'TRACHYMENE LANCEOLATA. LANCE-LEAVED 
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Class and Order. 
PeEenTANDRIA DiGyniA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Unsettirera. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis margo 5-dentatus. Petala elliptica, integra, acu- 
tiuscula, apice recto, estivatione subvalvata. Styli diver- 
gentes. Fructus a latere compressus contractusque didy- 
mus. Mericarpia gibbo-convexa evittata 5-juga, jugis 3 
dorsalibus valleculisque muricato-tuberculatis, lateralibus 
marginantibus. Carpophorum indivisum. Semen gibbo- 
convexum anticé planiusculum.—Herbe aué suffrutices, 
omnes € Nové Hollandié. Umbella composita pluriradiata. 
Umbellula 3—12-flore. Involucra polyphylla. DC. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
TRACHYMENE lanceolata ; fruticosa, foliis lanceolatis coria- 
ceis glabris nervosis utrinque attenuatis ; umbella con- 
ferté multiflora. 
TracuyMEneE lanceolata. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1. p. 879. 
De Cand. Prodr. »v. 4. p. 73. 
AzoreEttA lanceolata. Labill. Nov. Holl. ». 1. p. TA. t. 99. 
The present Genus, of which the species were previously 
united with AzoreLta by Lasituarpiére, was constituted 
by Rupee; its name being derived from rpaxvs, rough, and 
Yun, a membrane, on account of the tuberculated coat 
of the fruit. It contains two groupes or divisions ; one 
(Piatymene, D C.) characterized by the remarkably com- 
pressed, herbaceous stems, and extremely minute divided 
leaves ; the other (Denpromeng, D C.) distinguished by the 
rounded, fruticose stems, and conspicuous, entire ae 
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