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Drummondiance . ' N. O. Rhamnese. 



TAB. CCLXXXVII. 



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CONDALIA OBOVATA. 



Spinosa^ foliis alternis obovato-spatbulatls integerrimis, floribus 



axillaribus aggregatis. 



Hab. Texas. 3d ColL {n. 459.) Dmmmond. 



Frutex glaber, ramis flexuosis, ssepe spinosis, cortice cinereo 



tectis. Folia 



o 



in petiolum brevem attenuata, integerrima, tenui-marginata, 

 mucronata, sub lente reticulata. Flores parvi, virides, axiJlares, 

 subaggregati, brevissime pedicellati. Calycis tubus perbrevis, 

 intus disco caraoso annulatus, limbo profunde 4-fido, laciniis 

 ovatis, acutis, patentibus. Corolla 0. Stamina laciniis caly- 

 cinis alterna, erecta, ad marginem exteriorem disci inserta. 

 Filamenta brevia, erecta. Antherce subrotundae, bilgculares. 

 Ovarium fere omnino liberum, ovaturn, glabrum, in stylo brevi 

 attenuatum ; Stigma parvum, trilobum. Fructus drupaceus, 

 raagnitudine Pisi minoris^ globosus, apiculatus, basi calyce 

 persistente cinctus, monospermus. Albufnen carnosum. 

 Emhryonts radicula infera. Cotyledones convexse, carnosas. 

 I am at a loss whether to refer this Texian plant to Bhamnus 



Condalia 



agree 



segments of the calyx are not deciduous, but persistent, remain- 

 ing when the fruit is ripe. 



Fig. 1, 2. Flowers. /. 3. Drupa. / 4. The same cut through 

 transversely, f. 5- The embryo : — magnified* 



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