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fere cylindracea, hirsuta. Calyx e sepalis vel foliolis 5, 

 linearibus, extus fasciculato-pilosis, intus flavis, glabris. 

 Petala oblonga, flava, apice bifida, ad basin squama con- 

 cava, margine piloso, aucta. Torus obconicusj pentagonus, 

 carnosus. Stamina petalis longiora. Filamenta subulato- 

 filiformia. AnthercB ovales, biloculares. Germen ovatum, 

 pilis erectis rigidis undique tectum. Stylus staminibus 

 paulo longior, filiformis. Stigma 4-fidum, segmentis an- 

 gustis. Capsula globosa, magnitudine fere Cerasi minoris, 

 setoso-verrucosa, intus succo gelatinoso elastico farcta, 

 non pulposa, 4-pyrena. Nuces erectse, trigonae, sub- 

 quadriloculares. Loculi transversi, nunc abortientes, ma- 

 teria cellulosa circumdati, monospermi. Semina nitida, 

 pyriformia, compressa, pallide fusca, basi funiculo um- 

 bilical i inserta, apice nigro-maculata. Albumen nullum. 

 Cotyledones piano- compressae, carnosae. Radicula ad 

 hilum seminis versa. Bojer. 



This genus has been named by its intelligent discoverer, 

 Professor Bojer, in honour of M. John Vincent, an eminent 

 advocate of the Mauritius, and a great cultivator and patron 

 of Natural History, especially of Botany, in that island. 



The above description was kindly communicated to me 

 through Charles Telfair, Esq., by Professor Bojer of the 

 Mauritius, accompanied by a most beautiful drawing, 

 executed in the island, by Madame Bernard. 



M. Bojer notices the affinity of this genus with Grewia and 

 Columbia ; differing from the latter in its wingless capsules, 

 and from the former in its crustaceous capsule, its many cells 

 within each nut, and transverse seeds, attached to the inner 

 angle of each cell. 



Fig. 1, Petal. Fig. 2, Flower from which the floral cover- 

 ings are removed, showing the torus, stamens, and pistil. 

 Fig. 3, Pistil. Fig. 4, Ripe fruits. Fig. 5, The same 

 cut round transversely to show the nuts. Fig. 6, A nut. 

 Fig. 7, The same cut through vertically. Fig. 8, Seed. 

 Fig. 9, Transverse section of a seed : — all but Jigs. 4, 5, 

 6, more or less magnified. 



