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petalis alternantes. Stamina in receptaculo conico nudo inserta; anther 2-rimosz; loculi tota 
longitudine connectivo adnati, basi v. supra basin fixi, stantes. Rudimentum ovarii O.  Ovarii 
loculi l-ovulati. Fructus carnoso-capsularis. Semina ecarunculata. Albumen oleaginosum. Em- 
bryo rectus; cotyledones orbiculari-ovatz, membranaceo-complanate, palminervie, radiculam bre- 
vissimam multoties superantes.—Arbores. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, ambitu lata, 5-7-pli- 
nervia, superne penninervia, margine integra v. rarius grosse sinuato-dentata, 3-9-lobata v. elo- 
bata, basi supra patellari-2-glandulosa. ^ Flores monoici, in paniculam terminalem valde floribundam 
quoad axes penultimos et antepenultimos irregulariter cymoso-ramosam dispositi ; masculi foemi- 
neis vulgo multo numerosiores, laterales, gracilius pedicellati ipsique breviores et obtusiores, in axilla 
bractearum solitarii ; foeminei vulgo apicem axium priorum ordinum inflorescentiz terminantes.—Dry- 
andra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 267, t. 27.  Vermicia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 720. Telopea, Sol. Prim. 
Fl. Ins. Pacif. 7 (ined.) p. 332. — 4mbinuz, Comm. Camirium, Rumph. Juglandis sp., Lour. 
1. A. Moluccana, Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 590; Müll. in DC. 1. e. p. 723; petalis 3 lanceo- 
lato-cbovatis basi intus barbatis ceterum glabris, 9 liguliformibus, receptaculo cum filamentis stel- 
lato-hispidis; ovario densissime hispido ; seminibus rugoso-gibberulosis.— Bl. Bijdr. p. 619; Dene. 
in Nouv. Ann. du Mus. vol. iii. p. 487. A. triloba, Forst. Char. Gen. p. 112, n. 56, cum ice. ; 
Prodr. p. 68, n. 360, et Icon. (ined.) t. 262; Lam. Encycl. vol. i. p. 80, et Illustr. t. 791; Guillem. 
Zephyrit. p. 34; Roxb. Flor. Ind. vol. iii. p. 629; Blanco, Flora de Filip. ed. ii, p. 520. A. com- 
mutata, Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 82. A. ambinuz, Pers. Ench. p. 587; Adr. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 
t. 19. A. cordifolia, Steud. Nomencl. p. 49 (non Dryandra cordata, Thunb.). A. lobata, Blanco, 
Flor. de Filip. ed. i. p. 756. A. lanceolata, Blanco, l.c. ed. i. p. 757, et ed. ii. p. 521. — Camirium 
cordifolium, Gærtn. Fruct. vol. ii. p. 195 (non Dryandra cordata, Thunb.). Cam. oleosum, Reinw. Bl. 
Cat. 104 (ex Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bog. p. 236). Jatropha Moluccana, L. Spec. Pl. ed. i. p. 1006 
(1753, nomen specificum prioritate gaudens). Juglans Camirium, Lour. Flor. Cochinch. p. 702. 
Camirium, Rumph. Amb. vol. ii. p. 180, t. 58. Telopea perspicua, Soland. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 
(ined.) p. 332, et in Parkins, Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 105 et 106.—Nomen vernac. 
Hawaiiense, “ Kukui,” Tahitense, * Tutui ;” Vitiense, '* Tutui," * Lauci" v. “ Sikeci."—Common in 
all the large Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 403). Also collected in the Hawaiian (Macrae! Barclay ! 
Seemann! n. 1729), Society (Banks and Solander!), and Tongan Islands (Forster! Capt. Cook ! 
Barclay!). Also in New Caledonia. Widely diffused in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
The Candle-nut tree, termed “ Lauci," * Sikeci,” and “ Tuitui,” in the various dialects of Fiji, is of 
middle size, common throughout Fiji, and rendered a conspicuous object by the whiteness of its leaves, 
produced by a fine powder, which is easily removed. The ground underneath it is always densely covered 
with “nuts,” and large quantities might be collected. These “nuts” (albumen) contain a great deal of oil, 
of which, however, the natives make only a limited use for polishing, though in other parts of Polynesia lamps 
aff fed with it, and in the Hawaiian Islands the entire kernels are strung on a stick and lighted as 
candles. In Viti the fruit is better known as a dye, and is used for tatooing, as in Tahiti and other 
parts of Polynesia; it also plays an important part at the birth of a child, for no sooner is a baby born 
than the midwife rushes to the Lauci to gather a fruit fresh from the tree, which she places in the mouth 
of the interesting young stranger, with the conviction that its milky juice will clear the throat, and more 
effectually enable it to announce its welcome arrival. Mr. Wilson, the managing director of Price’s Patent 
Candle Company, at Vauxhall, London, writes to me :—“ The oil of the Aleurites triloba is fine and hard, 
worth atleast as much as sesame or rape oil, in this market. tis held very tightly in its matrix, and should 
be pressed where grown. If the ‘nuts’ were brought home in their shells, the freight would be expensive; 
and if shelled, insects would eat them.” | 
VIII. Claoxylon, Andr. Juss. Tent. Euph. p. 43, t. 14, f. 43; Müll. Arg. in DC. l. c. p. 775. 
Calyx d valvaris. Petala utriusque sexus 0. Disci hypogyni glandulz evolutz, cum laciniis calycis 
et carpidiis (si isomera) alternantes. Stamina in receptaculo elevato centralia; antherz 2-rimosee ; 
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