Bbwam w.] ni'Miiii \« i: .1: hi 



... Style erect, slender. Stigma spathulate in the mouth < 

 compressed, with ~i obsolete contracted li] I . • unknow 



•• Prom these eharaeten it is dear thai tin ,, which I 



founded does not belong to any other known fiunilj : itappp 

 Olacaceao, through 1 lathedra and Endusa, in its 2 1 ■ 

 other ol ire a( rarianca The dehiscence of its anthi 



blance to that of the Berberidaoeae or Lauracesa, but is still m 

 anomalous genus Diclidanthera, as is also its Btipital 

 instance the stamens are quite distinct, and, by their adhesion to th< 



;lue them into a gamophyllous tube, and its 

 I locular, with ovules attached to the u 



"Only a single taa yet be« d discovered, which was found by Mr. Si 



Obiilus, on the River Amazon." 



GEN 



Aptandra, Mien. 

 BTOMBI it-. lii.N. 1. Sp. 1. 



Hctmomelida 

 Positioh.— Olacaceffl.— Aptahdhaoba -HumiriacejB.- Canelhv 1 



J M BBS. 



