468 ERYTHROXYLE. 
seated on the lateral veins, be referred to two additional series 
of stamina? 
From comparison with one species of Dianthus, it is 
scarcely distinct except in the want of the involucra, which 
is not universal in Dianthus? and the presence of the hairs on 
the base of each petal. 
ERYTHROXYLE.E. 
ERYTHROXYLON. 
Erythroxylon burmanicum, Gr. 
Arborea, ramulis compressis divaricatis, foliis alternis bre- 
viter petiolatis obovatis emarginatis integris marginib. carti- 
lagin. glaberrimis subtus glaucis. Stipulis lanceolato linearibus 
membran. deciduis, gemmatione folia iavolventibus ; florib. 2 
in axillis, i iaconspicuis, albis, pedicellis folio multo TEES 
: clavatis angulatis basi bibracteolatis. 
Cal. 5-sepalus, dentibus ovatis. 
Pet. 5-sepalis alternanto reflexo, basin versus, appendice 
erecto petaloidea. 
Stam. 10 basin versus in cupulam truncata ovario paulo 
breviorem coalita. Filam paulo intra cupulam exserta, petalis 
longiore subulata inzequalia. Anth. biloculares long. dehis- 
centes. 
Styli 3 staminibus breviores. Stigmata 3-capitata. 
Ovarium 3-locülare, loculis l-ovulatis, ovulis pendulis. 
Pericarpium baccatum calyce persistenti tuboque stamin- 
demum in adelphis 3-4 fissis, stipatum. —Endocarpio 088¢% 
3-loculare 1-sperma, dehiscentia septicida. Albumen carnosum. 
Cotyledones planz, plumula inconspicue, radicula infera? 
Section of the ovarium. Fig. III. Pl. DLXXXI. 
"oed . Mergue. Ad littoram Madamaca : dug. 1834. 
