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POLYANDRTA MONOGYNTA. 



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Icpidotis, pedunculis paucifloris race- 

 moso-corymbosis, staminibus 28^ slliqua 



longissima. De CancL Prod. 1. p. 252, 

 • PFilld. Sp. PL 2. p, 1134. Swtz. FL 



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Breynia arborescoiis. Br. 246. 

 Black Willow. Hughes. 19G.* 

 Twisting Capparis. Sweet. 

 Breynia. C. foliis cllipticis coriaceis petiolatis su- 



pcrne glabris subtus ramulisque lepi- 

 dotis, pedunculis angulatis racemoso- 



corymbosis, starninibus I6,t siliqua lon- 

 gissima. De Cand. Prod, l.p.252. Willd. 

 Sp. PL 2. p. 1138. IIorL Kew. 3. p. 



285. Jacq. Jmer. 161- t, 103 



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are perfectly linear, the breadth of the middle iricreasiug- as the 

 ag-e of the plant advances. 



* I cannot say that 1 know the Red Willow of Hughes, p. 19G. 

 as distinct from his Black Willow. If they be really difl'crent, 

 and the Capparis fcrrnginca be g-rowing'in Barbados, it would 

 doubtless be the Red Willow; but I have never seen this species 

 in the island, nor the Capparis longi folia, the habitat of which 

 latter is especially fixed by De Candolle in Barbados. The 

 C. torulosa is generally known as the Black Willow, but I have 

 frequently also heard that name applied to the C. Breynia. 



t " Floribus octandris." Willd. " Stamina numerosa." Jacq. 

 Previously to seeing the definition of M. De Candolle, and with 

 the view of ascertaining where the error indicated by the above 

 incongruity Iny, I examined a great many flowers, and always 

 found the number of stamens to be sixteen. 



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