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varia major as a synonym of Sideroxylon grrandiflorum, A. DC, 



but his description of leaves and flowers was drawn up from 

 specimens bearing the same name, thougli evidently of a different 

 species from the one here figured. In the absence of the types of Do 

 Candolle's species, the question of synonymy must be left for the 

 present. Calvaria is probably as distinct a genus as many others in 

 the order, and no harm can result from temporarily restoring it. The 

 solitary horizontal seed is remarkable. 



Two or three years ago Prof. Newton sent to Kew, through Mi. 

 I. H. Burkill, some seeds which had been unearthed with bones of tin 1 

 Moa. It was supposed at the time that they belonged to Calvaria 

 major, Gsertn. f., but further investigation points to their belonging 

 to the species named C. hexane/ularis, Gsertn. f., which has not been 

 identified with any existing tree.— W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, portion of corolla with stamens and staminodes 

 attached; 3, a stamen ; 4, a staminode ; o, pistil; 6, cross section of the ovary; 

 7, a fruit, copied from Gsertner ; 8, a seed ; 9, vertical section of a fruit, the peri- 

 carp much dried, showing the horizontal embryo ; 10, cross section of a sct-d, 

 showing the fibrous inner layer of the testa ; 11, a similar section, below the cavity 

 containing the albumen and embryo, showing traces of the vascular bundles which 

 run from the peduncle to the inner testa ; 1 2, a seed, from which the outer testa 

 has been removed, seen from above; 13, the same, from below ; 14, embryo. — 

 Figures 1-6 enlarged ; the rest natural size. 





