bi 
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osum, coriaceum, sed facile fractum. Endocarpium in fructu por- 
rents opaco-gelatinosum nuci adherens, in sire maturescente (ex 
succo) testaceo-luteum, ex succo proprio productum, liberum, aut 
ssim pericarpio adherens. Nux Solida, sitttadine latior, reniformis, 
transverse posita, nigra, infra m umbilico strophiolato donata, 
juxta ieiattetiien pedunculi adherens, cet. libera in cata. 
Alb orneum ; processibus plurimis lignosis nigris in albumine 
immersis. Cotyledones foliacex, tenues, in foramine albuminis multi 
plicate. Embryo inferus r in regione umbilici situs. Radicula 
alterna, petiolata, elliptico- ovalia, integ ra, lucida, glaberrima, penni- 
nervia. Stipula intra a<illam acum nata, ‘decidua. eesti terminales, 
arvi, pedicellis verticillatis. / budias sphericus, spinosus, Aseulum 
oa aspectu zmulans, ae ulus solidus, foltiearte apice 
accrescens, cum fructu spinoso exacte forma clave antique exhibens, 
unde nomen pai (Rhopalon) dave, (karpos) fructus. 
‘Rh. lucidus (Boj.). Caule arboreo, foliis elliptico-ovalibus retusis, 
mucrone brevi calloso, margine subcartilagineis integris lucidis claber- 
rimis, nervis mediis latis albidis, lateralibus tenellis, stipulis intra 
axillas solitariis acuminatis deciduis, flores terminales, parvi, pedicellis 
sentte illatis, basi bracteis latis abbreviatis persisten ntibus, fructus 
spherici spinosi l-loculares 1-spermi, nuces reniformes, nigrs 
‘Arbor 068 25 pedalis, trunco brevi recto, cortice levi, ‘ligno albo flexili. 
ami veteres recti, juvenes align 3 sagen v. y. pendull, teretes, cinereo- 
elbivapiee vided: albo-puncta amt Folia 
alterna, elliptico- ovalia, ovata v. © ie vata, integra, retusa v. emarginata, 
interdum call cronata v. mutica, crassiuscula, haud coriacea, sub- 
: inata, utrinque 
3 poll. longa (inclus. petiolo tenello 7 Ber pollicem lata, interdum 
minora, vetera margine chartacea ; ne mediis latis supra planis, 
subtus convexiusculis, albidis (ex sicco af Pinietent ibus) venis tenellis 
vix conspicuis. Stipula unica axillaris, tri seeds: acuminata, petiolo 
de tatem 
duplo breviora, decidua. Flores ad extrem ] 
foliis breviores, ie fugacei. Pedunculi pais, be v. axillare 
raniulosi v. simpli apice pedicellis ternis quaternis vorticillatim 
umbellatis strictis wahtnoenn 6-lin. longis glabri sl is 
orbiculata, vix lineam diametro, concava, viridi-lutea. Petala linearis; 
basi angustiora, er a oe albida, — sepalis duplo longiora, 
caduca, (Stam. Anth. Ovar. Styl. ut n gen.) Spinis fructus crebris 
monies duris acerosis lineam ei assim Stele si Fruc 
maturus exsuccus albidus, l-spermus, rarissime 2-sper 
Mapacascar: sandy plains in Bombatok Bay, Western Coast 
Bojer, 1824. Since cultivated at Mauritius, Kew, Ca a and other 
places. Kew possesses one of Bojer’s original specimen: 
Some passages in the foregoing description are not very clear, and 
in some cases it either does not agree with that observed, or does not 
