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celled, 2 of the cells bearing each several ovula, but which 

 are always abortive ; the other two having each a single 

 seed, which alone come to maturity. An analogous cir- 

 cumstance takes place, he observes, in the fruit of Linncea, 

 and of Abelia, two nearly related genera belonging to the 

 same family, the Caprifoliacea, in both which the germen 

 is three-celled, two of the cells having several imperfect 

 ovula, and the other a single ovuluin, which alone comes 

 to maturity. Vide ' Characters and Descriptions of Three 

 New Species of Plants, found in China by Clarke Abel, 

 Esq. By Robert Brown, F.R.S.' [Ante, p. 324.] 



Bot. Mar/, 2211 (1822). 



JDillwynia cinerascens, corymbis terminalibus sessilibus, 

 foliis filiformibus erectis ; mucrone innocuo brevissimo 

 sub-recurvo, ramulis calycibusque sericeis. Brown 

 MSS. 



Mr. Brown possesses many species of this genus, which 

 he divides into two sections ; in one of which (Xeropetalum, 

 Br.) these parts are marcescent. It is to the latter section 

 that the present plant belongs. The three species recorded 

 in the ' Hortus Kewensis' all belong to the first ; and 

 from this division the above generic character seems to 

 have been more especially framed. 



Bot. Mar/. 2247 (1822). 



Jacaranda OVALIFOLIA. 



Cat. 5-dentatus. Cor. fauce campanulata : limbo bila- 

 biato. Filamentum quintum sterile, longius, barbatum. 

 Caps, ovata, bilocularis, bivalvis : clissepimento contrario, 

 valvis pleniusculis adnato. Semina alata. — Arbores. Folia 

 opposita, abrupte rariusve i?npari-pinnata, pinnis impari- 

 jjinnatis. Mores panicidati, violacei. Calyx scepius cyatlii- 

 formis nunc breve campanulatus vel subcylindricus dentibus 

 obsoletis. Corollae cestivatio imbricata, labio superiore brr~ 



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