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69. EpisTEiRA Raf. (on sterile) monoica, fl. 

 masc. cal. 6part. obi. obt. 3 reflexis alt. cor. o, 

 antheris pluris lin. adnatisad pistiilosterilis. obU 

 vel. monadelphis instar. fl. fem. cal. 6part. su- 

 bul. persistens, ov, rnagnum orbicul. depress, 

 stylo unico breve, stigma cavum 6dent. ca^. 

 sulcata 9-12locuI, 9^-1*2 valvis septiferis, loculis 

 2-3 sp. sem. serialis centralis. Frutex,fol. alt. 

 stipulatis, fl. axil — quite unlike Agyneia with 

 m. fl. Sparted, 8 stam. 3 styles, caps. Scocous, 

 hardly of same family Euphorbides, type of a 

 tribe with valves septiferous and united stamens, 

 or akin to my Meborides see fl. tel. 1117. Me- 

 horea chiefly^ifiers by 8 anthers inserted on 3 

 styles. ~ 



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). Episteira coccinea Raf. (Agyneia do 

 Buch. ic. auct.) ramulis angulatis, fol. petiol. 

 lanceol. obtusis, stipulis subul. ft. fascic. axil, 

 masc. pedic. fem. sessilis mixtis — Birman em- 

 pire, singular shrub, fl. yellow, fruits scarlet.. 

 • 71. Yang AFA Raf. (n. ind.)diff'. Gardenia, cal. 

 5gonus, cor. hypocrat. limbo 5-6part. Antheris 

 5-6 tubo adnata, stylo apice dilatato compresso, 

 stigma adnatum sulcatum. Drupa obi. Scari- 

 nata umbilic. nux subbiloc. sem. plura in pulpa 

 nidulans — Gardenia differs by cor. infund. and 

 a berry, stigma bilobe &c. yet both same family, 



72. Yangapa flava Raf. (Gardenia corona- 

 ria Buch. ic. auct.) fol. petiol. ovatis acum. fl. 

 axill. sessilis solit. corollis venosis flavis — Bir- 

 man Empire, small tree. The G. Gardenia was 

 formed by many anomalous sp. this and the 3 

 next G. must be separated. 



73. RoTHMANNiA Th. Raf. diflT. Gard. cal. 

 lac. teretis acutis, cor. campanulata lac. acutis 

 &c. Type R. capensis Thunb. Gardenia roth- 

 mannia L. auct.. 



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