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Flares 5 . Calyx ovario adbserens et supra illud in columnam par- 

 vam constrictus, linibus (supra constrictionemj subcampanulatus, 

 lobis coroUaque iis floris c? similibus. Staminum rudinieuta nulla. 

 Ovarium oblongum, glabruxn, imperfecte 3-Ioculare, carpellorum 

 nempe niarginibus valde intromissis et inferne iiirc usque ad tertiam 

 ])artem in medio ovario connatis, superne tamen vix inter se contin- 

 gentibus nee cohocrentibus, et in parte superiore libera sola pla- 

 centiferis; ovula in quoque loculo 8 v. abortu paueiora, a mar- 

 gmibus carpellorum pendula, partem sufjcriorera loculorum occu- 

 pantia (inferiore vacua), in series duas verticalcs (4 iu quaque j)la- 

 ccnta) disposita, septo parallele conipressa subulataque, anatropa, 

 micropyle supera, raphe ad angulura internum loeuli spectante. 

 Styli 3, erecti, in parte inferiore subcrassiores, superne dilatati in 

 laminam late obcordiformem erectam planam, longitudinaliter in- 

 trorsum curvatam, margine irregulariter eroso-crenatam, ad faciem 

 utraraque stigmatosam. Fructus magnus (3^-6 poll, diaraetro ma- 

 jore, 2-4^ poll, diametro minore), ovoideo-oblongus v. ellipsoideo- 

 oblongus, subtngonus, glaber v. sparse irregulariterque verrucosus, 

 carnoso-corticosus, iudehiscens, basi a limbo calycis hand zouatus, 

 apiculo parvo conoideo terminatus. Semina magna (circa 10 liu. 

 diametro), orbiculata, corapressa, ala membranaceo-suberosa 1^- 

 2 lin. lata cincta, mutua pressione plus minus angulata, testa 

 crassa, Crustacea, extus granuloso-punctulata, colore pallide fusca, 

 membrana tenui suberosa adhaerente obtecta, intus substantia sube- 

 roso-fungosa albida farcta, a raarginibus placeutarum in parte su- 

 periore loculi pendeutia, deorsum imbricata, interdumque mediante 

 superficie testae inter se cohaerentia, 8 in quoque loculo in fructibus 

 perfecte evolutis, in fructibus minonbus paueiora ; nee in pulpa nee 

 in substantia fibrosa involuta. Cotyledones seminis forma, acumine 

 brevi in parte superiore, crasso-carnosae, oleosa;, alba?, sapore intense 

 amaro, radicula supera. Placentae (septa) crasso-carnosa;, in parte 



superiore segregatse, in inferiore inter se connata^. — Frutex scandens, 

 radicibus paucis, horizontalibus, nee tuberosis. Caulis teres, suc- 

 cosus, 1^ poll, plus rainusve diametro, superficie rugulosa, dense 

 lenticillata, colore cinerascenti-virescente ; supra arbores scandens et 

 in ramos longos tenuesque divisus ramulosque longissimos ferens, 

 qui si arbor sustentans separatim crescit, a fronde dependentes fere ad 

 terram attingunt iterumque surgentes mediantibus ramis propriis 

 seita formant densa ab arbore pendentia. Lignum moUe, tubis 

 numerosis diametro magna percursum, et cuneatim a radiis medul- 

 laribus divisum. Rami teretes, 7-sulcati, novelli fulvo-purpurei vi- 

 rescentes tenuiterque pubescentes pilis argenteis adpressis, vetus* 

 tiores virides glabrique. Folia petiolata, altema, integerrima, oblonga 

 V. ovato-oblonga, novella laevia carnosulaquc, siccitate membranacea 

 et minute tuberculosa; lamina pendens, margine membranacea, basi 



