72 GENERAL REMARKS ON THE 



brevis glaber cyathiformis decemplicatus subcrenatus. Ovariuni liberum sessile 

 depresso-globosum viride, tuberculis confertissimis obtusis undique tectum, 

 villisque rarioribus tenuibus pubescens, 5-loculare; St,i/lus simplex erectus 

 glaber obtuse o-gonus; Stigma peltatum alte 5-lobum. Capsula lignea obloiiga 

 obtusa fere 3-uncialis, basi calyce minimopersistenti subtensa, undique echinata 

 processubus suberoso-ligneis confertis subconicis, 5-partibilis, segmentis cymbi- 

 formibus, tandem ab apice semibifidis et siccatione stepe transversira fissis, 

 basibus ante dehisceentiam adnexis axi centrali brevi denium libero et persis- 

 tenti. Placenta centralis longitudiualiter alte 5-loba, efformans Disseplmenia 

 quinque longitudine capsulee, cum segmentis alternantia ideoque eorum cavi- 

 tates bipartientia, ante dehiscentiain margine interiore connexa, demura soluta, 

 dimidiato-oblonga plana spongioso-lignea, versus dorsum obtusum sensim cras- 

 siora, margine interiore in aciem attenuata, utrinque disperma, et insignita 

 lineis duabus alternis a margine interiore arcuatim desceudentibus et paulo 

 intra dorsum desinentibus. Semina erecta, funiculo brevi compresso paulo 

 supra basin marginis exterioris inserta, piano-con vexa, apice in alam mem- 

 brauaceam planam uninervem ipso nucleo subovato sesquilongiorem desinentia. 

 Integumentum simplex coriaceum basi lateribusque spongioso-incrassatis. J/- 

 hiimen \\\i}A.mx\. Emhri/o dicotyledoneus albus; Cotyledones transversse crasso- 

 foliaceae aveuise; Radicula prope medium marginis interiorisseminis transversa, 

 brevissima, sinu baseos cotyledonum inclusa, ab umbilico remota. 



Ohs. There can be very little doubt that Arhor Radu- 

 lifera of the Herbarium amboinense (3, p. 201, t. 129,) 

 belongs to Flindersia, not only from the external appear- 

 ance of the capsule as exhibited in the figure, but from 

 the description given by Rumpf of its dehiscence, as well 

 as of the peculiar dissepiments and the structure of the 

 seeds. 



The affinities of this genus are not perhaps very evident. 

 I have referred it to Cedrele(E, an order certain genera of 

 which are annexed by Jussiea to MeJiacece, but which I have 

 separated from that family chiefly on account of the struc- 

 ture of the fruit, and of the winged seeds. Flindersia, 

 however, does not asfree with the other genera of Cedre- 

 lese either in the insertion of its seeds or dehiscence of its 

 capsule ; and it appears to differ from them remarkably in 

 its moveable dissepiments ; but these may be considered 

 as the segments of a common placenta, having a peculiar 

 597] form, indeed, but not being in other respects essentially 

 different from that of Cedrelese. Flindersia is distinct also 

 from the whole of the order, in having its leaves dotted 

 with pellucid glands, in which respect it seems to connect 

 Cedrelese with Hesperidese ; and, notwithstanding the 

 absence of albumen, even with Diosmese. 



