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lato-ovatum, dense hirsutum, 5-loculare, polyspermum. 
Receptaculum seminum singulo loculo axile, longi- 
tudinale, ovulis tectum. Stigma sessile, magnum, 5- 
partitum, laciniis ellipticis, erectis, marginibus recurvis. 
Among the many interesting plants brought by Mr. 
Cruckshanks from Chili and Peru, none has struck me as 
being more remarkable than the present; and, believing as I 
do, that it constitutes a genus hitherto undescribed, I wish 
it should bear the name of my valued friend, its discoverer. 
It is to be regretted that the fruit is still a desideratum; for, 
with my present limited knowledge of its fructification, I 
am unable to refer it to any established Order. In many 
points it agrees with Geraniacee; but, as far as can be 
inferred from the germen, the fruit would possess a very 
different character, and in habit it is at variance with every 
known individual of that family; unless the Macrea of Mr. 
Lindley, and of the present Work, (v. 1. p. 114. t. 50.) may 
be said to belong to the Geraniacea, to which Cambassedes, 
under the name of Casarea,* has referred it without amy 
doubt. That genus; like the present, has, besides its opposite 
leaves, and a sufficient resemblance in the calyx, corolla, 
germen, and nearly sessile stigma, anthers which open 
laterally :—but these anthers have their cells approximate; 
the germen is only 3-celled, and each cell is only -seeded. 
Still I think Cruckshanksia will rank better with Macrea than 
with any known genus. 
Tas. XC. Cruckshanksia cistiflora. Fig. 1, Bud, with its 
bractez. Fig. 2, Corolla and stamens, including the 
pistil, taken out from the bud. Fig.3, Three stamens from 
the bud, to show that they are monadelphous at the base. 
Fig. 4, Perfect stamen. Fig. 5, Pistil. Fig. 6, Section 
ofdo. Fig. 7, 8, Leaves:—more or less magnified. 
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> The two species of Casarea described by Cambassedes, albiflora and ™ : 
: foreare natives of Brazil; yet assuredly of the same genus as Macraa, (Vis 
' Cavanilles, according to Mr. Don.)— It is remarkable, too, that in Brazil on? 
species is white, another red-flowered, as in Chili. | 
