70 Mil. J. MUCUS OX THE BC1IOKJNHE&. 



Schorpjia cannot belong to the Olacaccw % because it docs not pre- 

 sent the filiform free central placenta rising iu the axis of a uni- 

 locular ovary quite smooth within, to which it may be added, 



the circumstance that its seed is not destitute of all integumcutal 

 coverings — conditions essential in the Olacaeea; hence the neces- 

 sity of its exclusion from thai family. 



At th<» same time 1 cannot accord in the determination that 



Schorpjia belongs to the Santalaccct. The most valid argument 

 against this conclusion is that the calyx and corolla arc not com- 

 bined into a simple perigoniutn partly connate with the ovarium 



essential conditions of that order l . 



The following is an amended diagnosis of the genus from my 



own point of view. 



BCHOEPFIA, Sckreber. — Codonium, Vahl. — llankea, It o" P. 



Diplocalyx, A. Rich. 



Calycultis parvus, breviter rrateriforinis, marline inarqualitcr ili\ i>us. 

 liber; calyx ei pcrtitmlia, aeasilia, utraqtie facie liber, margine ina qua- 

 litcr H 5-lacinu)attis. Corolla tubulosa ; tubus late c\ lindrii u>. imoaul- 

 cato^quiaquaiigularii el hiuc sil ovarium arete agglutinatus, supcroe •>- 

 tivlu* ; $egmtntaoh\ongn, acutata, apice subrcuYxa, intm infra mcdiiuu 

 msculs aivco-furfurosa pra tlita, in wslivatioiu- marjmiS'is an^usti*- 



lilDfl introhYxis. Stamina 5, sogmcittis oppoMta ; filament Q ani:»i>tc 

 Imearia, ant ice carina ta, e margine <li>ci orta, into laxe atlixa, Miperae 

 Ubera, vrccta, glahra: anthenr ovate, 2*)obac a iobil oblique latcrah- 



Ima a«l connrctivum crasftiti*cuhun <lur>o adffliitinatis lonfritutbaalitcr 



debtaeeatibut* Discus magnua, epigvnus, scmigloboftus, site palri- 

 iiattn. I . r >-5ulnitui. apongtosus*, intua racitus, demura mairidua et 

 COm pla o stOt . Orarium ovatn-tiirhiuatuin. a medio acini -triloculare, 

 septoram margin d his oMiquc ndsrcndentibu*. in placenta Mimmocon- 

 IiMHStibw ct idaa totidem Mimdantihus. spiec bujua mode l-loculaje: 

 placenta rcntraha, libera, a stjlo diejuncta* apice truncal a. modo imh- 

 eato Valuta; ar«/«i »a?pitis3 inter alaa aingulatiin su*|H'ii*a, ph rum- 

 quo exmde aliortiva. Stylus perbn-i is ; stigma aubcapitatum. tructms 

 uvatua, cahec anffultua : pericardium caruoMilum, ragoMitn, nijgiea- 

 ctm, portions corolla* adnata* aucturo, circa apircm hnea circular* ad 

 corolla? circuanctasioaeiii, et disco emarrtdo cuinplanato aopersUus 



mesocarjnum mix palhtle te»taceum, fragile; endocarpium membra - 



iiarrtim, ad nucem adherens, pro dimidia parte infera moilo indicate 

 aenn-.MocuIare. Srsata aohtanuiu (akcrii aboctivta malum, spice 



1 Sy inv r. MirU . u tin. poiot iu Undtrjr'a ' Vcg. kmg«!. a p. III. 



f " l'»n»u* " (& baste) * fungiwu* * (K. A P I 



