206 MYRSINACE.E, 
Embryo axilis curvatus, radicula longa micropylem (nota 
luteola hilum prope sine ulla elevatione) distinctam spectans. 
Cotyledones foliacez, raphe opposite. 
Raphe seminis globos in nulla exterius discernenda, vasa 
teste partem intimam Verdier dispositze, et sacculus 
embryonarius absorptus ? 
Stylus e basi attenuatis e medio circiter oblique ascendens 
vasc. fasc. 3-5. 
Stigma terminal. punctiforme, canal. stigmat, simplex, 
i.e. termin. ovula pauca, 5.7 erecta, tegmentis cum nu- 
cleo concretis, foramine inconspicuo prope hilum, et extus 
spectans, raphe raniosa. 
Fecundatio przecocio, stylus nempe exalbastro cito exseritur 
et longe ante stam. dehiscent. 
'The corolla is slight monopetalous, the lines marking the 
separation of the sepals extending below the sinuses nearly 
-to the base of the tube, and there diverging from each other, 
-so that itis entirely bound together by the sterile stamina, 
which extend outside to the base of the tube. The relative 
situation of the sterile and barren stamina appears viewing 
the corolla unopened to be the reverse of what it should be, 
but when the corolla is laid open, there is a certain promi- 
* nence down the tube, along the course of the filaments, that 
leads me to believe that their exterior situation is due to 
adhesion being carried up beyond its usual limits. The sterile 
‘Stamina are vascular. 
There would appear to be a tendency in this plant to rup” 
ture of the ovary. In the two instances I have seen, 4 
in which the rupture, judging from the margins, an and the 
width of the rupture, was of considerable standing ; the you"s 
seed was as perfect. in its development, as in the normal 
state. This rupture from the appearance of the margins 35 
scarcely to be attributed to insects. 
The embryonary sac is a large fleshy transparent 
curved in the direction of the seed, its surface is ie 
dulated,—the first steps to its rumination, so that i 
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