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fore reaching the margin. Young ramuli, and the petioles and veins 
of the reddish-brown young leaves covered with a brown, deciduous 
tomentum. Flowers very minute, scarcely a line in width; petals 
white, annular disc bright red. Each fruit-lobe oblong, 14 inch long 
and $ inch wide, deep red, enclosing a single red-brown seed, enve- 
loped in a white, semitransparent, fleshy aril. 
It will be seen by the above character that this handsome species is 
closely allied to Nephelium ; it differs however from the species of that 
genus in having only five stamens, which are alternate with the petals ; 
as well as in the form of the embryo. The habit of the plant, too, is 
very distinct. It occurs not uncommonly in the Central Province, at 
an elevation of from 1000 to 2000 feet. 
Puate IX. Fig. 1. Portion of flowering branch of Eccremanthus 
eximius, Thw. 2. Small portion of panicle, slightly magnified, 3. 
Barren flower. 4. Stamens, 5. Fertile flower. 6. Longitudinal sec- 
tion of same. 7. Ripe fruit. 8. Seed enclosed in arillus. 9. Seed. 
10. Section of embryo. 
Note on Pteridophyllum decipiens, Tw. (Rhus decipiens, JF. et 4.) 
—In describing this species, in Vol. VI. page 65 of the present work, 
I rec: £5] it, as had been previously done by the talented authors of the 
“Pi Tromus Fl. Pen. Ind. Orient., to the Natural Order Anacardiacee 
or Terebinthacee : it would seem however, taking into consideration 
Certain points in its structure, such as its bilocular ovary and the cir- 
cumstance of its stamens being seated quite within the disc, to be more 
correct to arrange it with the Sapindacee. 
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Botanical Objects communicated to the Kew MUSEUM, from the AMAZO* 
or its Tributaries, in 1853; dy RICHARD Spruce, Esa. 
(Continued from p. 252.) 
173. Four Juruparis (or Devils), used by the Indians on the Uaupés 
in their dadocurés (festas). These are musical instruments. The two 
larger are portions of the trunks of the Paxiuba Palm (Iriartea ezo- 
rhiza), with a square hole near the upper extremity. When about to be 
used, this end is nearly closed by a piece of clay, and a piece of Uaruma 
leaf tied on above the square hole, so as to form a monster flageolet. 
The smaller ones consist of a tube of Paxiuba, wrapped with a long 
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