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sutura demum dehiscente conjunctae. Semina 
numerosa, columnae centralis faciebus sine ordine 
inserta, pendula , ovato-oblonga, obtusa, subey= 
lindrica, 4’ longa; testa chartacea; arilla mem- 
branacea, lacera, aurantia, involuta. 
Arrudea purpurea : foliis obovatis obtusissimis , 
floribus 5 petalis, stigmatibus 5-lobis. 
Parasitica in arboribus maximis, 
Floret mense Decembri. 
Arborescens, saepe maxima, et tunc Mammeae 
americanae facies, succo viscoso, lactescente 
scatens, interdum radices aereas, longissimas, 
rarius ramosas, pennae gallinaceae crassitiei emit- 
tens, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita, obovata, 
apice rotundata, basi cuneata, coriacea, glabra, 
parallele venosa, atro-viridia, superne viridia, 
5-6” longa, 273’ lata. Flores omnes herma- 
pbroditi, in ramorum apice, subternati, diametro 
bipollicares. Pedunculi 6—8“longi, apice trifidi; 
pedicelli brevissimi, basi bractea ovata, concava, 
suffulti, Calyx 9-sepalus, deciduus; sepalis im- 
bricatis, 5 interioribus subrotundo-oblongis, cone 
cavis, margine scariosis, 4 exterioribus per paria 
oppositis, minoribus. Petala 5 obovata, rotun= 
data, erassiuscula, ungue atropurpurea ,, limbo 
pallidiora. Antherae numerosissimae, in recepta- 
culo crasso, conico, viscoso, basi 5-gono, im- 
mersae , papillaeformia, apice biporosae, Ovarium 
subglobosum, receptaculo immersum, Stigmata 5, 
