so SYLVA TEIXtJR. 



69. EpisTeira Raf. (on sterile) raonoica, fl, 

 masc. cal. 6part. obi. obt. 3 reflexis alt. cor. o, 

 antheris pluris lin. adnatis ad pistillo sterilis. obi. 

 vel. monadelphis instar, fl. fern. cal. 6part, su- 

 bul. persistens, ov, magnum orbicul. depres, 

 stylo unico breve, stigma cavum 6dent. caps, 

 sulcata 9-121ocul, 9-l'2 valvis septiferis, loculis 

 2-3 sp. sem. serialis centralis. Frutex^foL alt, 

 stipulatis, fl, axil — quite unlike Agyneia with 

 in. fl. 5parted, 8 stam. 3 styles, caps. Scocous, 

 hardly of same family Euphorbides, type of a 

 tribe with valves septiferous and united stamens, 

 or akin to my Meboridks see fl, tel. 1117. Me- 

 horea chiefly differs by 3 anthers inserted on 3 

 styles. 



70. Episteira coccinea Raf. (Agyneia do 

 Buch. ic. auct.) ramulis angulatis, fol. petiol, 

 lanceol. obtusis, stipulis subul. ft. fascic. axil, 

 masc. pedic. fem. sessilis mixtis — Birman em- 

 pire, singular shrub, fl. yellow, fruits scarlet.. 



71. Yangapa Raf. (n. ind.)diff'. Gardenia, cal. 

 5gonus, cor. hypocrat. limbo 5-6part. Antheris 

 5-Gtubo adnata, stylo a pice dilatato compresso, 

 stigma adnatum sulcatum. Drupa obi. 5cari- 

 nata umbih'c. nux subbiloc. sem. plura in pulpa 

 nidulans — Gardenia differs by cor. infund. and 

 a berry, stigma bilobe &c. yet both same family. 



72. Yangapa flava Raf. (Gardenia corona- 

 ria Buch. ic. auct.) fol. petiol. ovatis acum. fl. 

 axill. sessilis selit. corollis venosis flavis — Bir- 

 man Empire, small tree. The G. Gardenia was 

 formed by many anomalous sp. this and the 3 

 next G. must be separated. 



73. RoTHMANNiA Th. Raf. diffl Gard. cal. 

 lac. teretis acutis, cor. campanulata lac. acutis 

 &.C. Type R, capensis Thunb. Gardenia roth- 

 aaannia L. auct,. 



