: Be 3339 abe 
Somnus Mote. -Pervvian Masrrex-rree, 
Class and Order. . 
Dicacra Decanpria. 
( Nat. Ord. ‘TeresintHacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores dioici. Calyx 5-partitus. Petala 5. Stamina 
10.  Rudimentum ovarii.Filamenta sterilia. Ovarium 
1 sessile. Stylus o. Stigmata 3—4 in punctum collecta. 
Drupa globosa, epicarpio tenui, carne pauca, nucleo I- 
spermo osseo in peripheria lacunis 6 vacuis excavato. Semen 
funiculo e pariete laterali orto suspensum, compressum, ex- 
albuminosum, cotyledonibus planis, radicula infera.—Fru- 
tices aut Arbuscule Americane balsamifere piperite, race- 
mis paniculisve axillaribus, foliis impari-pinnatis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Scninus * Molle ; foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis multijugis — 
serratis terminali longissimo, floribus paniculatis. 
Scninus Molle. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1467. Lam. Ill. t. 822. 
Sm. in Rees’ Cycl.n. 1. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. TA. 
Hook. Bot. Misc. v0.2. p. 213. Spreng. Syst. Vow. v. 
nay Me De OIL. 
Motte. Clus. Exot. 322. 
Mouxui Clusii, &e. Feuill. Peruv. v. 3. p. 43. 7 
(8.) integerrima ; foliolis integerrimis. foe, 
ace Te Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 1467. De Cand. Prodr. 
v. 1. p pamiest - 
Mott foliis non serratis. Feuzll. Peruv. v. 3. p. 43. t. 30. 
Mo tt arboris adultis ramis. Clus. Cur. Post. 50. 
This plant, the Moll or Molle of the Peruvians, grows wild, not in 
Peru only, but also in Mexico, according to authors, where it inhabits 
dry 
* From cys, the ancient name of the Mastick Tree: and this is known 
by the same name in Peru. 
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