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GENUS. Scortia. Brown. Catyx tubuloso-campanulatus, late quinque 
dentatus, dentibus Sai parum ee Tibus. Vexittum orbiculatum, 
complicatum, emargi n stipitem angustatum, exappendiculatum; alis 
brevius. Artz oblonge. Cents oblonga, recta, alis aba _— — 
dorso convexis. Stamina monadelpha, tubo postice fisso. HE 
conformes oblonge. Ovarium glabrum, stipitatum, pluri- erilaien pa aa 
vaginato. Sryxuvs filiformis, stigmate parvo terminale. LeaumeEn stipitatum, 
compressum, polyspermum, margine utroque incrassato. Semuna strophiolata. 
SPECIES, Scorria pentata, Brown. Frvtex foliis oppositis simpli. 
cibus ovato-triangularibus eroso- denticulatis, floribus axillaribus solita 
breviter pedicellatis, bracteolis sub calyce duabus, inequalibus imbricato- 
inantibus : 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ScoTTia. CaLyx tubular-bell-shaped, 
with five broad teeth, the upper ones rather larger. STANDARD 
orbicular, folded, emarginate, narrowed into a short claw, without 
appendages, shorter than the wings. Wines oblong. Keet oblong, 
straight, of the length of the wings; the petals joined together by the 
outer edge at the top. STAMENS monadelphous, the tube split on the 
upper side. ANnrTHERS oblong, all alike. Ovary smooth, stalked, 
with several ovules; the stalk enclosed at the base in a short sheath. 
Styte filiform, with a short terminal stigma. Pop stalked, com- 
pressed, thickened on both edges, with several strophiolate seeds. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, Scottia DentraTa. A somewhat 
straggling shrub, of about two feet high, with slender branches, the 
younger ones somewhat rough with small glandular tubercles, in other 
respects the whole plant is smooth. Leaves borne on very short 
stalks, opposite, simple, ovate-triangular, blunt, bordered with short 
irregular glandular teeth, somewhat leathery, reticulate, the midrib 
strongly marked underneath. Sripuxes short, broad, pointed, per- 
ee oe Bert ann one-flowered, very short, downy. 
lyx, unequal, very broadly rounded, 
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