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ratione contortis. Stamina 5, rarius 6 fauci corollae inserta, 

 dotherae oblongae sesBiles dorso infra medium affixae> rirais 

 dnabns loiigitudiualibus introrse dehiscentes, exserlae. Ova<>- 

 riuro inferum bilorulare, oTuta pliirima placentis ceutralibus 

 bicruribiis undiqae ioserla, anatrnpa; stylus teres glaber apice 

 claTato; stigma exsertum bilamellatum, lamellis applicatiris 

 in linea media nsqne ad apicem conferraminalis* Bacca ear*- 

 tieata oralis, aucis Juglandis magnilndiue, parce caraosa, ca- 

 Ijfis limbo coroaala, bilocnlaris; semtna plurima in pulpa 

 uidalantia, horizonlalilpr eompressa lentioiilaria, in quovis lo- 

 cbIo S — 3-seriata; testa laevi, flara; embrjo ia axi albu* 

 minis rornei basilaris, rectus, cotjledonibns foliaeeis appli- 

 ralivis, radirnla lereti minima Yag;a» 



Crescit in convallibtis fliiminis Melae, altiludine 300 — 

 400 melr, , floret et fnictificat Janiiario. 



Calyx persistens et stigmata concreta in speeiminibns 



speciernm a el. Poeppigio et Endlichero delineatia non 



obscrvantur; floribns termiiialibns glomerato-cymosis ab illis 



praetprea differt sine dnbio C, polycarpum* 



Stbachtia^) Karst^ Gardeniearnm gen. noT- 



Flores dielines dioiei, terminates, subsessiles, masculi 



fasficiilati, feminei solitarii, Caitfcis tubus ovatos ovario ad- 



uatiis bispido -selosus, limbiis liber tubiilosns 6 — 9-^fidns; 



laciniae linearis, sufaulatae aeqnales setosae. Corolla tnbu- 



losa, epic:yna, extns sericea, limbns sertns, Iflciniis nnmero 



lobornm limbi eatTcini, Inneeolatis aeutis, basi cordatis, aesti* 



vatione coiivolutiTa, faiice nuda. Stamina sex, laciniis ro- 



rollinis alt^rna, tubo mrdio corollae inseria, liljimenta brevis- 



stma, antherac inrlnsae^ lineares, aculae, basi emargiuatae, 



dorso medio aflixae fniieem altingeates; eae ttoris femi- 



nini panllo breviores effoetae. Ovarium inferum^ bilovolare 



^"i Yiro amicissimo d. Dr. Hcrm. Scbacht Uedicata. 



