110 Mr. J. Miers on Villaresia, 
. The following emended generic characters are founded on my 
own observations, except those of the fruit and seed, which are 
copied from the description of Jussieus 
Vintaresia, R. & P. ;—Citronella, Don ;—Flores hermaphroditi 
vel rarius polygami. Sepala 5, acuta, imo connata, estiva- 
tione imbricata, persistentia. Petala 5, libera, sepalis alterna, 
oblonga, nervo mediano prominulo intus instructa, margine 
tenui, undulato-crenata, zstivatione quincuncialiter imbricata, 
apicibus valde introflexis et inter se complicatis. Stamina5, cum’ 
petalis alternantia, et iis paulo breviora ; filamenta complanato- 
subulata; anthere introrse, cordato-reniformes, 2-loculares, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium sessile, conicum, sa- 
pius subgibbum et 1-loculare, intus carina parietali (e loculis 
abortivis in axem centralem congestis) valde prominente no- 
tatum, ovulis 2 collateralibus a summo carine suspensis ; vel 
rarius complete 2-loculare et ovulis 2 collateralibus in quoque 
loculo ad apicem dissepimenti affixis. Stylus brevis, crassius- 
— culus, in ovario uniloculari unicus sublateralis ; in ovario 2-lo- 
culari styli 2; stigma obliquum, obtusum. Drupa globosa, 
parce carnosa, endocarpio lignoso semisepto longitudinali 
superne latiore, incomplete 2-loculata, abortu monosperma. 
Semen cavitati loculi conforme, hine circa semiseptum lon- 
gitudinaliter plicatum ; integumenta dupla, tenuia, interius in 
rimulas albuminis immissum ; embryo intra albumen copiosum 
carnosum apicem versus nidulans, parvus; radicula supera, 
teres, cotyledonibus complanatis orbiculatis duplo longior. 
Arbores vel arbusculz Chilenses et Brasilienses, sempervirentes ; 
folia alterna vel subopposita, elliptica, integra, vel spinoso- 
dentata, sepe rigide coriacea, glaberrima, petiolata; inflores- 
centia axillaris vel terminalis, sepius spicatim racemosa; flores 
albi, parvult, citriodort. 
1, Villaresia mucronata, R. & P., Flor. Per. et Chil. iii. 9, tab. 231; 
A.Juss. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxv. 14, tab. 3. fig. 2; Gay, Chile, ii.12; 
Reiss. in Mart. Flor. Bras. fase. xxviii. p. 75 (in parte) ;—Citro- 
nella mucronata, D.Don, Edinb. Phil. Journ. xiii. 243 ;—Citrus 
Chilensis, Molina ;—ramulis flavidis, opacis, striatulis; foliis 
each cell, and its exalbuminous seed with large fleshy cotyledons. On this 
account it seems more likely to be allied to Chailletia, with which it appears 
to agree in the structure of its flower and fruit. I know the plant only 
from description: from its glabrous leaves, white corymbose flowers, whic 
are free, and not connate with the petiole, its entire petals, and simple long 
glabrous style, it is perhaps near to, if not identical with, Chailletia (Di- 
chapetalum) Timoriensis, DC., with which it also agrees in its geographical 
position. The Chailletia dichapetalum, R. Br., from Madagascar, is scan- 
dent, 
