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parallele venosa , nervo medio subtus exeurrente, 
Petioli breves, semiteretes, basi glandula plana, 
sessili, nigricante, muniti. Panicula trichotoma, 
terminalis vel axillaris (mascula terminalis, femina_ 
fructifera axillaris, an semper?), brevis, 5—l 
pollicaris, ramulis oppositis, compressis, basi 
bractea ovata, acuta, concava, suffultis, Floris 
masculi diametro 8 linearum, albi, Calycis sepala 
9, imbricata, subrotunda, concava, margine sca- 
riosa, dispositionis ut in Arrudea purpurea, binis 
exterioribus minimis, bracteiformibus. Petala 5, 
obovata-oblonga, apice rotundata, calyce longio- 
ra. Stamina 15, arcte in disco globoso concre- 
ta, biserialia; series interior constans 5, exterior 
vero 10. Filamenta brevia, crassa, carnosa, atros 
purpurea, 5 interiora cuneato-angulata. Antherae 
apici filamentorum immersae, flavae, biloculares; 
loeulis distinctis , poris binis, rotundatis , apertis. 
Flores femineos non vidi. Capsula pyriformis, 
apice stigmatibus cuneatis apiculata, subangulata , 
semipollicaris vel paulo longior, 5-locuìaris, 5- 
valvis; endocarpium valvarum cartilagineum, 
transverse plicatum. Semina in quoque loculo 
bina vel solitaria, axi centrali affixa, pendula, 
oblonga , obtusa, terelia , sesquilineam longa ; tes- 
ta chartacea fusca, basi aurantio arillata, 
SAPINDACEAE. 
Serjania membranacea : foliis biternatis, foliolis 
ovalis grosse crenato-dentatis, subtus subpilosis, 
