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ticesve American se . Folia sparsa, coriacea, pennirenla. Paniculce ad 

 basin ianovationum pedunculatee, cymulis capitatis multifioris v. laxis 

 paacifloris. 



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M. anaoardioides, Benth., foliis obovato-oblongis obtnsissimis basi in 



petioliim contractis glabris, paniculae cymulis laxe paucifloris. — Acro- 

 diclidmm anacardiodes, R. Spruce PI. Exa. n. 29G1 : Meissn. in DC. 



Prod. XV. i. 86. 



Hab. North Brasilj in hw woods near San Carlos del Rio Ncf'-ro, 

 S2)nice, n. 2961. ^ 



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Arbuscnla v. ssepins frutex 10-pedalis, facie Anacardii occiJentalls 

 ramulis novellia pubenilis mos glabratis. Folia apices versus raniu- 

 lorum conferta ex obovato oblonga, 3-6-pollicaria, apice rotundata, basi 



il llAOU- lAlC "■*-'{i 



^ ^ istata, coriacea, giaDerrima, penoi- 



renia efc fcenuiter reticulato-venulosa. Panicula?ad ba.sfn innorationum 

 non stricfce axillares, foliis breriores, parce ramosas, tenues, pubemlii?. 

 Cymnla^ paucas, breviter peduuculata!, floribus in cymnla 3-6 pedicel- 

 latis. Bractea) minimae, caducissimiB. Periantbium obovoideo-sub- 

 globosum vix | lin* diametro, lobis brevissimis latis obtusis. Stami- 

 nodia ordinis priuii et sectindi rarius adsunt parva. Antherarum 

 locelli iuferiores ad maculas glabras reducti. 



Fig. 1, Perianth showing the protruding end of the staminal column. 2. Sta- 

 mlnal column. 3. Ovary. 



wing to the general neglect of the characters derived from the stamens of Lau- 

 rineae ana the reliance for generic distinction upon the fruit alone, the four species 

 which "we would unite under Chamisso's Misanieca, connected hy a very romarkahle 

 and exceptional staminal structure, are to be found under four different genera in the 

 Prodronius, the fruit being Unknown in three of them and therefore onlj gueesed at 

 in determining on their generic names; these four species are— 



1. M. capitata, Cham, et Schl., Meissn. in DO. Prod. st. 1, 96, foliis ovali^ellipticis 

 breviter acuminatis pctiolatis glabris v. subtus pubenilis, paniculse cymulis dense 

 multifioris capitatis ad apicem pednnculi siibsessilibus.— Mexico. 



2. M, cuhmsis, Benth., foliis ovali-ellipticis acumfnatis petiolatis glabris v. subtus 

 pubenilis, paniculse cymulis plurifioris lasiusculis ppdicellatis. — Sym^hysodaphm 

 Cuheniiis, A. Rich. El. Cub. Ill, 190, t. 67; Cuba, Linden, n, 1993. 



This species has the foliage of M. capitata with the inflorescence of M, anacar- 

 dioides, Li is referred both by Grisebach and by Meissner to AcrodicUdhon jamal- 

 cense, as a broad-leaved variety, and is indeed very nearly allied to that species which 

 seems to connect the tM'O genera, as the thick stamens are more or less united at the 

 base though free at the summit. ' It has, however, the large glands at the base of the 

 stamens of AcrodicUdium, although no staminodia as in most Misantecm. 



3. M, anacardioides, Benth,, uti supra. 



4. M. crassiramea, Benth., ramis crassis suberoso-rugosis, fohis sessilibus elliptico- 

 oblongis obtusis supra glabris subtus villusis, paaiculse cymulis plurffloris laxiuscuiis. 

 — Orcodapkne? crassiramea, Meissn. in PC. Prod. xv. 1, 117 ; Brasil, near the town of 

 Goyaz, Burchell, n, 6758, and probably the same locality, PokL—G, Bextham. 



