306 Trib. XL Tetranthereac. 



by a portion of the enlarged filament being; as it were, dtig 

 out and the bottom filled with pollen, which is then closed with 

 a lid until ready to burst, when the lid opens towards one 

 end, like that of a snuff box, and continues attached by the 

 hinpe after the pollen has been shed. Tube of the calyx 

 filled with a very dense cord of hair, which inv elopes the base 

 of the stamina. No the slightest apparence of the female 

 partes of the flower. ii 



Ad haec animadverfendum : i°. mc in omnibus, quae ait 

 nanus erant, involucris ilorum, licet summa cura inspicerem, 

 loliola quaterna, ncc plura {numerous) ut Wigblius docet, inve- 

 nisse ; 2«. duarum umbcllulanrm ilores, accurate a me examina- 

 tos, non nisi senas periantiiiorum lacinias et stamina duodena 

 exliibuisse, unde persuasum est, cl. Wightio florem, numero par- 

 tium solito maiori (quod fieri solet) praeditum, casu. obvium fuisse. 



2. CvLicoDArHSE obtusifolia N. ab E. 



C. umbellulis spicatis. 



Litsaca >'oronhae Blame Byitr. p. oCi. 1 



In Java insula legit el. lieinwv.rdt. Vidi exeroplum (fl***" 

 ncum) Herbarii Martiani, a. cl. Reinv>-ardtio datum, eum ■•" 

 ribus fructuque immature. 



Hamulus inferne teretiusoulus, glaber, rugulosus, CorW 

 fuscescente, apiee novello a protectant compresso-subbexagono, 

 lateribus alternis angustis scabrido-pubescenlibus grtscis. Cica- 

 trices foliorum prominulae, lunatae vel scutatae. Folia diverg. 

 % posita, approximata, r>i/ 2 — 6 pollices longa, i*/*— */'-* 1*7 

 Bees lata, elliptico- oblonga" apice obtuse acutata, basi acutm- 

 seula, subcoriacea, margine anguslo cartilaginco acuto ciaeta, 

 supra glabra obscure viridia opaca, subtus glauca **&*** 

 puberulo-scabrida reticulata, reran costalibus senis ramosis g; 

 miuulis instructa. Petioli semileretes, validi, pube s centi-* cabr ' 

 demum glabri, supra plani, fere semipollicares. Gemmae l»f 

 rigerae basis axillaris, 3 — 4 lineas longa, sulcata, cicajn*-' 1 ' 

 bus pedicelioram patellaribus prominulis quasi gradibus <«n» 



