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single whorl. In a recent paper (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 175-178. 1944) 

 I have discussed the morphological characters linking up the majority of the 

 genera of the Luxemburgieae, including the genus Krukoviella. 



Specimens examined for this paper are deposited in the herbaria of the fol- 

 lowing institutions : 



Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 111 (F) 



Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass (G) 



Royal Botanical Garden, Kew Gardens, England (K) 



The Xew York Botanical Garden, Xew York, X. Y. . . . ( NY) 



I wish to thank Air. Charles Gilly who made the excellent figure of Kruko- 

 viella ( Fig. 1 ) . 





Figure 1. Krukoviella A. C. Smith. K. disticha (van Tieghem) Dwyer: a — bud 

 (x 2) ; b — flower (x 1.5) ; c — stamen, dorsal view (x 4) ; d — stamen, lateral view (x 4) ; | 

 e — apical portion of stamen, showing the solitary terminal dehiscence pore (x 8) ; f — cap- 

 sule (x 1) ; g — seed (x 5). (a — e, drawn from Krukcff 8908; f and g, drawn from 

 ll'illiams 5S 



Krukoviella A. C. Smith. Jour. Arnold Arb. 20: 295. 1939. 

 Planchonella van Tieghem. Ann. Sci. Xat. Paris VIII. 19: 39. 1904. not 



Planchonella of Pierre. Xot. Bot. Paris p. 34. 1890. 

 Godoya Ule, Xotizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 340. 1915, not Godoya of R. and P. 



Fl. Per. Prodr. 1: 58. 1794. 

 Shrubs (or vines?) ; lenticels evanescent ; stipule-scars distinct, the stipules 

 appressed, coriaceous, bearing glandular appendages on the inner proximal 

 margin ; petioles of leaves short, the leaf-blades simple, ascending, the margin 

 revolute, the teeth minute, the costa prominent above and below, the secondary 

 veins conspicuous and subplane ; inflorescence paniculate, the rachis elongate, 

 pluriramose ; flower pedicellate, the articulation-stalk short ; sepals 5, subequal, 

 coriaceous, persistent ; petals 5, exceeding sepals in length, obtuse, often bilobedj 

 at apex ; stamens 10, the filaments short, the anthers stout, linear-oblong, de- 



