446 Dr. Wallicii on a neii) Genus of Plants 



plici ambientes, basin tubi intiis, a staminibus paululuni 

 remoti, definientes, basinque ejus non solum, sed et sum- 

 mam ovarii foveam, excepto centro perforato, obtendentes, 

 convergentes, sanguinei, Ijasibus in annulum planum con- 

 nati, apicibus subadscendentibus, liberis, subulatis, obtu- 

 sis, flavicantibus. Stigmata simplicia, inconspicua, obtusa. 

 Bacca sphœrica, diametro cerasi magni, lœvis, e viridi ru- 

 fescens, calyce suft'ulta tuboque corollœ coronata immutatis 

 (emarcescentibus ?) 10-locularis, parietibus, septis, axisque 

 dimidia parte inferiore carnosis, albidis, crassiuscnlis ; axis 

 verb parte superiore propter foveam terminalem ovarii ma- 

 turitate contractam perforata. Loculamenla ferè sicca, v. 

 succo glutinoso parc^ donata, seminibus ferè tota repleta. 

 Semina valde copiosa, viridi-fuscescentia, exactissime glo- 

 bosa, grano sinapeos nigri vix minora, dense obsita et quasi 

 echinata setis v. pilis hyalinis, longiusculis, patentibus, mol- 

 lissimis, succulentis basi adlixa parietibus lateralibus locu- 

 lorum, vertice obsolete umbilicata, setarum fasciculo rec- 

 tiore densioreque notata. Iiitegumcnfam simplex, tenue, 

 membranaceum. Albumen niveum, grumosum, constans 

 globulis grandiusculis, facillimè attritu solubilibus, rotun- 

 dis. Emhvijo extra albumen positus, intra umbilicum (in- 

 sertioni seminis oppositum ?) ovatus, minimus. (Structura 

 bacca^ corrigenda: Jide infra). 



The account which I have given above, will, I trust, convey a 

 tolerable idea of this singular, and, as far as my means enable 

 me to judge, new, and hitherto, unnoticed genus. Should it be 

 found defective in perspicuity, I anxiously request it may be 

 kept in mind, that the description was written on the spur of the 

 moment, far away from any, except the most necessary scientific 



aids. 



