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ACRONYCHIA CuNNINGHAMI. Mr. ALLAN 



Cunningham's Acronychia. 



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Class and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rutace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx brevis, quadripartitus, laciniis aestivatione imbri- 

 catis. Corolla petala 4, ad basin disci hypogyni inserta, 

 calyce majora, aestivatione valvata. Stamina 8, sub disco 

 inserta, omnia corolla, alterna petal is opposita reliquis bre- 

 viora. Ovarium sessile, basi disco carnoso, truncato, octa- 

 gono, lasvi, adnatum, quadriloculare. Ovula in loculis 

 gemina, angulo centrali infra apicem collateraliter inserta, 

 amphitropa. Stylus brevissimus vel subnullus, ovario con- 

 tmuus; stigma capitatum, quadrilobum. Fructus baccae- 

 formis, subglobosus, quadriloeularis, sarcocarpio crasso, 

 subcarnoso, endocarpio tenui, crustaceo, loculis abortu mo- 

 nospennis. Semina in versa, nucumentacea, atra, dorso 

 convexa, facie acuta; umbilico lineari. Embryo intra albu- 

 men carnosum rectus; cotyledonibus ellipticis; radicula bre- 

 vi supera. — Arbores vel arbusculas, in Asia et Australasia 

 tropica et subtropica indigence ; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, 

 simplicibus, integerrirnis, minutissime pellucido -punctatis, 

 aromaticis, petiolo apice interdum tumido et subgeniculato, 

 inflorescentiis axillaribus cymoso-paniculatis, pauci-multi- 

 floris, folio brevioribus, petalis etfilamentis glanduloso-punc- 

 tatis. Endl. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Acronychia* Cunninghami ; foliis oblongis utrinque acu- 

 tis, cymis axillaribus, filamentis margine fimbriate cili- 

 atis alternis brevioribus omnibus inferne in tubum 



subcoalitis. 



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* So named by Forsteb, from axp?, the top, or summit, and <w|, ow^w, 

 :law, because, in the original species, there is an incurved point at the top 



a claw, because, in 

 of the petals. 



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