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Imrayan<s. N. O. Rhizobolese. 



TAB. CCLXXX 



Cassipourea ellifttca. Poir. 



Foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis acuminatisve breve petioJatis 



integerrimis, foliis distincte pedicellatis petalis subpalmato- 

 fimbriatis. 



Cassipourea elliptica, Poir, SuppL 2. p. 131. 



Legnotis elliptica. Swartz. Ft Ind. Occ. p. 966. t. 17 (flos.). 



Hab, Elevated mountains of Jamaica. Swartz. Interior of 



Dominica. Dr Imray. 

 Arbor excelsa, 20-30-pedalis, ramis cortice fusco rimoso tectis. 

 Folia opposita, exstipulata, brevi-petiolata, 3-4 uncias longa, 

 subcoriacea, glabra, elliptica, basi apiceque acuta v. subacu- 

 minata, integerrima, costata, nervosa. Peduncvli axillares, 

 aggregati, petiolo paululum longires, uniflori, basi minute 

 bracteati. Calyx brevi-tubulosus, latus, 44obus3 lobis obtusis. 

 Petala 4 ; obovato-spathulata, unguiculata ; lamina longe 

 •^fimbriata, laciniis pubescentibus. Stamina 15 dorso annuli 

 membranacei (imo calycis inserti) affixa, erecta, libera. 

 AntheT(s subrotundae, biloculares. Ovarium subrotundum 

 pubescenti-hirsutum, S-Ioculare, loculis pluriovulatis. Stylus 

 elongatus; Stigma dilatatum. FrvAitus non vidi. 

 I am indebted to my intelligent and valuable correspondent, 

 Dr Imray, of Dominica, for specimens of this rare plant. A 

 second species of this genus is in Dr Schomburgk's Guiana Her- 

 barium [n. 527) which has the leaves twice as large, and in pro- 

 portion, longer, decidedly serrated, and the flowers larger and 

 sessile. It is perhaps the C macrophylla^ De Cand., who de- 

 scribed it from Martins' collection, as an inhabitant of Para. 



Fig. 1. Flower. / 2. Stamens, with the annular membrane 

 from which they rise. /, 3_. Petal. / 4. Pistil. /. 5. Section 

 of ovary : — magnified. 



