cm. dia¬ 
metro, echinata, echinis 2-3 mm. longis, semina 5 mm. longa, 
2 mm. lata, glabra, nigra. Junction of the rivers Beni and 
Madre de Dios. (1249). 
