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1 . CUP ANIA TOMENTOSA. 
C. foliis pinnatis; foliolis 4 _ 9 > oblongis, apice retusis, argute dentatis, subcoriaceis, supra 
glabris, subtus tenuissime eano-tomentosis. 
Gupania tomentosa. Swartz. Flor. Ind. Occid. 2. p. 65 7. Sp. pl. ed. TV- 2 .p. 327. 
Trigonis tomentosa. Jacq. Am.p. 102. 
Crescit prope EI Espinal , ad ripam fluminis Magdalence, ait. 220 hex. (Llano 
Grande ). f} Floret Septembri. 
Arbor ramulis teretiusculis, tenuissime pulverulento-tomentosis, incanis. Folia alterna, petiolata, 
subimparipinnata, 9-10-pollicaria. Foliola 4 * 9 ? alterna, petiolata, superiora subsessilia, oblonga, apice 
rotundata et profunde retusa, basi subcuneata, margine argute dentata, reticulato-venosa, venis primariis 
subparallelis nervoque medio subtus prominentibus, subcoriacea, supra glabra, laete viridia et nitida, 
subtus tenuissime cano-tomentosa; superiora l\- 5 4 pollices longa, ii-2 pollices lata; inferiora minora; 
infima 2 4 pollices longa. Petiolus communis teretiusculus, striatus, bipollicaris, basi incrassatus, 
proprii rhachisque tenuissime puberula. Rhachis subangulata, striatula, adjecto petiolo subsexpollicaris. 
Petioli proprii 1-2 lineas longi. Panicula: terminales, ramosissimae, 7-8-pollicares; ramis ramulisque 
alternis, angulatis, patentibus, tenuissime cano-tomentosis. Flores pedicellati, fasciculato-conglomerati, 
in ramulis per racemos dispositi, bracteati, magnitudine floris Pubis rubri, albi, hermaphroditi masculis 
crebrioribus intermixti. Bractea; lanceolatae, pedicellis vix longiores, tenuissime cano-tomentosae. Calyx 
pentapliyllus, coloratus, externe tenuissime cano-tomentosus, persistens; foliolis subrotundo-ellipticis, 
apice rotundatis, concavis, quinto parum minore. Petala quinque, inter calycem et discum imposita, 
cum illius foliolis alternantia, unguiculata, subrotundo-obovata, triloba, lobis lateralibus minoribus cucul- 
lato-inflexis, irregulariter crenulata, tenuiter membranacea, glabra, margine ciliata, calycem subaequantia. 
Stamina octo, rarius 9, inter discum et ovarium imposita, corollam superantia, subaequalia. Filamenta 
libera, capillaceo-linearia, inferne praesertim intus pubescentia. Antherje ellipticae, obtusae, basi emar- 
ginato-bifldae, dorso affixae, glabrae, biloculares, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Discus in fundo 
floris, annularis, ovarium laxe cingens, integer, undulatus, carnosus, glaber. Ovarium minutum, sessile, 
hirsutum. Stylus brevissimus, trifidus (ex Bonpl.). Fructus (in specimine nostro immaturi) pyriformi- 
turbinati , apice depressi styloque subulato terminati, triquetri, sericeo-pubescentes, canescentes, capsu¬ 
lares (ex Bonpl.), triloculares, coriacei; loculis monospermis, intus hirto-tomentosis. Semina fundo loculi 
axim versus affixa, adseendentia, obovata, in specimine nostro immatura. 
2. CUP ANIA EXCELSA, 
C. foliis pinnatis; foliolis circiter 10, oblongis, obtusiusculis, remote denticulatis, coriaceis, 
supra glabriusculis, subtus pubescentibus. 
Crescit in montosis Regni Mexicani , inter Masatlan et Zumpango, ait. 65 o hex. f) 
Floret Aprili. 
Arbor procerrima. Folia petiolata, imparipinnata, subpedalia. Foliola circiter 10, alterna, petiolata, 
oblonga, obtusiuscula, basi inaequalia, acuta aut rotundata, margine remote denticulata, reticulato-venosa, 
venis primariis subparallelis nervoque subtus prominentibus, coriacea, supra glabriuscula, viridia et nitida, 
subtus pallidiora et pubescentia, praecipue in venis, 4~ 5 -pollicaria, duos pollices lata; inferiora minora, 
2 4-S-pollicaria. Petiolus communis teretiusculus, striatus, basi incrassatus, 2-24 pollices longus, glabrius- 
culus. Rhachis angulata, striata petiolique proprii tenuiter canescenti-pubescentia. Petioli proprii 5-6 lineas 
longi, hinc transversim rimosi. Panicula: terminales (?), ramosissimae, bracteatae, 8-10-pollicares; ramis 
ramulisque alternis, angulatis, tenuiter cano-tomentosis, patentibus. Flores pedicellati, in ramulis bre¬ 
vissimis fasciculato-conglomerati, per racemos dispositi, albi, magnitudine floris Cupaniae tomentosa;, 
hermaphroditi masculis crebris intermixti. Bractea: lineari-lanceolatae, cano-tomentosae. Calyx penta- 
phyllus 1 , coloratus, externe pubescens, persistens; foliolis ellipticis, obtusis, concavis, membranaceis, 
sub aequalibus. Petala quinque, inter calycem et discum inserta, cum illius foliolis alternantia, unguiculata, 
tenuiter membranacea, latissime obovata, cucullata, margine villosa, alba, aequalia, calyce parum breviora. 
Stamina octo, inter discum et ovarium inserta, inaequalia, calycem superantia. Filamenta libera, capillacea, 
villosa, apicem versus glabra. Antherje ellipticae, apice obtusae et emarginatae, basi bilobae, dorso affixae, 
1 Calyx tetrapbyllus, petala quatuor ex Bonpl. 
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