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ceolatis, basi subcequali breviter angustatis, apice brcviter acu- 

 minalis, subinlcgris membranaceis glaberrimis, supra lœte viri— 

 dibus, sublus pallidioribus ; costa nervisque primariis remole 

 alternis obliquis, subtus valde prominulis, supra vix conspicuis ; 

 venis minulis transversis creberrimis. Flores in racemis alterni 

 solitarii, tbveolis ramulorum prominulis inserti articulati; pedicellis 

 brevibus (ad £-1 cent.). Calyx brevis cupuliformis subœquali- 

 dentatus. Petala û, elongata (16-18 mill.), valvata, ecalyce longe 

 exserta. Stamina 8; antheris subsessilibus, tubo cylindrico petalis 

 subœquilongo, apice truncato vix crenato insertis inclusisque rec- 

 tangularibus introrsis, longitudinaliter 2-rimosis. Ovarium longe 

 conicum, Zi-Ioculare, basi in stipitem crassiusculum glanduloso- 

 incrassatum, apice in stylum longe attenuatum; stigmate late dis- 

 coideo peltato orbiculari crasse carnoso, supra inaequali-S-sulcato 

 papilloso. Ovula in loeulis singulis 2, pendula ; micropyle extrorsum 

 supera. Fructus ignotus... Semina insequalï-pyramidata (2 cent, 

 longa, 1 cent, lata) lateraliter inserta, basi plus minus obliqua ; 

 apice obtuso ; integumento duplici membranaceo ; radicula laterali 

 minima ; cotyledonibus crassissimis carnosis invicem arcte ap- 

 plicatis, valde inter se dissimilibus. — Crescit in Peruvia, ut aiunt, 

 unde a mercatoribus nonnullis in Europa, verisimilitcr introducta 

 ob odorem (unde corticem utilem fore verisimiliter sperabant.) 



(Sera continué.) 



