struc*u».<>& Amum^km isMNnMn sss^Mit,^}"^" 



uniloculat" ovrtriitm; {infd inf having alternate leaves. As to the 

 sestivation of corolla, it appears to be only of generic importa|ice 

 in ^trychnca\ for in Strychiws it is valvular, while in Carissa 

 we have the twisted and imbricate aestivation of^ Jj)ocincrs. '^ I 

 consider tiie Sbijchnect as forming an osculant group between 

 Apotinem and MyrsimcB, but abundantly distinict from either, 

 to entitle tliem to rank as a separate family. 



The late Sir James Edward Smith has expressed, in Rees's 

 Cyclopaedia, a suspicion of Jacquin's Theophrasta longrfoUa 

 being ideptical.with the Eresia o£ riumler, the Tlicophrastdt^^ 

 americana of Linnaeus ; but this last having a large, polysper- 

 mous berry, and the former having seldom more than two seeds 

 in each, completely sets the question at rest as to their ppecific 

 difference at least. For ripe fruit of the former, namely T. 

 hiigrfolia of Jacquin, I am indebted to Mr Fanning, who col- 

 lected them in Caraccas last year. 



THEOPHRASTA, Jiiss.\^\\ etiam Linn. ?) 



Calyx canipanulatus, S-partitus, vascularis, cartilagineo-coriaceus : laciniis 

 eUiptico-oblGTigis, margine erose denticulatia, restivationo imbricatis. 

 Corolla campanulata, vascularis : tubus brevissimus : faua dilatata, pen- 

 tagoua : limbo patulo, S-lobo : lobis rotundatis, margine erosi crenulatis, 

 aestivatione imbricatis. Corona annulus elevatus, angulato-lobatus, car- 

 nosus, fomicatii3j fau6em circumciAgens. Stamina 6, taij)(> inserta : fila- 

 menta compressa, inferne dilatata et cum tubo corollse connata : antherce 

 Qvato-oblougse, biloculares, extrorsae ! duplici riraa longitudinaliter de- 

 hiscentes, appendice rostelliformi, obtus^ e filamenti dpice s. connectivi 

 elongatione, ortS. coronatse ! Pollen farinaceum : PistiUum 1 : ovarium U- 

 berum, subrotuudum, uniloculare : ovulis numerossimis : stylus teres, sub- 

 attenuatus : stigma capitatum. Sacca sphsferica, Crustacea, umlocularist^M 

 evalvls, polysp6rma, irregulariter rumpeus. Sembut peltata, placentae « 

 magujie, centrali, succulenta> subimmersa, prope basin interiorem chalaz^'" 

 cava instructa : testa simplex, membranacei, superficie mucilaginosa : 

 a/6MWK'?i copiosum, comeum. .^wiryo erectus, pariim excentricus : cotyle- 

 doties ft)liaceiL> : radicula cylindracea, obtusa, vagS. 



Arbu^culae (Antlll.) non lactesoentes^ more Palmarum caule timplioi, <»mdfnm' 

 dosa^ sefnpervireiUi. Foiia altcrnatim coi\ferta^ undique versa, patentia, sub- 

 verticillata^ subscssUia^ oblonga., coriacca^ rigida^ glabra^ Icefe t>tricK«, pedaKa 

 ifi ^gquipedalia, mt»rgine tmdulata et oopiose dentalo-spinosa, denlibus tnoff^ 

 nis, subdivaricatis : basi apiceque scepius truncatis ; subtits palUdiora^ Icevis- 

 sima, rnsta cra.ssiss-ima, clcvatA, obtusA^ r^enis imm&rsis: supra preesertim siC' 

 citate reticulato-venosa, iwnis subinde prominulis. Flores icrminn/,^ ,•/,-•,-. 

 mosi. llacemi jdures intra folia rcconditi^ mullijlori^ brcvissitni^ vii ' ' 

 Corolla hujus ordinis wKuiwii, aibi, IB&cca. moffnUtalhie Porai ? . 



lute^ens. M^ Ji' 



1. T. JUSSUBI. - ^^ 



JANUARY — MARCH 1831. ^Mm^ iL^ 



