BLACK WELLIA. 585 
Pet totidem i iis alternantia sinubus calycinis inserta spathu- 
lato-obovata, pubescent longis ciliata, 
Glandule 10 peryginz lutescentes ramosse rotundate seg- 
siles ad bases sepalorum. i 
Stam. petalorum numero dupla perigyna intus glandular 
biseriata insert. seriei externe longiora, petalo cuique oppo- 
sita! patentia primo erecta in super stigmata. 
: Ovar. pilosissime, styli 5 filiform distincte, stigmato totidem 
simplica. 
Filam. subulata. Anth. reniformes didyme sinu affix. loculis 
longitud. dehiscent. connectivum ampliatum carnosum. Pollen 
oblonga leve hinc sulcata. 
Ovar. calyce adnat. 1-loculare pluri-ovulat. intus przcipue 
Placentus secus longe villosum, ovulis 00 pendulis, foram. su- 
perum hilum versus, placentis parietalib. tot quot stylis affixa. 
The placentz are confined to the roof of the ovarium, the 
ovula, especially the lower are longly funiculate. Pl. 
 DLXXXV. A. Fig. X. Stam. and ovule. 
Oss. Genus distinct, Ordinis Homalinear. aspectu Tiliace- 
um, cum ordini certe affine, estivat. calycis valvat. Petalor. in- 
üplicato-valvatum quodque par proprium staminum amplec- 
; more Rhizophearum quarumdam. Au nove Niue. 
Han, Mergue 1834. 
CUCURBITACE Æ. 
General Remarks. 
 Auniloeular fruit is the type of Cucurbitacee, as the 
arium is in some which have a trilocular fruit, unilocular. 
The attachment of the ovula is parietal in these, and the 
brarently anomalous result arises from the growth of the : 
ita inwards towards the axis where they subsequently 
a and outwards among the ovula, and more or less be- 
| 1 themselves, although traces of their original distinct se- 
“on continue for some time ai Pl. DCXVI. Fig. 
A. a, e, 
This being the case an unilocular ovarium ought not to ex: 
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