odina. ANACARDIEAE. 413 



adsunt. Discus annularis parum prominens subsinuatus. Ovarium ovoideum 

 abortu uniloculare, uniovulatum, ovulo appenso, styli 4 brevissimi conformes di- 

 varicati. Fructus oblongus compressus obtusus nucleum pruni minoris aequans, 

 subobliquus, calyce persistente nec aucto basi cinctus, apice stylis divaricatis 

 persislentibus duris quadricornulus, parce carnosus?, nucleo osseo extus subla- 

 cunoso uniloculari monospermo. — Crescit in Senegambiae Promontorio viridi 

 in sabulosis aridis non procul a Rufisk et ad ripas fiuvii Gambiae circa Albredam. 



5898/,. LAWEOH 1 Delile. 

 (Delile, Ann. sc. natur. [2. S6r.] XX. 91. I. 1. fig. 2.) 

 Flores monoici. Masc. Calyx tetrasepalus tomentosus, petalis brevior. 

 Pelala 4 obovata. Stamina 8, filamentis ima basi in annulum connatis; ru- 

 dimentum ovarii tuberculum centrale oblongum. Foemin. Calyx 4-sepalus, 

 corolla 4-petala. Ovarium superum ovatum, tuberculis quatuor apice stigma- 

 tosis coronatum. Fructus: drupa obovata tomentosa, stigmatibus quatuor 

 ab invicem per spatium quadratum remotis terminata, sarcocarpium tenue, 

 putamen biloculare, superficie undulata, uno latere convexa, altero in sinum 

 cymbiformem depressa. Semen in singulo loculo unicum compressum ob- 

 ovatum, spermodermium funiculo umbilicali appensum, cbalaza orbicularis 

 in margine seminis, sub sinu laterali depresso putaminis, cotyledones com- 

 pressae cultriformes, radicula deflexa, accumbens sub apice endocarpii. — 

 Arbuscula Abyssinica foliis plicatis trifoliolatis tomentosis; fioribus ad gem- 

 mas ramulornm glomerulatis. 



1. *L. VELUTINA Delile 1. c. t. 1. fig. 2. — $ — Odina? triphylla Bochstett. Flora 

 (B. Z.) XXVII. I. p. 98. — Crescit in Abyssina ad Tschellochekenne. 



5899. PEGIA Colebr. 

 (Colebr. Transact. of the Linn. soc. XV. 364. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 550.) 

 1. *P. NITIDA Colebr. I. c. — P.? Colebrockiana Wght. lllustr. of Ind. bot. I. 185? 

 — Wlprs. I. c. — Wght. lcon. plant. Ind. or. I. t. 236. — (Species indescripta.) 



5901. NCIIIMS Linn. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 74. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 550.) 



1. SCH.? DISCOLOR Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 11. f t. 9. — Foliolis 1-7 



parvis ovatis obtusissimis, supra puberulis, sublus incano-tomentosis, terminali 



inciso crenato sublrilobo, inferioribus multo minoribus integris crenatisve; pa— 



niculis abbreviatis; pedicellis fasciculatis. 6 — In California „Bay of Magdalena." 



5902. Dl VAUA Kth. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 74. - Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 550.) 

 1. D. LONGIFOLIA Lindl. Bot. Regisl. (New Ser.) XV. t. 59. — Foliis lineari-ob- 

 longis, basi angustatis inlegerrimis; corymbis sessilibus axillaribus; floribus 7-8- 

 andris. 5 — Crescit in Bonaria. 



5903. MAURIA Kth. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 73. - Wlprs. Repert. bot. sysl. I. 551. *) 

 1. M. SUAVEOLENS Poepp. el Endl. Nov. gener. et spec. plant. Chil. III. 77. f — 

 Ramis laevibus; foliis 3-4-jugis, foliolis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, subtus pu— 

 bescenlibus; paniculis floribusque pulveraceis. 3 — Arbor 30-pedalis, cortice 

 laevi nilido, in ramulis teretibus atro-purpureo , nullibi verrucoso, tenuissime 

 striato. Folia constanler pinnala cum impari, 8— 12— pollicaria, petiolo communi 

 tereti, foliola tri-quadrijuga e basi ovala rotundata sensim in acumen breve at- 

 tenuata coriacea epunclata, supra glaberrima nilida, subtus imprimis in nervis 

 venisque tenuiter reticulala breve rigideque pubescenlia, 3-4-pollicaria. Pani- 

 cula terminalis folio brevior pulveraceo-lomentosa. Flores albi odorali. Drupa 

 subrotunda paullisper obliqua compressa obtusissima, stylo apiculata coriacea 

 glabra unilocularis, 3 lin. longa, semen pendulum, putamine coriaceo inclusunj. — 

 Crescit in sylvis monlanis Peruviae subandinae versus Cuchero 



