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Genus Rapinia (mihi.) 

 Ferhenaceœ ? Ferbeneœ (D. C.) 



Calix tubulosus, integer, persistens. Corolla tubulosa 4 

 fîda, subbilabiata, œstivatione imbricata ut in Terbenaceis 

 (D. C), lobis subœqualibus. Stamina 4, subœqualia, exserta. 

 Stylus apice subbifidus. Ovarium liberum, integrum, disco 

 vix conspicuo insidens. Drupa carnosa, 4 locularis, loculis 

 monospermis. Flores axillares, solitarii, aut. 3-5 conjuncti. 

 Folia opposita, simplicia, vel composita. Frutices. 



Je dédie ce genre à la mémoire du P. C.-R. Rapio, l'élégant auteur 

 du Poème des Jardins (Hortorum lihri IV). 



Rapinia collina (mihi.) Folia ovato-elongata , petiolata basi 

 et apice obtusa, intégra , 5-4 poil, longa pétiole incluso, 



4 d/2-2 lata, petiolo versus apicem communius incrassato. 

 Pedunculi longi, folio tamen breviores, oppositi, ante me- 

 diam partem bibracteolati. Corolla 6-7 lineas longa, coccinea. 

 Drupa rubra, Cerisi magnitudine, calici persistenti insidens. 

 Frutex 3-6 pedalis, quandoque subarborea. Flores in 7*"', 

 gbri^ Qbri inodori. In collibus. Ab indigenis nuncupatur 



V. A. folia triphylla, medio majore, pedunculis 3 floris. 



V. B, folia pentaphylla, lateralibusminoribus, pedunculis 



5 floris. 



Genus Myoporum (Banks et Solander). Myoporaceœ (R. Brown). 



Myoporum tenuifolium (Forst.) Folia alterna, lanceolata 

 utrinque acutissima, breviter peliolata , integervima, nervis 

 principali marginalibusque pellucidis, nervis secundariis ve- 

 nisque inconspicuis, subcrassa, glandulis supra pellucidis, 

 minimis, minutissime aspersa, l 1/2 poUic. longa, petiolo 

 incluso, 4 lin. lata. Ramuli Iseves, teretes vel ad summum 

 apice subtriquctri. Pedunculi axillares,! flori,i-3, erecti, folio 



