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of anise, both from the leaves and the blossoms % 

 and I cannoi help mentioning a singular fact which 

 may indeed have been purely accidental : not a 

 single flower, out of hundreds examined by me, 

 had both perfect germs and anthers visibly fertile i 

 while others, on the fame tree and at the same time, 

 had their anthers profusely covered with pollen, 

 but scarce any styles ; and germs to all appearance 

 abortive* 



43. Cuve'raca : 



Svn. Timna, Tuni, Cacti ha, Cantalaca, Cimi, Nan- 

 divricsha, 



V u l g, Turn, T11 n; absurdly Ftlaya i \ Nhv . 



Linn. Between Cedre la and Swietenia. 



Cal. Perianth one-leaved, five-cleft, minute, deci- 

 duous ; divisions roundish, concave, villous, ex- 

 panding. 



Cor. Rather belled. Petals five, inverse-egged, 

 obtuse, concave, erect, white with a greenish 

 tint, three exterior lapping over the two others, 

 Nectary short, five parted; diviuons roundish, 

 orange-scarlet, bright and concave at the insertion 

 of the stamens, rather downy. 



Sr am. Filaments five; inserted on the divisions of 

 the nectary, awled, somewhat converging, nearly 



, as long as tke style. Anthers doubled, some 

 three-parted, curved, incumbent. 



Pi st. Germ egged, obscurely five cleft Style zwl- 

 ed, erect, rather longer than the corol. Stig?na 

 broad-headed, flat, bright, green, circular, star- 

 red. 



Per, 



