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BANISTERIA laurifolia. 
Laurel-leaved Banisteria. 
DECANDRIA TRIGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. Mauricuiacrs: tribus 3, Banisteriex Dec. 
BANISTERIA L.— Calyx 5-partitus extis ad basin 8-10-glandulosus. 
Petala unguiculata, subrotunda. Staminu 10, filamentis subulatis basi 
coherentibus. Styli 3, apice sepiis in foliola explanati! Carpella inde- - 
hiscentia 3, 1-sperma subdistincta demim separabilia, desinentia in alam 
simplicem, membranaceam, ad latus superiis incrassatum. Semen | pendulum 
in quoque loculo. Cotyledones crasse, ineequales.  Radicula supera ad 
hilum versa.——Arhbores frutices-ve sepé scandentes. Dec. prodr. 1.587. 
a a ee | 
Div. Ill. Foliis ovatis oblongisve. 
B. laurtfolia; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subcoriaceis glabris, petiolis eglan- 
dulosis, racemis paniculatis terminalibus ferrugineo-tomentosis, stigma- 
tibus dimidiatis. Dec. 1. c. p- 589. 
Acer scandens foliis laurinis. — Sloane jam. 137, hist. 2, p- 26. Rai 
dendr, 94, 
B. laurifolia. Linn. sp. pl. 611. Swartz. obs. 182. Willd. sp. pl. 2.740. 
Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 3.106. Spreng. syst. veg. 2.387, . 
Sa = a Re ag OP SL ee, 
We are not aware of the place from which this drawing 
was obtained. 
The plant has long been cultivated in the stoves of this 
country, having been sent to Miller, from Carthagena, by 
Dr. Houstoun, before the year 1733. It very rarely pro- 
duces its flowers in this country, which is probably the 
cause of its not having been previously represented in any 
Botanical publication. The Specimen from which the 
drawing was made appears to have been in a weak state, 
the flowers usually forming, in the West Indies, a small 
branched panicle. 
