216 VEGETATION OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS. 
seeds I have opened, I have been unable to ascertain their 
precise form. 
Cardiophora Hindsii, gen. nov. Terebinthacearum. New 
Ireland. Mr. Hinds, Mr. Barclay. 
Char. Gen. Carpiornora. Flores polygamo-monoici. 
Fl. masc. Calyx liber, sepalis 3 brevibus persistentibus. 
Petala 3, carinato cucullata, per anthesin deflexa, persisten- 
tia. Stamina 6. Discus carnosus in glandulas 3 bifidas 
divisus. Fl. hermaphr. Calyx, petala, stamina et discus ut 
in masculis. Ovarium sessile, compressum, apice bilobum, 
lobis brevibus obtusis, intus biloculare. Ovulum in quoque 
loculo unicum, angulo centrali lateraliter affixum. Stigmata 
2, crassa, singula in ovarii loborum margine interiore sessi- 
lia. Fructus compressus, obcordatus, erasso-coriaceus maT- 
gine tenui, medio incrassatus, indehiscens, bilocularis. Se- 
mina in loculis solitaria, hilo oblongo lateraliter affixa Y. 
subpendula. Testa crassiuscula. Embryo rectus, exalbu- 
minosus, cotyledonibus planis convexis subcarnosis, radicula 
brevi, conica, ad apicem fructus spectante. ; 
C. Hindsü. Arbor? Ramuli crassi, juniores pube brevi | 
ferruginea obtecti. Folia exstipulata, alterna, simplicia, pe- 
tiolo subbipollicari adpresso-pubescente subsericeo ; lamina 
5-6 pollicaris, oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, basi angustata, pen- 
ninervis, supra glabra, nitidula, subtus ad venas adpresse 
pubescens, inter venas glabra, eglandulosa, impunctata. 
Flores in racemos axillares pubescentes petiolo vix longiores, 
brevioresve dispositi, secus rhachin fasciculati. Bractec mi- 
nutze. Pedicelli 13-3 lin. longi. Flores parvi. Sepala 
ovata, obtusiuscula, pubescentia. Petala sepalis duplo lon- 
giora, acuta, fere glabra. Ovarium jam ante anthesin peta- 
lis longius, pubescens. Stamina 3 petalis opposita iis lon- d 
giora at vixovarium :equantia, 3 sepalis opposita caeteris. 
paullo breviora. Fructus subglaber, 8-9 lin. longus et latus, 
fere obcordiformis, lobis sinu lato separatis incurvis. Semen - 
fere 4 lin. longum, oblongum, compressum. : 2 
This genus differs from the generality of Anacardiee by : i 
the presence of two perfect carpels, both of which usually d 
