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and bear the flowers in pairs on the side towards the axis, one flower 
being Sia tee and the other sessile in the axil of the pedicel ; 9 
wards the tip o ete raceme sl rachis usually forks and bears 
aes in the fork. K 
. 1. Flower, ¥2. Cal alyx, ovary, and ak 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Stamen. 
5. a ule. 6. asain section of the same. 7. Immature seed :—all magnified, 
Puate 1150. 
SOLENANDRA IXOROIDES, Hook. f. 
Rousracez, Tribe CIncHONER. 
Solenandra, Hook. f. in Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 43. 
Has, Island of Cuba, Don Ramon de la Sugra (communicated by 
M. see ore 
Arbor ri eae 2 habitu tone ramulis adscendentibus 
—_ scree, cortice fase o lenticulis consperso. olia 14-1 poll. 
patentibus arcuatis, inter nervos reticulata; petiolo 3-4 poll. longo. 
Stipule intrapetiolares, rsa obtuse, decidue. orymbi terminales, 
3-chotome ramosi, ramulis puberulis patentibus gracilibus teretibus 
multifloris, primariis basi follatia, ceteris basi bractea minuta subulata 
suffultis. lores conferti, erecti, 4 poll. longi, breviter pedicellati,. 
bracteolis minutis v. 0.. Calycis tubus paryas, ovoideus ; limbus 5- 
dentatus. Corolla dpe nae a Hong tubo 4 poll. longo gracili intus 
glaberrimo ; limbi } poll. diam. lobi 5, oblong, imbricati, lobis 2 exteri- 
oribus. Stamina 5, filamentis infra medium in tubum gracilem ima 
~ basi corolle tubi insertum (fere epigynum) connatis, superne liberis ; 
antheree basifixee, lineares, obtuse, erectse, exserte. Discus inconspi- 
nus. Pp eensiy? eer stylus filiformis, stigmate capitellato ; ovula 
in loeulis pauca (6-8), a dorso compressa, placentis supra medium septi 
affixis pendulis inserta. ra deest. 
In general appearance this plant resembles an Izora, but is clearly 
polyspermous, and in the absence of ripe seeds I refer it with little 
near Lxostemma, differing from it, and indeed from most of the Order, 
in the filaments being connate te below, as in Capirona and Monadel- 
phanthus, and inserted so near the base of the corolla-tube as to be all 
but epigynous, as i Chiococca and other members of the tribe Chio-— 
cocces. Some fruits, which accompanied the specimen, evidently be- 
long to another pant being drupes with 2-celled putamens and solitary 
seeds.—J. D. ae 
Fig. Bae style, and stigma. 3, Stamen. 4. Vertical section of 
mae bs * Geile: -- ets vd. 
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