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tiolique communes rhachidesque racemi sulcati et pube de- 
tersibili primum hine inde sparsi, demum glabrati. Stipule 
In unam extra-axillarem brevem, ovatam, dorso sericeam con- 
crete. Racemus 7-pollicaris, inferne nudus, medio cicatrici- 
bus pedicellorum notatus, apice confertiflorus. Flores illis 
4Esculi Hippocastani minores, leviter irregulares. Calyx 
profunde 4-fidus, lacinia infera (antica) apice bidentata (e 2 
` constante). Petala 5, zstivatione imbricata, infimo emar- 
ginature lacinie infime calycis respondente, inde sepalis 2 
connatis alterno, ceteris angustiore. Stamina 4. Fila- 
menta basi dilatata, duorum petalorum infimorum connata, 2 
lateralium libera. Glandula carnosa, brevis, sepalo postico 
opposita, propter stamina externa. Ovarium 4-loculare pilis 
rufis vestitum. Stigma pyramidato-truncatum. (Planchon). 
Prare XXIX. Fig. 1. bud, side view; f. 2. flower; f. 3. the 
— 
Same, with only the stamens, pistil, gland, lower petal and 
one of the posterior petals ; f. 4. stamens, gland, and pistil, 
back view ; f. 5. gland; f. 6. ovary, vertical section ; f. 7. 
summit of the style; all more or less magnified. — 
XXIX. MELIACEZ.* 
- Turrea Vogelii, Hook. fil; ramulis pubescentibus, foliis 
elliptico-ovatis acuminatis integerrimis ad venas pubescenti- 
bus, floribus pedicellatis pentameris, calyce brevissime den- 
tato, tubi staminei dentibus 10 setaceis demum patentibus, 
ovario 12-loculari, styli parte inflata apice tantum stigmatosa 
petala non excedente.—Sea Coast, Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Frutex, (fide Vog.) ramosissimus, ramis elongatis sarmentosis, 
are drawn up by myself from Dr. Hooker's memoranda, as 
pube brevi subvelutina obtectis. Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 2-8 
poll. lata, acumine obtusiusculo, margine integerrima subun- 
dulata, inzequilatera et basi sepius obliqua, ima basi obtusa et 
rotundata v. brevissime aculata, membranacea, penninervia et 
owing Orders 
* The characters and descriptions in this and the two foll wins 
as from 
my own examination of the specimens. (G. B.) 
