Mr. J. Miers on the Tricuspidarieae. 43 



The source of this mistake appears to me obvious ; for in the 

 axils of the leaves there is seen an oval bud consisting 

 of several decussately imbricated, velvety, bract-like, con- 

 cave, pointed, oval scales, out of which a new floriferous 

 branch springs ; and these soon fall away after the development 

 of the branch, which is consequently marked at its base by 

 several annular cicatrices, as may be seen in all the dried 

 specimens. 



Aristotelia, L'H^r. — Flores saspius hermaphroditi, vel im- 

 perfecte polygami, rarius 4-meri. Sepala 5, oblonga, acuta, 

 basi toro cupuliformi agglutinata, ^estivatione valvata, de- 

 mum decidua. Petala 5, cuneato-oblonga, apice subtrun- 

 cata et leviter emarginata, sepalis paulo longiora, membra- 

 nacea, ^stivatione imbricata. Discus amplus, annulari- 

 cupuliformis, sub-5-gonus, carnosulus, toro arete adnatus. 

 Stamina 15, in phalanges 5 disposita, in foveolis totidem 

 elevatis supra marginem disci inserta, nempe 3 in quoque 

 angulo biseriata, quorum 2 exteriora, omnia sepalis hoc 

 modo absolute opposita ; filamenta brevia, subulata, com- 

 pressa, pilosa ; antherce lineares, 4-sulcat9e, 2-loculares, lo- 

 culis collateraliter adnatis, imo breviter divaricatis, in sinu 

 dorsaliter affixae, erectse, scabridulse, apice rima brevi oblique 

 transversa utrinque dehiscentes. Ovarium subglobosum, 

 3-sulcatum, fundo disci insitum, 3-loculare ; ovula in quo- 

 que loculo 2, ad medium axis centralis appensa. Stylus 

 erectus, teres, petalis sequilongus ; stigmata 3, brevia, subu- 

 lata, subdivaricata. Fructus baccatus, globosus, pisi mag- 

 nitudine, pulpa copiosa gelatinosa tunicatus, 3-locularis, 

 endocarpio dissepimentisque membranaceis, columna cen- 

 trali tenui ad medium seminifera. Semina in quo que loculo 

 2 vel 1, dorso convexa, ventre angulata, et hinc ad medium 

 hilo parvo signata ; integumentum externum (arillina) ni- 

 grum, nitidum, camosum, processu supra angulum basalem 

 decurrente laminari galeatim inclinato subcorneo appendi- 

 culatum, intus raphe chordiformi brevi ad basin ab hilo 

 descendente munitum j integumentum secundum osseum, 

 ovatum, imo truncatum, hinc crassissimum et foramine in 

 locellum vacuum pro raphes intrusione perforatum, apice 

 mamilla parva {micropyle) notatum ; integumentum inter- 

 num tenuiter membranaceum, ad basin liberam, hinc cha- 

 laza magna orbiculari fusca signatum, apice micropyle fusco 

 punctata ; albumen ovatum, imo valde truncatum, co- 

 piosum, carnosum ; embryo inclusus, paulo brevior, cotyle- 

 donibus ovatis, crasso-foliaceis, radicula tereti ad micropylen 

 spectante 2-plo longioribus. 



