96... ICONES PLANTARUM. 
living plant, and the dissections are made from his dried specimens.—J. D. 
Hooker. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Vertical section of ditto. 3. Petal. 4. Cells of ovary. 5. Seed 
and cle —all magnified. 
Prats 1035. 
PHARNACEUM ACIDUM, Hook.f. 
FIcorpE®. 
. acidum, Hook. f. n. sp.; perenne, glaberrimum, glaucum, caule ra- 
moso, foliis oppositis et subfasciculatis tenuiter cylindraceo-clavatis obtusis, 
inferioribus anguste spathulatis, stipulis integris, pedunculis apc floribus 
umbellatis, sepalis valde Seager exterioribus sae v. ovato-oblongis 
ey Bie r Saentatinis a 20, stylis. 5. 
Hap. St. Helena, Sandy Bay, Burchell, Oupt. Haughton, J. Mellss, 
Esq. 
— pean et ultra, rigidus, angulatim flexuosus, ramosus. Folia 
1}-2-polli olliter fra gilia, a aquosa, pallide glauca, virescentia. Pedun- 
cult eee 3-5 ‘poll longi, bractes ee obiodigis Pedicelli graciles, polli- 
cares. Flores } poll. diam 
Though differing from = generic character of Pharnaceum in the very 
unequal sepals and entire stipules, I cannot doubt but that this plant should 
be referred to that genus, and to the section Hypertelis (genus Hypertelis, of 
E. Meyer), in which the stamens are numerous, the disk more or less evident, 
and margins of the seed rounded. Mr. Melliss informs me that the .. is 
acid, and is said to be used as salad. Burchell calls it “Longwood Sam- 
aaa from a Bay,” in his notes.—J. D. Hooker. 
. Flow 2. The same, laid open. 3. Stamen. 4. Ovary, 5. Transverse sec- 
ie ‘ot dais: an magnified. 
Prater 1036. 
KIRKIA ACUMINATA, Oliv, 
SIMARUBEZ. 
— Oliv. gen. nov.— Flores se Sees v. polygami. Calyz la- 
sculus, patelliformis, limbo brevi 4-partito, segmentis ovato-deltoideis. 
Pet ala 4, lobis calycinis alterna, eisdem multo longiora, oblongo-lanceolata, 
zestivatione marginibus involutis v. valvatim conduplieatis. Siamiae 4, peta- 
terna, eisdem subsquilonga, ad marginem disci inserta, filamentis fili- 
formibus subulatisve tiekpppeiisictchee glabris, antheris ovato-oblongis ob- 
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