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5, unequal, closely imbricated. Petals 5, contorted. Stamens fertile 

 5, alternipetalous ; filaments hypogynous ; anthers basifixed, longer 

 than filaments, articulate at apex ; cells 2, linear, sulcate at margin, 

 poricidal at apex. Staminodes go, 2-seriate; interior 5- go, longer, 

 alternating with stamens, subulate; exterior smaller, unequal, subu- 

 late or at apex subspathulate. Germen free, subexcentric, 1 -celled, 

 tapering into erect hollow style at summit ; apex of style shortly 

 3-dentate stigmafciferous ; ovules cc, descending, inserted at margin 

 of 3 parietal placentas. Capsule linear-elliptical, rather terete, sep- 

 ticidally 3-valved; seeds few; testa membranous, widely 3-winged; 

 nucleus oblong ; albumen fleshy ; embryo axile, terete ; cotyledons 

 narrow. — A glabrous tree ; leaves alternate, scarcely petiolate, 

 obovate-oblong, crenulate, punctuate ; nerves parallel ; " stipules 

 small, caducous ;" flowers in terminal compound racemes ; pe- 

 duncles bracteate, and pedicels 2 bracteolate, ciliate 1 {Guiana 2 ). 



11. Wallacea Spruce. 3 — Flowers nearly of Go cloy a ; sepals 5, 

 elongated, lanceolate, imbricate, afterwards patulous. Petals same 

 in number, longer, convolute. Stamens fertile 5, decimate ; fila- 

 ments short ; anthers elongated ; cells 2, linear, longitudinally 

 rimose, and below apex confluent poricidal ; staminodes exterior cc, 

 sub-3-seriate, from the exterior to the interior longer subulate. 

 Germen subcentral, shortly stipitate, fusiform, apex tapering into 

 long subulate style ; placentas parietal 3 ; ovules qo, subtransverse, 

 oo -seriate. Capsule ligneous, swollen, thick, unequally oblong- 

 ovoid, acute on both sides, 2-valved. Seeds go, angular ; testa 

 thick; embryo. . . ? — Small glabrous trees; twigs annulate; leaves 

 alternate, obovate-oblong, integerrimus ; nerves crowded, striate ; 

 stipules elongate-convolute, sheathing upper leaves, deciduous ; 

 flowers 4 axillary, pedunculate, solitary or 2-nate ; bractlets deci- 

 duous 5 {North Brazil 6 ). 



1 Gen. closely allied to Sauvagesia, as also * Handsome, pink. 



very near to Blastemanthus. 5 Gen. allied to Blastemanthits, differing 



2 Spec. 1. P. retusa Tttl., loc. cit. — Walp., in inflorescence, staminodes sub-3-seriate, and 

 Ann., i. 123. leaves. 



3 Ex B. H., Gen., 320, n. 12. 6 Spec. 1. W. insignia Spruce, loc. cit. 



