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calyx, and even in some degree in the glands subtending the 

 ovarium, it seems to approach more nearly to Gevuina ; and 

 I am therefore inclined to think its fruit will be found to be 

 a drupa, and not a folliculus as that of Rhopala. The whole 

 plant however is so remarkable, that I here add a description 

 taken from an excellent specimen, in Mr. Lambert's Herba- 

 rium, collected by the unfortunate Martin in Guiana, where 

 it seems to have been first found by Richard. 

 Frtitex' f V. Arbor. liamuU teretes, tomento minuto cineras- 

 centes. Folia alterna, abrupt^ pinnata, 3-4-juga. Foliola 

 opposita, petiolata, hith ovata, obtusa quandoque acutius- 

 cula, integerrima, glaberrima, super niticUx, subter fere 

 opaca, venulis anastomozantibus pariini emersis reticulata: 

 dum 3i uncias longa 2 uncias lata. PetioU partiales semun- 

 cialcs, semiteretes, cum rachi teretiuscula articulati. Spica 

 terminalis, pedunculata, erecta, folio brevior, pedunculo- 

 longior, racemosa ; Pedunculo rachique teretibus, pube 

 brevissimfl, cinereo-ferrugrneis (in sicco). PedkelU geminati, 

 teretes, calyce breviores. Calyx tetraphyllus. Foliola ante 

 expansionem in tubum curvatum cylindraceum clausuni 

 utrinque ampliatum cohrerentia, mox ad basin distincta, 

 decidua, linearia, extus pube tenuissimd arete appressa (ia 

 siceo) cinereo-ferrugineii ; intus glabra : JJnguibus linearibus^ 

 basi dilatatis : Lamiiiis ovatis, acutis, concavis. Stamina 4. 

 Filamenta brevissima, basi laminarum imposita. Antherarum 

 lobi (connective) adnati, distincti, basi parum divergentes, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Pollen flavum. Ovarium breve 

 pedicellatum, parvum, uniloculare, dispermum, ovulis col- 

 lateralibus: Pedicello basi cincto Sqiiamd latd, glabrA, adnata,, 

 (in sicco) corrugat^i, postice subdeficiente, intersticid an- 

 gustissimd. Stylus cylindraceus, crassiusculus, glaber, lon- 

 gitudine unguium calycis. Stigma obliquum, convexum, 



stylo crassius, papilld centrali. 



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