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nnius Iiarum_ specierum stamina 10 alternatim sterilia distinote 
▼idi, Folia hujus crassa, in petiolum conspicuum dccurrentia, 
prominenter reticulato-venosa, subtus tomento parco ferrugineo 
fere sericca. Bacca rubra, ellipsoldea, brevissime pedicellata v. 
fere sphccroidea, l-l^" longa, apice sa?pe umbonata, calyce stipata, 
1-5 sperma* Pericarpium dulce, cdule. Scmina 6-10'* longa, 
oblique ellipsoidea, splendenti-fusca, interdum apice emarginata. 
Testa crassiuscule ossea. Cotyledones plano?, ovata?, albas, radicula 
tenui-cylindrica ter longiores. Flores fasciculato-conferti. Ger- 
meu quiuque-loculare, sericeum. Arbor saltem usque 50' alta. 
Cortex loevis, cinerasceus. Altera iuccrta species ostendit folia 
fere chartacea, glabra^ acuminata, gracili-petiolata, pedicellos 
calyce fructigero longiores, baccam nigram ovato-g]obo?am vix 
uncialem stjlo rostellatam, pericarpium fcre siccum, semina 5 v. 
pauciore, p^ene dimidiato-ovata. Hccc species arborera 20-30' 
altam format. 
Tertia species dubia exbibet folia chartacea, basi tenulter acutata 
et hinc cum petiolo confluentia, pedicellos denique 2-3' longos,- 
fructus nigros fere globosos exsuccatos circiter |" altos, semina 5 
V. pauciora oblique ellipsoidea iis Achradis Pohlmani conspicue 
minora. Htec arbor tantum 20' alta. Cortex I^evis. Lignum 
pallidum, durum. Sapotearum nunc IG species coguita? et plurea 
verisimiliter in sllvis prim^evis tropicis ad litus orientale et septem- 
trionale detegendse, 
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Aristolochie.?:, 
^ AristolocJiia deltantha, 
Altior, scandens, ramis teretiusculis exsulcis primum pubescenti- 
tomentosis demum glabris,y(>/m chartaceis v. tenui-coriaceis ovato^ 
lanceolatis acuminatis basi profunde hilobis pro^ninentcr reticu^ 
lari-venosls iutegerrimis v. repandulis supra glabratis subtus 
breviter et parciuscule pnbescentibus, slnu baseos angusto v. 
clauso, cahjcis parvi pubescentis basi ovato-globosa, tubo adscen- 
dente, limbo deltoideo, antheris 6 contigue appositis, loculis anguste 
ellipsoideis, stigmatibus 6. 
• Ad sinum litoralem Eockingham's Bay ; Dallachy. 
Petioli J-§" longi. Folia 3-5" louga, 1-1 1" lata, apice sensinJ 
in acumen acutum producta, utrinque nitidula, subtus vix pallidius 
virentia, sed prominentius nervosa et venosa ; lobi basales fere 
oblique semiovati. FIos unicus seorsim missus saturate et striate 
coloratus, vix unciam longus ; basis turgens 2-3'" metiens; limbus 
mensuram 4'" tendens, parum extra centrum peltatns, intcgerrlmus ; 
orificium clausura ; fimbriae nullae. Antheras forsan juveniles flavce, 
J'" longjE, in annulura connexse. Stigmata seu stigmatis divisiones 
semilanceolato-subulataj semilineara vix excedentia. Fructus ig- 
notus. A. prsevenosa jam differt foliis nec apice profunde sinuatis 
nec aplce longius acuminatis. 
--JL - r. 
