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1. Sclimidelia Cominia. Shrubby Cominia. 



Leaves trifoliate, the middle leaflet petiolulated, 

 the two lateral subpetiolulated, oblong acuminate 

 slightly attenuated at the base serrated pubescent 

 above villous beneath, racemes compound. 



Baccifera Tndica trifolia, fructii rotimdo nionopyrono, Sloaney 

 II. t. 208. f. 1 — Aiborea foliis undulatis pinnato-ternatis, flori- 

 bus minimis, racemis termiiialibus, Brotvne, 205. — Allophyllus 

 Cominia, Sivartz, Prod. 62. — Sclimidelia Cominia, Fl. hid. Occ. 

 667.— Ornithorpe Cominia, Willd. Sp. II. 323. 



HAB. Common in tlie lower mountains. 



FL. August, September. 



A sbrubby tree, about 15 feet in height. Branches long, 

 somewhat erect, terete, pubescent towards their extremities. 

 Leaves alternate; common petiole 21 inches long, terete, 

 pubescenti-villous; leaflets elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate, slight- 

 ly attenuated at the base, serrated, pubescent above, villous be- 

 neath, penni-nerved, veined. Racemes axillary, solitary, com- 

 pound ; branches 2-4 inches long, straight, spi'eading, simple, 

 spike-like. Flowers small, yellowish, numerous, shortly pedi- 

 celled, 3-4 together in clusters. Rachis roundish, villous : 

 pedicels reflected. Hermaphrodite and male flowers on the 

 same raceme. '^ Fl. Calyx of 4 sepals ; 2 of them smaller ; 

 roundish concave. Petals 4 smaller than the larger sepals, 

 white, roundish, ciliated, pilose about their middle, each, at 

 their base, with a minute yellow bilobed glandule. Ovaries 2, 

 situated at the lower part of the flower, at the side opposite to 

 where the petals are placed, greenish, pubescent : style erect, 

 longer than the sepals, bifid at the apex ; stigmata reflected. 

 Stamens 8 ; filaments shorter than the petals : anthers evidently 

 abortive, pale. Berry globose, size of a coriander seed, orange- 

 coloured, solitary, 1 -seeded, from one of the ovaries being 

 abortive. Seed roundish. ^ Fl. As in the hermaphrodite, ex- 

 cept that the stamens are contiguous at their base, and are twice 

 the length of the sepals ; anthers cordate, yellow. 



This is a plant deserving of notice, principally for tlie singu- 

 lar disposition of the difl^erent parts of the flower. There are 

 some inaccuracies in the description of Swartz, which I have 

 attempted to correct. 



VII. CuPANiA. Loblolly -wood. 



Calycine sepals 5. Petals 4, glabrous on the inner 

 surface, hooded. Stamens S. Style 3-fid. Capsule 

 3-celled, 3-valved, with the valves septiferous from 



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