| calycis lobi, et iis alterna, raro nulla. Stam. tot quot ca- 
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ZANTHOXYLUM NITIDUM. SHINING-LEAVED © 
* ’ Bs i . lo eniy fab, asf 
* ZANTHOXYLUM ss ot ioisn® leiniinn 
. oa 15 att: yf ‘ , ; of LHOGYw: lt vil 
Diacta Penranpria (nunc Tetrandria). — 
» Generic Character. rf 
Flores hermaphroditi aut abortu diofei aut monoic 
, Cal. 3—9-lobus, sepius 4—5-partitus. Petala tot q 
4 % 
lobi, interdum basi connate aut libere, abortu sepe : 
Minorem numerum reducte, imo interdum solitarie#, ma- 
ture bivalves 1—3-sperme. Semen nitidum. Ds Cann. 
lycis lobi, iis opposita. Capsule (carpella) tot quot vers r 
~~ Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lantnoxyium nitidum ; ramis petiolis costisque aculeatis, 
foliis impari-pinnatis 2—3-jugis : foliolis oblongis 
lucidis remote glanduloso-crenatis apice Sty 7 
emarginatis, racemis axillaribus tasciculatis. De | 
Prodr. Syst. Nat. Veget. 1. p. 727. } 
Xantuoxyton nitidum. Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1. p. 945. 
Pacara nitida. Roxb. Fi. Ind. 1. p. 440. 
‘cana piperita. Loureiro. Fl. Cochin. p. 80.” 
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ht 
As we had not the opportunity of seeing this plant 
srowing, we are not nels whethes our plant is really the 
to which we have referred it on the authority of 
-Liyptey, Botanist to the Horticultural Society; but 
Tom Dr. Roxmt Rren’s account of his Facara nitida, w 7 
: by his editor, Dr. Watticn, to ZanTHoxyLoM, 
We have very little doubt about it. 
\ccording to Mr. Joun Reeves, who has been long a 
4 resident in China, and is well acquainted with the plants 
© country, it is the Facara piperita of spree ro“ 
