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Dr. Cor RE A on tiioo Genera of Plants 



The Craieva balangas of Koenig, kncvvn to the Englifh in the Eaft 

 Indies by the name of Elephant apple, has the following frudi- 

 fication ; and, as a new genus, I give it the name of 



F E R O N I A *. 



FLOS. 



Cal. 

 Cor. 



Stam. 



PiST. 



Perianthlum monophyllum quinquepartitum planum 



parvum (deciduum ex Kcenig.) 

 Petala quinque oblonga acuta patentia calyce multoties 



longiora. 



Fllamenta decern, bafi lata comprefTa, utrinque ad bafm 

 villofiffima, erefta, in receptaculo elevate feu difco 

 hypogyno inferta. Anthera obovatx ereftse. 



Germen fubovatum fuperum. Stylus brevis conicus. 

 Stigma acutiufculum. 



** FRUCTUS. 



Indovi^ nullse. 



Peric. Bacca corticofa turbinato-ovata, cortice afpero per ma- 



turitatem lignofo. Loculamenta plura, came fungofa 



obvoluta. 

 Placent. Chorda pifllllarh compofita centralis ; chordula: partiales, 



tot quot loculamenta, in bafi et apice pericarpii tan- 



tum unita, cieterum plus minufve per maturitatem ? 



divergentia. Semina in unoquoque loculamento 



plura, fimplici ferie difpofita funiculo umbilicali lato 



chordulis affix a. 

 Dehisc. nulla. 



* One of the Deities to whom the Ancients dedicated Forefts. 



SEMEN. 



