ON OPHIOCARYON PARADOXUM. 377 
lateralibus, introrsis, subglobosis, calyptra laterali decidua 
dehiscentibus. Pollinis granule minute, orbiculares, (de- 
pressoglobosæ ?). Ovarium in gynophoro staminifero ses- 
sile, obovoideum, compressum, biloculare, apice breviter 
bilobum, lobis obtusis sinu lato separatis, intus stigmatoso- 
papillosis. Ovula in quoque loculo solitaria, e basi anguli 
centralis adscendentia, (adjecto interdum ovulo altero 
minori mox abortiente?).  Drupa depresso-globosa, a 
latere subcompressa et pedunculo paullulum obliquo in- 
Sidens, carnoso; putamine crustaceo duro glabro levi 
(bivalvi?) uniloculari, monospermo, (loculo altero ovarii 
constanter? abortivo). Semen erectum, umbilico lato 
affixum. Testa membranacea, basi prope umbilicum valde 
incrassata et indurata. Albumen nullum. Embryo sub- 
spiraliter contortuplicata; radicula longa, crassa, extremi- 
tate clavata, versus umbilicum tendens; cotyledones mem- 
branaceo-foliaceæ, penninerviæ, radicula flexuosa. 
Ophiocaryon paradoxum, Schomb. 
Arbor excelsa. Folia alterna, impari-pinnata, lis Cupanie 
Vonarane simillima. Foliola 3-6, alterna v. opposita, 
breviter et crasse petiolulata, oblongo-elliptica, breviter et 
obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata v. angustata, glabra, 
coriacea, supra nitida. Panicule ad apices ramorum sub- 
axillares, foliis breviores, ramosæ, floribundee, glabræ, ebrac- 
teolatæ, v. ad ramificationes bracteolis brevissimis latis 
. vix conspicuis instructe. Pedicelli brevissimi, alterni. 
. Flores vix 4 lin. longi. Sepala et petala inter se textura 
subsimilia, margine tenuia (alba?). Drupa magnitudine 
fructus Juglandis. 
— "The male flowers are still wanting to complete the des- 
cription. It will be rather a difficult task to procure them, 
as the Indians take notice only of trees under which they 
find the nuts lying, and which consequently have female or 
Aermaphrodite flowers. 
. The fruit is decidedly the most remarkable production 
of this tree: it is the size of a walnut, the kernel very 
