Prof. G. Gulliver on Raphides. 53° 
men, with pectinated margins, is a modification of that of Caly- 
cocarpum, and its condyle is nearly evanescent as in Tinomis- 
cium: the form of its embryo with divaricated cotyledons, im- 
bedded in distinct cells of the albumen, places the genus among 
the Heteroclinice. 
Aspipocarya, H. & Th.—Fores dioici. Mase. Sepala 12, in 
seriebus ternatim imbricata, 6 interiora obovata, concava, sub- 
membranacea, glabra, 3-nervia, 6 exteriora gradatim minora et © 
angustiora, margine ciliata. Petala 6, eequalia, sepalis dimidio 
breviora, rotundata, breviter unguiculata, marginibus infra 
medium auriculatim inflexis, nervis 3 ad medium protensis et 
illine arcuatim nexis. Stamen unicum centrale ; filamentum 
tenuiter columnare, sepalis xquilongum ; anthere 6, bilobe, 
ad oram connectivi peltato-disciformis connate, margine rima 
transversa dehiscentes.—FV. fem. Sepala et petala ut in mase. 
Stamina sterilia 6, clavata. Ovaria 3; stigma subcapitatum, 
sec. cl. auct. Drupe 3, oblongo-ovate, pulpose: putamen 
subosseum, subovatum, lenticulari-compressum, utrinque 
paulo convexum, facie dorsali carina elevata apice basique ex- 
currente cristatum, utroque margine in aciem sinuato-pecti- 
natam vel truncato-dentatam late expansum, 1-loculare ; con- 
dylus obsoletus, nisi in striam Jongitudinalem discessus ; semen 
loculo conforme, ovatum, valde compressum: integumenta 
tenuiter membranacea, facie ventrali linea obscura longitudi- 
nali et raphe notata, et hine ad striam condyli adherentia : 
embryo intra albumen carnosum fere 2-laminare simplex in- 
clusus ; cotyledonibus foliaceis, oblongis, acutis, valde divaricatis, 
in locellis sejunctis utrinque positis, radicula supera tereti 
multo longioribus. 
Frutex scandens Indie orientalis ; folia ovato-oblonga, subcordata, 
acuta, et subito attenuata, submembranacea, 5-nervia, subglabra, 
in nervis pubescentia,longe et tenuiter petiolata; panicula race- 
mosa, supra-axillaris, folio subequalis; flores parvi, viride- 
scentes. 
1. Aspidocarya uvifera, H. & Th. ;—Sikhim. 
Particulars of this species will be given in the ‘ Contributions 
to Botany,’ vol. i. 
[To be continued. | 
VII.— Observations on Raphides. 
By Grorce Guiuiver, F.R.S. 
[Continued from vol. xiii. p. 511.] 
Practical Applications.— At present, these will be confined to 
Dicotyledones, and, like all my former observations, entirely to 
