MATI SI A. 23 g 
Arbor. Folia alterna, cordata, integra. Stipulae. . . Flores pedunculari, 
3-6 fasciculati, e ramulis erumpentes, rosei, externe sericei; pedunculis 
basi 2 - 3- bracteatis. 
I. MATISIA CORDATA, 
Matisia cordata Humb. et Bonpl. Piant, ceq. i. p. io. t. i. 3 . 
Chupachupa Novo- Granatensium. 
Sapote Peruvianorum. 
Crescit in Regno Novo -Granatensi, ad ripam fluminis Magdalence , prope confluentem 
Opon; item in montosis juxta Mariquita Novo-Granatensium, et in Peruvicc calidis , 
ait. 8 o- 3 oo hex. p Floret Aprili , fructificat Majo , Junio. 
Arbor 3 o- 4 o-pedalis; coma depresso- globosa; truncus erectus, cylindraeeus, 12-1 5 -pedalis, diametro 
14- 18-pollicari, apice divisus in ramos crebros, quorum inferiores horizontales; cortice cinereo, valde 
ruguso; ramulis laevibus, laite viridibus; ligno albo, levi. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, subrotundo-ovata, 
obtusa, cordata, integra, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, septemnervia, nervis venisque primariis subtus 
valde prominentibus, membranacea, glabra, subtus pallidiora, juniora subtus tenuissime albido-tomentosa, 
pube stellulata , sub 10-pollicaria, 8 pollices lata. Petioli 5 4 pollices longi, teretes, glabri, basi stipulis 
duabus parvis acutis caducis instructi. Flores pedunculati, 3-6 fasciculati, e ramulis erumpentes, reflexi, 
pallide rosei, subcarnosi, leviter etmolliter tomentosi, subbipollicares; pedunculis 8-9 lineas longis, teretibus, 
tenuissime tomensosis, basi 2- 3 -bracteatis. Calyx urceolato-campanulatus^ coriaceo-subcarnosus, limbo 
magis minusve irregulariter2-5-lobus, interne sericeus, externe tenuissime et densissime fuscescenti-tomen- 
tosus; lobis abbreviato-ovatis, acutis. Corolla pentapetala, hypogyna, subbilabiata; petala obovato-oblonga, 
apice rotundata, basi cuneata et libera, multinervia, pallide rosea, crassiuscula, utrinque praesertim externe 
sericeo-tomentosa et argentea, calyce duplo longiora; tria (labium superius referentia) subeoncava, decem 
lineas longa ; duo (labium inferius referentia) parum minora. Stamina hypogyna. Tubus stamineus cylin- 
draceus, carnosus, corollam duplo superans, pulverulento-tomentosus , canus, apice quinquefidus, labio 
superiori approximatus; laciniis linearibus, patulis, aequalibus, externe antheriferis, petalo oppositis (?). An< 
therie circiter 12 in qualibet lacinia sessiles, subreniformes, uniloculares, bivalves, glabrae; receptaculum 
pollinis membranaceum, septum incompletum referens. Pollen : granula minutissima, sphierica, flavida. 
Ovarium superum, quinquangulare, pilosum, quinqueloculare (?); ovulis duobus in quolibet loculo , axi 
centrali affixis, appositis (?). Stylus erectus, staminibus brevior, teres, pulverulentus. Stigma carnosum, sub- 
capitatum, sulcato-quinquelobum, violaceum. Drupa (baccain descript. gall.) pendula, ovata, 4 - 5 -pollicaris, 
ad basim calyce persistente cincta, tomento cinereo sericeo obtecta, apice umbonata, quinquelocularis, loculis 
monospermis, sapore fructus Pruni Armeniacae. Semina pollicaria, hinc convexa, inde angulata, fusca. Integu¬ 
mentum triplex ; exterius tenuissimum, fuscum ; intermedium membranaceum, fragile; interius tenuissimum, 
diaphanum, embryoni adhaerens. Endospermium album, farinaceum (ex Bonpl.) *. Cotyledones corrugatae. 
Fructus a me haud visus; an seminavere albuminosa? Annon fortasse integumenti interni lamina fari¬ 
nosa (ut in Ceiba Gaertn.) a Bonplandio pro endospermio sumpta? 
1 Quod tamen cum icone liaud quadrat, ubi semina endospermio destituta apparent. 
