484 EUPHORBIACES. 
Sepalis ovatis patentibus extus breviter tomentoso 
velutinis. Stam. 00 libera hypogyne. Filam. subulata, 
Anth. ovate biloc. long. dehiscent. Rud. fam central 
minimum mere spatum nudum. 
Has. In sylvis Mergue frequentur: Sep. 1834. 
ALEURITES. 
Aleurites sp. Pl. DLXXXIV. Fig. III. 
Arbor mediocris, fol. alternis exstipulatis longe petiolatis 
e basi deltiformi-cordato bi-glandulosis, ovato-acuminatis inte- 
geris glabris, basi 5-venii, 2 lateral. indistinctis. 
Fructus pauce in racemis raminis, in pedunculis ligneis 
robustis, viridibus pomi magnit. without any conspicuous 
marks or furrows, etc. 
The fruit has certain indications of 4-valvular lines outside. 
Substance fleshy disposed to be baccate, bilocularis dis- 
permi seu abortu unispermi. Endocarp. fibroso-coriaceum 
spongiosum, tela (Testa ?) interjecta inter id. et semen. The 
vessels are between the fibrous and spongy parts. 
Semen erect lateri interior magis planum, subreniforme 
ossea durissima apice mammillo-ossea crassa, lined by a thin 
cellulo-papery layer. 
Albumen copiosum carnosum. Embryo radicula brevis 
supera. Cotyledon foliaceis planis venosis Plumula conspi- 
cua, 
Semen habitus Euphorbiaceus. te 
a Embryo, 5 fibrous coat, c cellulo-spongy ditto, d drupa- 
ceous very hard ditto, e like torn paper, f albumen, g hilum, 
hk. drupaceous coat, i third ditto, 7 chalaza, J hilum, m raphe, 
n chalaza, p mycropyle, o drupaceous coat. d 
Oss. I believe the fibrous coat which easily separates inf? 
2 shells longitudinally, belongs to the fruit, that the seed is 
pendulous; the spongy coat being testa marked above by? 
large hilum. : i i 
