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rows (the innermost being the shortest), monadelphous : fila- 

 ments subulate : anthers minute, oval. Ovary conical, yellow, 

 silky-pubescent : style erect, length of the stamens, puberulous : 

 stigma green, subcapitate, crenato-corrugated. 



I have no hesitation in referring' this to the above genus; al- 

 though it differs in several particulars from the preceding spe- 

 cies. The peduncle varies in length. ' 



II. FREZIERA. 



Calycine sepals 5, bibracteolated. Petals 5, broad 

 at the base, free. Anthers adnate, glabrous, subcor- 

 date. Style 3-5-fid at the apex. Berry 3-5-locular. 



Trees, natives of America, of the habit of the Laurel kind, 

 with axillary peduncles. 



1. Freziera thaeo'ides. Tea-like Freziera. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends serrulato- 

 dentate glabrous, pedicels axillary sub-solitary 1- 

 flowered. 



Eroteum thaeo'ides, Swartz, Prcd. 85. F. thseoides, Swartz, 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. 972. 



HAB. The higher mountains, 



FL. January July. 



A tree, seldom more than 20 feet in height : branches terete, 

 glabrous, subflexuose. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 2-3 inches 

 in length, elliptic, acuminate at both ends with the apex blunt, 

 obtusely serrated with the serratures apiculated, stiff, ob- 

 scurely nerved arid veined : petiole short. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary (but apparently 2-3, from 2-3 leaves being crowded 

 together, and 1-2 of them having dropt off), l^flowered : flowers 

 nodding, of a greenish-yellow colour. Sepals somewhat un- 

 equal, roundish, concave, minutely ciliated, coriaceous, persis- 

 tent : bracteoles 2, at the base of the calyx, linear, much small- 

 er than the sepals. Petals larger than the sepals, roundish, 

 concave, minutely ciliated. Filaments numerous, unequal in 

 length, capillary, 6-10 attached to the base of each petal : an- 

 thers small, acute or beaked at the apex. Ovary roundish- 

 conical : style 3-4-fid at the apex : stigmata simple. Berry 

 size of a small cherry, globose, purple, jnicy, 3-4-celled : seeds 

 many, angulated. 



This is by no means a very showy tree. The leaves are as- 

 tringent, and in taste resemble those of the Thea viridis. 



<2. Freziera (?) dioica. Dioecious Freziera. 

 Dioecious, leaves oblong emarginate distantly ere- 



