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universities in the empire as the value of half the steam-vessels on the 
Danube, may sink with this last sacrifice to it; that it may be buried 
in the grave of our poor Endlicher, the harvest of whose labours con- 
sisted exclusively of honorary diplomas and dedications !” 
Description of a ser MELAsSTOMACEOUS PLANT, discovered in Jamaica, 
by DR. Mac FapyEN.—(W. J. H.) 
Tas. XII. 
While preparing materials for the second volume of the *Flora of 
Jamaica, Dr. Mac Fadyen's attention was directed to a new Mela- 
stomaceous plant, which he has kindly forwarded to us, and which we 
are desirous of dedicating to him under the name o 
TETRAZYGIA FADYENI; 
Glaberrima, fruticosa, ramis erecto-patentibus, foliis breviuscule petio- 
latis ellipticis coriaceis integerrimis trinerviis basi acutis subtus 
pallidis punctato-glandulosis, cymis terminalibus multifloris, calyce 
turbinato truncato dimidio superiore libero, petalis quatuor erectis 
obovato-spathulatis (purpureis), staminibus octo, capsulis bilocu- 
aribus, seminibus cuneatis. 
Has. Parish of St. Anne's, Jamaica; Dr. Mac Fadyen. Mr. Purdie. 
A further description of this handsome plant may be looked for in 
the * Jamaica Flora, made from recent specimens, by Dr. Mac Fadyen. 
The plant will be found to accord in all essential particulars with the 
genus Tetrazygia. As a species, it is abundantly distinct from any 
hitherto diario: in the elliptical obtuse leaves, the 2- (not 4 or 5-) 
celled capsule, the erect, comparatively large petals (in this particular 
looking like a Charianthus), and in the much exserted erect stamens. 
Tas. XII. Fig. l. Portion of the under side of a leaf. 2. Flower. 
3. Anther. 4. Vertical section of the calyx and ovary. 5. Trans- 
verse section of ovary. 6. Capsule. 7. Immature seed. All but 
fig. 6 more or less magnified. 
