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XXVII. Chara£lers of a new Genus of Plants named Salisburi A. 

 By James Edward Smith, M,D. F.R.S. P.L.S, 



Read December 6, 1796. 



SALISBURIA. 

 MoNOECiA Polyattdria. 



Char. Gen. 



MASC. Amentum nudum, filiforme. Antherae incumbcntes, 

 deltoideje ; loculis apice tantum connexis. 

 Fam. folitarii. Calyx 4-fidus, perfiftens. Drupa fupera, glo- 

 bofa, putamine tiiangulo. Semen albumlnofum, bicotyle- 



doneum. 



Salisburi A adiant folia. 



Ginkgo, vel Ginan, vulgo Idfio, arbor nucifera, folio adiantino. 



Kampf. Am. Exot. 811, cum icone. 

 Ginkgo biloba. Linn, Mant, 313. 

 Ginko biloba, foliis Adianti. Thunb. Fl, Jap. 358. 



Descr. Fruct. Pericarpium, Drupa paWide fufca, fupera, glo- 

 bofa; f^ro dura, crafla, putamini ardliflime cohsrens ; /«- 

 ia'/ien tenue, ofleum, ovale, triangulum, glabrum, apice acu- 

 tum, uniloculare. Semen folitarium, ovale, bafi anguftatum, 

 magnitudine feie putaminis ; iniegumenta duo, fufca, mem- 

 3 branacea ; 



