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Fructus. follie distincti, 
Portales ek paraleli coriacei, 
dehiscéntes ; 
paceaths ici e fragiles vel Jacile: 
| separatae, i oer 
Semina lice tthe elongato - fusifor- 
Fructus cy eig 
breves vel elongati, d i 
coriacei vel lignosi, pooner suturam 
`` dehisce 
distincti; 
ntes; p maturae tantum 
zona angusta rugulosa wieliique secun- 
dum - suturam | pereurr. indicatae, 
rente 
caeterum a folliculi pariete haud dis- 
tinctae. 
Semina plurima, fusiformia, 
i ubsemiteretia, sicca quidem semiteretia, basi coma stipitata reverse 
ventre canaliculati, basi c: tipi- mosa ; ph liformis, 
reverse plumosa ornata; raphe prominula ; tenuis; albume 
filiformis, prominula ; tenuis ; rnosu Mu tenui embryonem cir- 
albu carnosum strato tenui em- cumd 
: bryonem circumdans. ` 
Embryo elongatus, subsemiteres; | Embryo elongatus, subsem ; 
, radicula supera, longiuscula ; seit: radicula supera, longiuscula ; peri 
. dones foliaceae, longit tudinaliter e dones foliaceae, longitudinaliter con- 
` tortu cr qi i : 
p ^W erae 
Arbores vel frutices, Arbo 
heirs nacea et decidua vel | Folia Siir binid coriacea. — 
usve coriacea. 
majusculi, M hF 10cm 
poll.) longi, in cym 
Hail wk s vel ad flor 
: s dispositi, longe vel. brevissime 
pedicellati, albi Un inferne vires- 
centes vel flavesce 
Flores M eain 12-20 mm. (6- 10 Lin. ae 
ser. an foliorum, 
tain detitóvtii rds cymos0-congesti, breviter vel evissime 
pedioeliati, albidi vel flavescentes. 
comparison of these two deseriptions shows most con- 
vincingly that the differences in the characters of the two groups 
any EN genera in the tribe of Echitideae, 
m to be con nsidered as two distinct 
p. 
ia, I pare proposed the name 
or Ý O'Fun 'a vernacular name of the rubber-yielding species 
of the Gold Coast, "iet and the Cameroons (Proc. Linn. Soc., 
Dec. 7, his 
o genera are so different that it would be difficult to 
understand how they could ever have be een united if it were not 
Piiraa ma 
d, appears ndix to the former, no 
better place fab been available for it at the time. 
The oppas of a flying apparatus in the shape of a tuft of 
hairs or ose awn attached to the ds is a univ 
contriva ee in Echitideae. The tufts spring. either from the. 
chalazal end of the seed, and then they are ter l, or from. 
the micropylar end, when they are styled apical, or € pibe. 
fróm both ends. Sometim es they are transformed in udi irent 
awns by the lengthening of t the axis of the tuft, and ‘often also by- 
the intercalation of a naked stalk between the seed proper and the- 
