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PO pxhittiti Pt praesertirn folii et floris icon optimo qnadrant, 

 de sjiinnjino hand diibito. 



Observ. II. Ovarium Xiineuiae apiid Endl. gener. />, 

 1042. Iriloculare, calami forsaa lapsii, niincupatuni, snb an- 

 ihesi otnilino, exeepto summo vertice, qnadrilociilare pst, dis- 

 sppimeiitis erassis mm columna centrali coalitis neu absqne 

 riiptiira solubilibiis. Ovula ipsa aniein apici librro brevlssi- 

 ino coliimnae inserla sunt, statira supra disseplmeiitonim ver- 

 ticem, Uli cpI. Benthamus acrurate descripsit. {Transact. 

 Linn. Societ. Lond, Vol. XVIIL p. 675.*) ). 



Observ. III, liiHorescentia sallcm in hac sperie minime 

 vcre racemosa, sed polios dichotoma, cjmosa vel fere nra- 

 bellata. 



*) . . . tlie placeiita is nearly central Ci" Ximenia omnino centra- 

 lis!) .... more or less connected witli as maiiy spurious dis- 



sepiments which reacli nearly to tlie Insertion of tlie 



ovnieä in ollier species of Olax, in Ximenia, and in ^»choepfia. 



