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mens hypogynous, inserted on a slightly thickened torus, 

 varying in number, from 8 — 14; deciduous. Antherscaducous. 

 Ovary 1, composed of two or more carpels supported on a 

 short gynophore ; the carpels, parallelly united, with a central 

 column intervening, which is continuous with the style above, 

 and the gynophore below. Ovules solitary, attached trans- 

 versely to placentae at the middle of the axis. Style very 

 short and thick. Stigma undivided, globose, depressed and 

 papillose. Samara didymous, or by abortion unilocular with 

 a broad wing. Seed reniform, no albumen. Embryo 

 curved ; radicle bent into proximity with the hilum. Pin- 

 mule inconspicuous. — A succulent herbaceous plant, with 

 simple thick stems, alternate exstipulate divided leaves, ter- 

 minal, aggregated cymes, and small white flowers. I have 

 not quite made up my mind about its nearest affinities; but 

 it appears to form the type of a distinct group perhaps repre- 

 senting in the Himalayas what Limnanthes is in North Ame- 

 rica. There is no obliquity in the position of the carpels, 

 and the stalk of the ovary is more a gynophore than a gyno- 

 base in the restricted sense. I send home an account of it 

 next month. 



P.S. I shall in the spring have prepared a good account of 

 Trewia^ which I have lately found growing in this part of 

 India. It is one of those fine anomalies which the Flora of 

 India is so rich in. Roxburgh is right about the character 

 of the embryo and albumen ; but 1 don't think you have hit 

 upon its affinities. I have found specimens with the carpels 



tiisunited, in combination with other irresTularities, which 



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Lave surprised me not a little ; but I have only seen speci- 

 mens out of flower in the dried state, and am not quite sure 

 about my ground yet, and postpone saying more about it 

 Ht present. 



Notes on Algerine Botany^ by M. Bony de St Vincent. 



" It is my intention to start, the first fortnight in January, 

 on my return to the East, and to spend ihc entire winter in 



