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tempt to offer a comparison: nor indeed do I possess 
materials sufficient for that purpose. Mr. Purdie speaks of 
it as a “large forest tree, having a singular appearance.” 
LuNANIA, nov. Gen. 
Calyx di sepalus, eestivatione valvatus ; sepalis ovato-rotun- 
datis, concavo-ventricosis, membranaceis, patentibus, et, ut 
videtur, persistentibus. Corolla nulla. Discus hypogynus 
staminifer, magnus, basin ovarii cingens, cyathiformis, per- 
sistens, 6-dentatus, dentibus acutis cum filamentis alternan- 
tibus. Stamina 6. Filamenta subulata, ad marginem disci 
inserta, erecta, equalia. Anthere oblongo-ovate, basi affixee, 
biloculares, marginem versus longitudinaliter antrorsum 
dehiscentes, Pistillum |. Ovarium ovatum, basi constric- 
tum et quasi brevissime stipitatum, uniloculare, placentis 
tribus parietalibus ovuliferis ; ovulis numerosis. Stylus brevis, 
crassiusculus, apice trifidus. Stigmata truncata, obtusa. 
Fructus immaturus ut in ovario, basi sepalis disco hypogyno 
flamentisque persistentibus instructus. : 
Arbor grandis insule Jamaice. Rami divaricati, graciles, 
lignosi, flecuosi, cortice pallide cinereo tecti. Folia alterna, re- 
mola, majuscula, 4-5-uncialia, ovata, acuminata, nunc inferne 
subobliqua, petiolata, subcoriaceo-membranacea, omnino inte- 
. gerrima, glaberrima, subtus pallidiora, e basi 3- rarius. sub- 
Quinquenervia, nervis venis transversalibus connexis, et sub lente 
ubique tenuiter reticulata. Petiolus teres, gracilis. Stipule 
nulle. Flores racemosi. Racemi longissimi, filiformes, penduli, 
Pedales et ultra simplices v. ramosi, terminales vel ple- 
rumque laterales, e ramis vetustioribus aphyllis, breviter pe- 
ti. Flores parvi, sparsi, rarius subaggregati, brevis- 
sime pedicellati. Pedicelli quasi in rachin articulati, basi squa- 
mulis minutissimis subulatis bracteati. 
Lunania racemosa. (Tass. XI, XII.) D oe 
Has. Woods above Rio Manna, St. Mary's, Jamaica, Mr. 
Wm. Purdie. | pee 
Mr. Purdie does not appear to have met with the ripe fruit 
