of Loureiro; but if the S. lanceolata was only known to 
that Botanist by the figure of Cavanilles, it cannot be 
doubted that he has mistaken the undulation of the fruit 
for that of the leaves. 
A small ¿ree, with taper, smooth branches. Leaves nar- 
rowly lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, mem- 
branous, quite smooth on each side, stalked, the petioles 
tumid at each end. Flowers small, arranged in small hairy 
panicles. Calyxes stellate, spreading, reddish brown. 
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