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calyx, and even in some degree in the glands subtending the 
ovarium, it seems to approach more nearly to Gevuina ; and 
I am therefore inclined to think its fruit will be found to be 
a drupa, and not a folliculus as that of Rhopala. The whole 
plant however is so remarkable, that I here add a description 
- taken from an excellent specimen, in Mr. Lambert's Herba- 
rium, collected by the unfortunate Martin in Guiana, where 
it seems to have been first found by Richard. 
Frutex ? v. Arbor. Ramuli teretes, tomento. minuto cineras- 
centes. ° Folia alterna, abrupté pinnata, 3-4-juga. Foliola 
m opposita, petiolata, ' laté ovata, obtusa quandoque acutius- 
cula, integerrima, - glaberrima, super nitida, subter ferè 
opaca, venulis anastomozantibus parüm emersis reticulata: | 
dum 32 uncias longa 2 uncias lata. Petioli partiales semun- 
ciales; semiteretes, cum rachi teretiusculä articulati. Spica 
terminalis, pedunculata, erecta, folio brevior, pedunculo 
longior, racemosa:  Pedunculo rachique tcretibus, pube 
brevissimA cinereo-ferrugineis (in sicco). Pedicelli geminati, 
teretes, calyce breviores. Calys tetraphyllus. Foliola ante 
expansionem in tubum curvatum cylindraeeum clausum 
utrinque ampliatum cohxrentia, mox ad basin distincta, 
decidua, linearia, extüs pube tenuissimä arcte appressä (in 
sicco) cinereo-ferrugineä ; intüs glabra : Unguibus linearibus, 
basi dilatatis: Laminis ovatis, acutis, concavis, Stamina 4. 
Filamenta brevissima, basi laminarum imposita. Antherarum — 
— Tobi (connectivo) | adnati, distincti, basi parüm divergentes, 
ss longitudinaliter dehiscentes. ‘Pollen. flavum. Ovarium breve 
. pedicellatum, parvum, uniloculare, dispermum, ovulis col- 
lateralibus: Pedicello basi cincto Squamá lata, glabra, adnata, 
(in sicco) corrugata, postice. subdeficiente, intersticiá an- 
gustissima. Sty lus cylindraceus, crassiusculus, glaber, | lon- 
gitudine unguium calycis. Stigma. obliquum, . convexum, 
- stylo crassius, papillà centrali. 
| Ons. 
