Bradlcia. monof.cia monadelphia. 695 



Leaves petioled, alternate, broad-ovate lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, glossy ; from three to six inches long, by from one and 

 a half to two and a half broad, having no glands at the base, 

 but the margins are a little swelled where they join the pe- 

 tiole. Petioles from one to two inches long, smooth. Stipu- 

 les ; male aments terminal and axillary, slender and sim- 

 ple, the terminal ones sub-panicled, the axillary ones solita- 

 ry, as long as the leaves. Bractes or scales of the ament cu- 

 cullate, many-flowered, with an oblong gland on each side, as 

 observed by Jussieu in his account of the habit of the genus 

 sapium. flowers very minute, pedicel led. Calyx four- 

 toothed. Corol none. Filaments two, very short ; anthers 

 two-lobed, opening in the sides. Racemes ; J'emale flowers 

 on a different tree, terminal and axillary, but fewer and 

 shorter than the male. Flowers solitary, pedicelled. Bractes 

 and calyx as in the male. Corol none. Stamina none. Germ 

 superior, round, compressed, two-celled, with one ovulum in 

 each attached to the top of the axis. Style none. Stigmas 

 two, recurved. Berries globular, of the size of a small goose- 

 berry, smooth, purple, two-celled. Seed solitary, of the size 

 of a betel nut, unequally oblong, the inside being straighter. 

 Integuments two, the exterior one fibrous ; the inner one some- 

 what unciform, brittle, dark brown. Perisperm conform to 

 the seed, very oily. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons oval, near- 

 ly as broad and long as the perisperm, three-nerved. Radi- 

 cle superior, large, oval. 



BEADLEIA. Sckreb. gen. N. 1474. 

 JU^ale calyx six-leaved in a double series. Corol none. 

 Anthers a few round the apex of a central column. Female 

 calyx from six to twelve-leaved, in a double series. Style 

 none or j-hort. Germ superior, many-celled; cells from one 

 to three-seeded ; attachment internal. Stigma perforated at 

 the top, with a many-lobed ray, corresponding with the cells 

 in the germ. Capsule many-celled, many-valved. Seeds 



