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STERCULIACEA. 
Hereropyxis. 
Heteropyzis, Pl. DXCIV. 
Arbor parva: ramulis partibusque novellis, alabastris 
dense furfuraceosque armatis. ; 
Stipulis caducis linearibus pedicellis excedent, 
Fol. alterna brevi-petiolata ovata, vel oblonga, vel obovato- 
lanceolata obtuse et mediocriter cuspidata integra, subtus - 
ad venas et parce per paginam totam squamis peltatis ci- 
latis. - ^. 
Floribus solitariis in axillis foliorum lapsorum deorsum 
deflexa ideoque (secundi ramos.) ; 
Pedicelli petiolis paullo brevior angulata e bracteati. 
Alabastra initio involucro omnino tecta. Involuc. valva- 
tum diphyllum:  dentus persistentes, per anthesin basi 
reflexa patens. — ' 
Cal. inito tubum obl conicum efformans apice 4-valvis, 
igum Į 
valvis demum per totám longitudine secedent. reflexo-revolutis 
intus pubescent. 
Pet. plura sepuis ut videtur tria, interdum 4, in sinubus 
cujusque sepala, lineari-spathulata angustissima, si 3, latera- 
lia minora, vena centrali predita, et quasi pellucido-glandu- 
losa, zstiv. erecta. 
Stam. 00, extima breviora castrata, intima majora com 
pleta subnovem seriebus intermed. grad, evolutionis com 
pletum cestendentibus. Filam. ima basin subcoalita subulata, 
]-venia, 
Connectivum peltatum affixum, vasis tot quot pyxidulis 
evasi centali radiant. 
Anth. e pyxidis 1-7, sepius incompletis intimis 4-5-7, 
erectis e connectivo peltata, omnino discretis, apice P% 
centrali dehiscent, dente et minuto pubescent. im- 
Pollen globosum, 3-4, plicatum ? The outer coat os 
mersion appears to contract between the spaces or lines a% $ 
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