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outside, and each bears at its summit 4* 

 sessile, obtuse, spreading anthers. Aublet'» 

 figure of this genus, which Schreber and 

 Wilklcnow seem to have followed, repre- 

 sents but 2. The fruit is perhitps most 

 properly a berry with a hard coat, vihose 

 seeds, when roasted, make chocolate,. 

 Bubroma of Schreber, Guazwna Lamarck, 

 t. 637, confounded by Linnaeus with the 

 preceding genus, has similar filaments, but 

 each bears 5 anthers ; Jussieu and Cava- 

 niilcs say 3. The fruit is a woody capsule, 

 with 10 rows of perforations. Abromo, 

 J acq. Tlort. Vind, v. 3. f. 1. Miller lllustr, 

 t. Go, has 5 parcels of anthers, nearly 

 sessile on the outside of the nectary, be- 

 tween its obtuse, reflexed, notched lobes. 

 It is difficult to say liow many anthers 

 compose each parcel, for the different ac- 

 counts on record are totally irreconcileable. 

 We have found 3 ; the drawing sent to 

 Linnaeus represents 6; and Miller has a 

 much greater number. Perhaps they may 

 Vary. In this uncertainty the genus in 

 question is best placed with its natural al- 

 lies in this order, with a reference to it in 

 italics at the end of Foli/acklphia Polijan'- 



