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surrounded at base by persistent calyx, more or less distant from 

 apex septicidally 3-valved ; seeds oc, small, albuminous ; embryo 

 axile, straight. Other characters of Sauvagesia. — Glabrous under- 

 shrubs ; leaves alternate, crowded, rather rigid entire or subserrate 

 shortly petiolate ; stipules entire or oftener pectinate-ciliate, per- 

 sistent ; flowers in terminal, simple or compound racemes, sometimes 

 axillary, bracteate (Brazil 1 ). 



Spec. 6. A. S. H., in Mem. Mus., ix. 325.— Maet. & Zucc, Nov. Go::, et Spec, i. 31, t. 22, 23. 

 — Walp., Rep , i. 226. 



