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lato-ovatum, dense hirsutum, 5-loculare, polyspermiim. 

 Receptaculimi seminum singulo loculo axile, longi- 

 tudinale, ovulis tectum. Stigma sessile, magnum, 5- 

 partitum, laciniis ellipticis, erectis, marginibus recurvis. 



Among the many interesting plants brought by Mr. 

 Cruckshanks from Chili and Peru, none has struck me as 

 being more remarkable than the present; and, believing as I 

 do, that it constitutes a genus hitherto undescribed, I wish 

 it should bear the name of my valued friend, its discoverer. 

 It is to be regretted that the fruit is still a desideratum ; for, 

 with my present limited knowledge of its fructification, I 

 am unable to refer it to any established Order. In many 

 points it agrees with GermiiacecB ; but, as far as can be 

 inferred from the germen, the fruit would possess a very 

 different character, and in habit it is at variance with every 

 known individual of that family ; unless the Macrcea of Mr. 

 Lindley, and of the present Work, {y. 1. p. 174. t. 50.) may 

 be said to belong to the Geraniacece, to which Cambassedes, 

 under the name of CcEsarea,* has referred it without any 

 doubt. That genus, like the present, has, besides its opposite 

 leaves, and a sufficient resemblance in the calyx, corolla, 

 germen, and nearly sessile stigma, anthers which open 

 laterally: — but these anthers have their cells approximate; 

 the germen is only 3-celled, and each cell is only 2-seeded. 

 Still I think Cruckshanksia will rank better with Macrcea than 

 with any known genus. 



Tab. XC. Cruckshanksia cistiflora. Fig. 1, Bud, with its 

 bracteae. Fig. 2, Corolla and stamens, including the 

 pistil, taken out from the bud. Fig. 3, Three stamens from 

 the bud, to show that they are monadelphous at the base. 

 Fig. 4, Perfect stamen. Fig. 5, Pistil. Fig. 6, Section 

 o£do. Fig. 7, 8, Leaves: — more or less magnified. 



* The two species of Casarea described by Cambassedes, albiflora and ruhri- 

 flora, are natives of Brazil ; yet assuredly of the same genus as Macrcea, ( Vhiania 

 of Cavanilles, according to Mr, Don.) — It is remarkable, too, that in Brazil one 

 species is white, another red-flowered, as in Chili. 



