2 



fifty per cent, of starch. 



The seeds of 0. diandra, Z., are very much 



I have 



like those of 0. meyacarpa, but the foliage is very different, 

 not succeeded in finding an adequate description of the fruit and 

 seed of any of the "West Indian species. Besides the West Indian 

 and tropical American species, the genus is represented in Mada- 

 gascar, the Malay Archipelago, and Eastern tropical Australia. 



— W. Bottixc; Hrmslit. 



Fig. 1, a leaf of medium size; 2, a 2-seeded fruit, a portion of the pericarp re- 

 moved, showing one of the hemispherical seeds as it appears when enveloped in the 

 aril ; 3, a se^d from which a portion of the aril has been removed; 4, a seed from 

 which the whole of the aril has been removed; 5, a section of the same showing the 

 embryo. All natural size. 



