450 1 BTI ANURIA 1 B I R \GYNIA. MuriopkultUJSU 



di r the maisrin o\' the nectarv. Anthers oval, laree, and 

 dei j) purple till they discharge their pollen. Germs four, su- 

 perior, one-celled, with one ovulum in each attached to the 

 upper and inmr side of the cell. Styles single, short, tecurv- 

 m toeachgerra. Stigmas simple. Drupes four, when 

 all come t" maturity, size ofa small grain of black pepper, 

 smooth, dark purple, an -« . II. .1. .\ 'at conform t<> the drupe, 

 rugose, one-celled, inner edge thinner, and the upper half of 

 it marked with a white line, (the umbilicus). S ed conform 

 to the nut. Imiegwmemts single, adhering to the perisperm, 

 thin and white. Perisperm in very small quantity, indeed it 

 mav be called a fleshy inner integument. Embryo as Ions 

 as the perisperm, straight, inverse. Cotyledons oval, fleshy. 

 Plusmula two-lobed. Radicle roundish, superior. 



Obs. Since I rirst described tlii- tree, and only from plants 

 that were completely hermaphrodite I have found some plants 

 perfectly male, and others as completely female. In this plant, 

 theretore. we have another instance of Trioicous Polygamy. 



From the sensible qualities of the green parts of this plant, 

 being- somewhat foetid, and simply, though intensely bitter, it 

 promises to be as o-ood an antedysteuerical medicine as 

 Bruce** rfbyssvrian Woogimos itself. As soon as the plants 

 arrive at greater maturity the bark shall be tried, and com- 

 pared with Angostura bark which has by some been thought 

 that of Bi ucea autedusenterica of Bruce* s Tranels i xc. vol. v. 

 p. 69. also of/. F. .Milhr. Tab. 25. and still better describ- 

 ed and figured by L. Heritier under the name BruceaJ'er- 

 rugimea, Stirp. Nov. 19. t. 10. See also Linn. sp. pi. ed. 

 Willi!, iv. 742. 



MTRIOPHTLLUM. Sckreb. gen. X. 1440. 



ft bur-parted. Carol four-petalled. Style none. 

 Stigmas four. Seeds four, naked. Embryo inverse. 



