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IL GmaoTEFENDIA, Seem. n. gen. Pedicelli articulati. Flores 
calyculati, hermaphroditi. Calyx tubo obconico angulato, limbo ob- 
scure 5—6-lobato v. sub- 
integerrimo. Petala cu- 
neato-linearia, l-nervia, 
mina 11-13; antheræ li- 
tis. Drupa oblonga, cos- 
tata v. subleevis.—Arbores 
Mauritiane, foliis exstipu- 
latis, imparipinnatis, fo- 
liolis integerrimis v. ob- 
solete dentatis, floribus umbellatis v. racemosis, umbellis v. racemis 
paniculatis. 
This genus I have named in honour of Dr. Grotefend (one of the 
earliest decipherers of cuneate writings, and Director of the college in 
which I was educated), and of his son, to whom I am indebted for my 
first lessons in botany. 
1. G. cuneata, Seem. mss. Gilabra ; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 
11 longe petiolulatis ovatis v. subrotundato-ovatis obtusis basi acutis 
v. obtusis, penninerviis, subrepando-dentatis v. integerrimis, floribus 
racemosis, pedicellis subnullis, calyculo 5-dentato, calycis tubo obconico, 
limbo subintegro, petalis cuneato-linearibus 13 ]-nerviis plus minusve 
coalitis, staminibus 13, antheris linearibus, pollinis granulis ellipticis, 
stylis 10 basi lzeviter coheerentibus, ovario 10-loculari, loculis 1-ovulatis. 
— Gastonia spongiosa, Herb. Hook. non Pers.— Mauritius (Carmichael ! 
in Herb. Hook.; Hardwicke! in Mus. Brit.). 
Leaflets 3-31 inches long, 25-3 inches broad ; petiole 4—4 inch long. 
2. G Seem. mss. labra; foliis imparipinnatis, 
foliolis 7 oblongis elliptico-oblongis acutis v. obtusis basi acutis 
integerrimis penninerviis, floribus racemosis, pedicellis articulatis 
brevissimis, calyculo 5-dentato, calycis tubo obconico, 5-6-angu- 
Grotefendia cuneata. 
