£02 (00 "UFETHRANDRIA :MONOGYNIA, (— wGardnerjg,. 
- mediately within the margin of the seed at its lower part.— Plumulá- 
inconspicuous. ; — : S. 
Obs. The general habit and structure of the fruit of this interest. 
ing shrub are those of the family of Rubcacea, especially its primae. 
ry sub-divisions, with a single two-celled, two-seeded fruit ; while its 
superior free ovarium is irreconciliable with the character of that 
most extensive tribe. In this point, to which may be added the con- 
nate anthers and stipulation, the genus agrees with Apociueg. But 
it differs from them both in the zstivation of its flowers, forming with 
the axillary subulate bodies a more remote affinity with Asclepiadea, _ 
among which Mr. R. Brown has recorded a solitary instance, ofa 
| valvate corolla in his, Leptadenia.* : 
"The difficulty thus encountered in assigning my. eed to its ‘pros E 
_ per station in the natural arrangement has fortunately been lessened 
by M. Savigny, who concludes his description of Pagamea of Aublet, 
inserted in Lamarck's Eucy clop. Bot.} by suggesting: that it might 
be. united with G aertnera of Lamarck} under a distinct order ; and . 
finally removed by Mr. R. Brown who, having on. a previous .0C- : 
casion§ pointed at the existence of an intermediate family between 2 
Rubiacee aud Apocine, afterwards confirmed its existence in his in- 
teresting observations on the plants collected 1n, the vicinity. of the 
River Congo by my lamented friend and fellow student the late Pro- | 
- fessor, Christian Smith | 'lo this connecting group my. plant neces- 
sarily belongs, requiring a separate section in addition to those pro- 
posed by Mr. Brown. ‘The fruit appears.to az ree with Gaerluera 
of Lamarck, with | Pagamea, especially if the doubts of Jussieu res- 
pecting the latter{ should be verified, and with Baconia of Decan- 
 dolle. Its general structure, as well as the horny and copious peris 
perm which, during germination, is raised up with the young plant 
and-remains.a considerable. time in that state, and the relative p 
* Memoirs of the Wern. Soc. i. p. I9 et 31. t Vol. iv. p- ems Bde 
4 Mlustr. tab. 167 et Poiret i in Encycl. bot. suppl. appres: p. 684. m e Preis 3 
flor. Nov. Holl. i. p. 455. i 
,. | Narrative of Capt. Tuckey’ s Expedition to the eaves Zaire i $ Append + us 
E Gen. plant, ed. Usteri. p- 22. z š i dent 
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