Antidesma. DIOECIA PENTANDRIA, ~ 769 
ed and sharp. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate,’ from 
two to four inches long. Leaflets from three to thirteen, five 
or seven most common, opposite, sessile, lanceolate, im 
young plants crenulate, pretty smooth on both sides, with a 
few pellucid points containing a. fragrant juice. Petioles 
winged, Stipules none. Maus. Racemes axiilary, often 
compound, shorter than the leaves. Flowers minute, pale 
yellow. Calyx small, one-leaved, with from six to eight 
acute divisions, Corol none. Filaments six, seven, eight, 
much longer than the calyx, Anthers twin. Pistillum or 
hemispheric gland, with two or three elevations in the centre, 
like so many stigmas. Femaxz. Racemes as in the male. 
Flowers very minute, greenish yellow. Calyx as in the male, 
Corol none. Stamens none, Germs superior, as far as five, 
three or four are most common, one-celled, containing two 
ovula, attached to the top of the inner angle of the cell. 
Styles single, shorter than the germs, recurved. Stigmas 
single, Capsules, in general one, two, or three come to matu- 
rity, roundish, reniform, or ovate, of the size of a small pea 
when recent, when dry wrinkled, and much smaller, short- 
pedicelled, one-celled, two-valved, opening round the apex. 
Seeds solitary, conform to the capsule, attached to the middle 
of the margins of the capsule, on one side. Integuments two ; 
the exterior one of a shining black, thick, porous, and brit- 
tle; the inner one thinner and brown, Perisperm conform to 
the seed, fleshy. Embryo inverse, nearly as large as the pe- 
risperm, Cotyledons round-cordate, three-nerved. Radicle 
superior, oblong. 
Every part of the plant possesses a peculiar aromatic pun- 
gency, which I cannot well compare to any smell, or taste 
I am acquainted with. The seeds are used medicinally by 
the natives of the countries where the plants grow. 
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ANTIDESMA. Schreb. gen. N. 1518. 
Mare. Calyx five-leaved, Corol none. Anthers twin. 
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