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CyMINOSMA OBLONGIFOLIA. OBLONG-LEAVED 
CyYMINOSMA. 
KKK EEK KEKE EEE EEK EERE 
Class and Order. 
OcranpRiA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—RvrTets ArFinis. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. brevis, 4-partitus. Pet. 4 oblongo-lanceolata. Stam. 
8, quorum 4, subbreviora petalis opposita, filamentis com- 
planatis. Ovarium disco carnoso magno impositum, 4-lo- 
culare, loculis ‘ biovulatis, ovulis superpositis.” Stylus 
breviusculus. Stigma subintegrum. Fructus bacceformis. 
Pericarpium carnosum, 4-loculare: endocarpium crusta- 
ceum ; loculis monospermis. Albumen carnosum. Radi- 
cula brevis ad lutum seminis versa. Arbores aut arbuscule. 
Folia opposita aut alterna. Folia integra glanduloso-punc- 
tata, punctis pellucidis. Petiolus articulatus. Pedunculi — 
axillares aut terminales, apice corymbost. Flores albidi vel 
pallide luteo-virides. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Cyminosma* oblongifolia ; foliis oblongis obtusis subcoria- 
ceis basi attenuatis, pedunculis axillaribus petiolo vix 
duplo longioribus, ovario apice piloso. 
Cyminosma oblongifolia, Allan Cunningham, MSS. 
A native of the colony of Port Jackson, “ inhabiting 
dark, shady woods upon the rivers and immediate coast of 
New South Wales.” It has also been observed within the 
tropic, according to Mr. Arran Cunnineuam, by whom it 
was introduced to Kew in 1824, and was thence on 
7 . = wate 
* Koysor, cumin, or cumin-seed, and ocyn, smell, on account of its pecu- 
liar fragrance. 
