Plate 17G9. 



TALISIA PRINCEPS, OUv 



Sapindacej:. 



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nia elongato-oblongis gracile acumiuatis basi oblique rotundatis v. 

 late cuneatis petiolatis, nervis primariis utrinque circ. 27-29, tenuiter 

 coriaceis, supra glabris subtus pracipue in costa parce hirtellis, rhachide 

 subtereti pubescente, floribus fasciculatis brevissime pedicellatis racemo- 

 sis m pamcula ampla terminali diapositis, pedunculis fnlvo-tomentellis 

 calyce pubescente 5-fido lobis ovatis obtusis, petalis calyce dnplo 

 iong,onbus ovato-eMptieis dorso basin versus hirtellis unguiculatis, 

 squama dense et longe viliosa supra unguem inserta petalo paullo 

 breviore, disco breviter cupuliforme hirto, filamentis anguste lineari- 

 fiubulahs apicem versus parce hirtellis giabratisve, fruetibus globosis 

 oreviter apiculatis leviter rugulosis, monospermis, pericarpio crasse 

 conzceo.-rheophrastapinnata, Jacq. Fragmenta p. 49, tabb. 64 



rownea 



147) 



vJZS*' \ enezn ?*> fi de Jacquin, I.e. (Only known to me from culti- 

 vated specimens.) 



This fine decorative plant bas long been in cultivation in Europe, 



snliT appear t0 have flowere d before the autumn of 1878, when 

 &? 7? f ^ to ™ for determination from the garden of Mr. 

 «n«7 W° La ^ elands ' Cork ' Th ^e were clearly referable to the 

 C«| TlTl f ne t? ly p?" ie J t0 T ' me 9a^ylh, Sagot, though not 

 ■nS in H t 6 M - ^ laTlchon a PP ears to have been the first to 

 nSi rfI *^f ? °t fl °. WerS ' that the Vrownea erecta of conti- 



ChS?? 11 b f ? S T ndaCea ' the identit ^ of which P lan * with 

 Prof RadlW?^ aS if .^ nknown to him in flower) is pointed out, as 



?26 nfbttl llt J m S°J mS me > in Heynhold's ' Nomenclator ' ii. 



^foldsttntlW I K ThG ^ Sr ° win S ° nl y ^ its torminal bud, 



fibbed STSf a S T? T Ct P lume of am P le P in ^te leaves, at firsi 



fi-aUy X ed ° Se £ flesh ; C0l ° Ur i U^tely ^ te»me patent, and 

 of much sSL ! 1 0rdmar J tohage-leaves are preceded by a series 

 »At^n ^aves, a few inches to a foot in length, ninnately 



^^ e :^r m \°^ in the reIation of cat! phyHs to the 

 a «d in breadS fr™ \ ar f r le ^ et « v ary from 10 to 16 inches in length, 



^adlkofe : ; ho f C I ^^T 8 ^ cheS - J ma ^ add tb at ProfeLr 



5» I . Bud. 



i ^lWh** 5*Sw. flower 8. Petal and villous squama. 4. Stamen 



