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SPERMADICTYON suaveolens. 



rKNrANniiiA Moxoayy/j. 



Nat, ord, RvBJACEJE, Jumeu gen, I9r>, 

 ^ SPEUMADICTYOS. Caps, inleni, iiniloculans, qwmqm^.vaUk. Sem, 

 quinque, ariUo reticuJato. Cor. infuiKiibiiJilbrmis. Stig^ua .5-liduni. Hox- 

 burgh coram. voL 3. 3^2, (ex anglko vers J, 



S. sttaveohnSf fruticosuni: foliis opposi^is, ellipticis: floriluis (crminaJibus 

 umbeilato-capjtatis. Id. he. cil, tab. '2VAy ; (ex ungL vn\^.). 

 Frutex erecUts: rami oppositi^ hrachiali, a,scmde//tes^ corner (abi HgueiJ 

 cznerea puuciis Jusco-purpurascentibu'i eoasperna* Jol. -tUiplico-lauccolatay 

 glabra^ Zhlegra^ a tribus ad sex uncias longa: petioJi breves. StipuIiC xk potius 

 membraniE connectUes^ lat<v^ ensi/brmes (.ntbidaiie). Florea sessilc.^^ ramjilo' 

 7'inn hrevhtm tricholanwrjim terminates^ corymtmso'uqninti^ numerosi^ candidly 

 odorem spirantes jucundhsimum, lJractea> nhsiformes (t^ulndata), vi/Ii^scp, 

 plures Jhsciculum quemqiie v. capilulum invol tier ante <, oElenc flares ftingidos 

 distiiiguentes. Cal- sr/perus^ qiduqu^dtiSj penistenst segment h sufudafis. 

 Cor, monopetala^ infundibulifonnis : tubo gracdi paifjy^on oriflcinm versus 

 dilatescente ; iimbo quinqnepartito^ paientc; lacl*^''^ oblon^is, Vil*, brevis' 

 siina^ iiiho pajdulam infra orijidum inserta^ antherai semierectce^ Uucares. 

 Germ* inferuTHy ovale: stylus longitudi^^ialn coroltcc: stigma qidnguefidum. 

 Caps, oblonga^ ab apice dehiscem Scmina 5, sitiguhim pro valva singtdd 

 capS7dce^ nigra, compressa, ay^*^ arido reticulata tecta. Roxburgh loc- cit. 

 (ex ai)gIico)- 



A fiftecies first observed by Dr. Roxburgh, and made 

 tlic /Giindation of a genus, to which he had given the name 

 of IlAMtLTONiA; but that name being found to be preoccupied 

 by a diiferent group^ has been changed for the present by 

 Mr- Brown, The essential generic mark seems to be the 

 netted arillus, which envelops each seed, and has suggested 

 the generic appellation of Spehmadictvon. 



A delightfully fragrant shrub; found by Mr. William 

 Roxburgh in India on the Rajainahl Hills, and introduced 

 into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where it blooms during 

 the cold season of that country- It has been very recently 

 received in England; and has not we believe attained any 

 considerable size. The drawing was taken in November 

 last from a sample which flowered in the tan-pit of the hot- 

 house of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, nurserymen 



at Fulham. 



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