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gerentibus, capsulis chartaceis rotundato-turgentibus latioribus 
quam altis extus velutinis intus sericeis pedicello perbrevi preditis 
haud stipitatis profunde bi- v. trivalvatis, arillo e segmentis 2 fere 
rotundis constante totum semen bivalvatim ineludente. 
In silvis ad sinum Rockingham's Bay.  Dallachy. 
Arbor mediocris, ligno pallido, cortice levi albido. Folia lon- 
giuscule petiolata. Foliola bene evoluta 2-6" longa, 1-23" lata, 
modo obtusiuscula, modo sensim acuminata, venis subtilibus inter 
nervos reticulata, subtus presertim secus hine prominentes nervos 
pilosa. Paniculz spithamzs v. breviores. Bracteolz» breves, tomen- 
íosm, initio spicas imbricato-tegentes, mox secedentes. ^Calyces 
vix 1" longi; lobi pzne deltoidei, prefloratione paulo imbricati, 
parum inzquales. Petala calycem vix superantia, breviter ungui- 
'eulata, antice dilatata, extus glabra, intus ligulis duabus barbata. 
Filamenta ad 1" longa, basin versus pilosula.  Antherze flavidz, 
glabre, fere rotundz. Discus annularis, glaber. Capsule à-2" 
metientes, 2- frequentius 3- rarius l-loculatz, loculieide valvatie. 
Pericarpium fragile, tenerum. Semina in loculis singula, oblique 
et compressulo-rotunda, circiter 4" metientia.  Arillus bisectus, 
phyllis saturate fuseis potius membraneis quam coriaceis. Testa 
Chartacea, fusca. Albumen nullum. Cotyledones viridulz, solido- 
earnose, quasi trigons, faciebus commissuralibus planz, extus 
irregulariter valve convex;. — Radieula perbrevis, compresso-subu- 
lata, appressa. : 
Planta facie Diploglottidem Cunninghami smulans, propter in- 
solitam arilli formam inter Cupanias Ratoniasque aliena et anomala, 
saltem dignitate sectionis nisi generis (Diphyllostegiz) separanda. 
Cupania Pseudo-Rhus usque in viciniam sinus Rockingham's 
Bay migrat. . 
Cupania Hobertsonii. 
Arborea, glabra, foliis 4-8-foliolatis conspieue petiolatis, foliolis 
chartaceis brevissime petiolulatis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis 
acutatis utrinque virentibus supra intensius nitentibus margine in- 
tegerrimis, cymulis racemoso-paniculatis, pedicellis calyci florenti 
vix :equilongis, sepalis valde imbricatis, petalis ciliatis exappendi- 
culatis calyce insigniter brevioribus, filamentis inferne barbatis, 
germine parce pilosulo glabrescente, eapsulis depresso-globosis 
trigonis conspieue stipitatis extus intusque glabris, arillo perbrevi 
basali, seminibus nigris lucidis. 
In silvis ad sinum Rockingham's Bay. Dallachy. 
Arbor ad 40' alta. Cortex levis. Lignum durum, pallidum. 
Ramuli teretiuseuli, parum angulati. Foliola longitudine inter 23 
et 5" variantia, 1—13" lata, nervis adscendentibus leniter prominen- 
tibus costata, venis subtilibus reticulata.  Paniculze sat amples et 
ramos. : Sepala majora lineam paulo excedentia. Petala circiter 
i" longa, rhombea. Filamenta 13" longa v. breviora. Antherz 
