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XXVII. Characters of a new Genijs of Plants named Salisbvri a. 

 By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S. 



Read December 6, 1796. 



SALISBURIA. 



M o n oe c 1 a Poly an dn'a. 



Char. Gen. 



MASC. Amentum nudum, filiforme. AnJpcra incumbentes, 

 deltoidese ; loculis apice tantum connexis. 

 Fcem. folitarii. Calyx 4-fidus, perfiftens. Drupa fupera, glo- 

 bofa, putamine triangulo. Semm attjtrminofum, bicotyle- 

 doneum. 



S A l 1 s b u r 1 A adiantjfoUa, 



Ginkgo, vel Ginan, vulgo Idfio, arbor nucifera, folio adiantino. 



Kampf. Am. Exot. 811, cum icone. 

 Ginkgo biloba. L'mn. Mant. 313. 

 Ginko biloba, foliis Adianti. Thunb. Ft. Jap. 358. 



Descr. Fruct. Perkarpium^ Drupa pallide fufca, fupera, glo- 

 bofa; caro dura, crafTa, putamini arc^tTrTime cohxrens ; pu- 

 tarnen tenue, ofTeum, ovale, triangulum, glabrum, apice acu- 

 turn, uniloculare. Semen folitarium, ovale, bafi anguftatum, 

 magnitudine fere putaminis ; integumenta duo, fufca, mem- 

 2 branacea ; 



