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HETEROPTERIS nitida; var. 8. 
Shining Heteropteris, with brown leaves. 
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- DECANDRIA PRIGYNTA. ui 
Nat. ord. Mariani: Trib. Ill. Buretaier D. c. } 
HETEROPTERIS, Kunth. Omnia Banisterie, sed sein minis apice . 
dilatati, et Carpelloruin ‘alee deorsiim (ut in Acere) nec EG incrassate, : 
tbe ee SP, : t 
H. nitida; foliis cllipticis a peamnineris superné subsinuatis, supra nitidis, 
petiolis eglandulosis, panicula terminali foliosa. a 
«; argentea, foliis subtis argenteis. , 
Banisteria nitida. Lamarck ency ycl. 1.364, Cav. ‘én 9. p. 422. t. 244. 
Willd. sp. pl. 2.740. 
H, nitida. Kunth. in H. et B. nov. gen. t sp. pl. 5.163. Dec. prodr. 
1,592. 
8; aurea, foliis subtis aureis. 
Rami teretes, corrugati, verrucis crebris parvis albis scabri. Folia ellip- 
_ stica, utringue acuta, margine subsinuata, supra glabra, infra tomento aureo 
_ sericea,  Petioli 4-teretes eglandulost. Corymbi terminales et awillares, 
pedunculati, foliost, paniculati, tomento rufo velutini: ramulis compressis. 
_Flores lutet, speciost. Calyx 5-partitus; foliolo quoque bast biglanduloso. 
“Stamina sericea. Styli tres, tenues, glabrz. y 
iy this Plant we are indebted to Mr. John Lee, of the 
- Hammersmith N ursery, where our drawing was made in 
July 1825. A tender stove shrub, native of the Brazils, 
and a beautiful ornament to a Coen for the sake 
both ofits foliage and flowers. 
We do not find that it differs from the Banisteria nitida of 
Cavanilles i in any other respect than in the colour of the under 
‘surface of the leaves, which is stated to be silvery 1 in that 
plant, but which is of a bright golden-brown in this. Their 
inflorescence is alike, the outline of their leaves, especially 
in the sinuate margin, perfectly agrees, and they are both 
distinguished from Heteropteris chrysophylla by the absence 
