S32 IMr D. Don on the Chanuiers and Jffin'Uies 



utructis, hinc quasi obtusis, et subintle folia obtuse serrata ab auctori- 

 bus s^ipr^ citatis dicata ; coriacea, rislila, glabra, subtiis pallidiora 

 f'ereque glauca, basi atteniiata, costd valida utrinque proniinenti, venis 

 transversa arcuatis, raniosissimis reticulata, pollicaria v. tripollicaria, 

 vix poUicem lata. Petioli brevissimi, vix 3 lineas iongi, costfi utrinque 

 elevatA, marginati, denticulis obsoletis. Flores in apice ramulorum 

 fiolitarii. Peduiiculi semunciales, angulati, brevissime pubescentes, 

 apice in caljcem dilatati. Ccetera ut in genere. 

 Obs. Ex truncis optimae trabes ad aedificia construenda extrahuntur. 

 Folia aniarissima et atl febres interniittentesdepelleiidas praescribi pos- 



siint, ud quern usum speciem sequenteni incola; Peruviani adhibent 



Ruiz et Pa von, 1. c. 



2. K. lanceolaia, foliis lanceolatis obovatisre membranaceis : glandulis deu- 

 ticuiorum persistentibus, tloribus corvmbosis. 



Kageneckia lanceolata, Ruiz et Pavon Syst. Veg. FL Peruv. et Chil. 1. 



p. 290. Gen. p. 145. t. 37. 

 Hab. in Cantae Provinciie Peruvianorum coUibus — Ruiz et Pavotu 

 \^, Floret Novembri et Decembri. (V. s. sj). in Herb. Lamb.) 

 Arbor S-orgyalis. Folia alterna, petiolata, ubovata v. lanceolata, acuta, 

 raro obtusa, eleganter crebreque serrulata, serraturis antrorj»is glan- 

 duhi persistenti terminatis ; membranacea, utrinque glabra, la?vissi- 

 niH, suprk viridia, vix poiita, subtiis pallidiora et pulchre venulosa, 

 j)()lliceni V. tripollicem longa, semi v. sesquipollicem lata ; a Salice 

 niyrsiniti ad S. triandram forma variantia. Peiioti supra concavi, sub- 

 tus eonvexi, lineam v. sesquiliueam Iongi, margine obsolete denticulati. 

 Stipules 2, mininiie, 3-4-dentatae, glunduioefbrmes. Flores 3- v. 5, sub- 

 c»)rymbooi, pedunculati. Peduuculi sesquipoliicares, glabri, angulati, 

 apice sub calyce incnvssati. Cnh/x craterajformis : laciniis ovatis, ncu- 

 rninatis, acumine recurvato, extus parce puberulis, inttis dcns^ lumen- 

 tosis. Csetera ut in genere. 



THEOPHRASTA and CLAVIJA. 



Mr I.inclley has already dtfined the h'mits of these two gene- 

 ra in a most satisfactory manner, and I have nothing to add to 

 the d(^eriptions of ihem by that eminent botanist, except that I 

 finil the ovarium to be uniformly one-ceiled in both, and fur- 

 nished with a central placenta, originating solely from the con- 

 fluence of the umbilical cords with the pistillary column, having 

 no trace whatever of a partition. A close relationship between 

 these two genera and Jacquinki^ being clearly established by their 

 unilocular ovarium, alternate leaves, peltate seeds, and copious 

 horny all)umen, with an erect embryo, there cannot, I think, be 

 any question as to the propriety of referring them to MyrsinecB ; 

 of the correctness of which arrangement Mr Lindley seems now 

 fully aware, although, in his excellent Collectanea Botamca^ he 

 referred them to Strychneas, to which, no doubt, they both 

 bear also very considerable affinity in their peltate seeds, copious 

 horny albumen, and foliaccous embryo, and in the form and 



