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RUMIMIU 



Pescr. Arboi' iO pcd. IlamHH siv'icli, cylindracei, profundo sulcali, infernc j^labriusculi ac lapsu foliorum 

 cicatricibus magnis latiusculis obiusc Iriangularibus notali , supcrne fusco-Ioiiientosi , foliosi, florigeri 

 sub gemma terminali nonnihil incrassati. Folia spiraliler approximata , erecto-patentia , 1 i -2^ ped. 

 longa, abnipte-pinnata , multijuga; rhachi inferne teretiusculSi , siipcrnc subletragon^ , rufcsccnti- 

 tomenlosa , supra basin insJgniter incrassatam 4 - 6 poll. nndk. Foliola oppo^ita v. allerna, brevissime 

 petiolulata , patentissima , lanceolata , acuminata , basi insequali-rolnndata , latere exteriorc breviora , 

 obtuse serrulata , coriacea, opaca, subrugosa, utrinque subrcticulalo-venosa , supra glabrmseula aut 

 sericeo-pubcra, subtus velutino-tomentosa, in nervo medio promlnente supra fulvo-tomenlosa, circiter 

 4-51 poll, longa, f-1 poll, lata, infima perinde alque extrcma breviora. Racemi s\ih gemma foliifera 

 terminali circum apicem ramulorum conoideo-incrassatum in corymbum confcrti, erecti , iO-14 poll. 

 longi, fulvo-tomentosi ; rhachi recta, rigida, sulcato-angulala , 2|-3| poll, supra basin in ramos 

 simplices spic^formes vagos i -2 poll, longos varie patenles divisa , singulos ad basin squama subulate 

 1 ^-21in. longa patentissima dccidua toincntosa suffultos. Flores brevissime pedicellali , glomcrulati, 

 polygamo-monoici , pallidc rosei. Cahjx quinque- aut interdum quadri-partitus, membranaceus, cxtus 

 fttlvo-velutinus ; laciniis paululum inaniualibus , ovatis, obtusis, imbricalo-conniventibus , duabus 

 exterioribus. Pelala 5 raro 4, laciniis calycis alterna, easque longitudine adsequantia, erecta, suba3- 

 qualia, cuneato-ovata , aeuliuscula, puberula, pellucido-punctata , supra unguem brevissimum 

 cuneatum intus ulroque latere processu brevissimo crasso carnoso subclavato ruguloso piloso aucta. 

 Discus in fundo calycis inter petala et stamina, annularis, crenulatus, carnosus, glaber, croceus. 

 Stamina S^ erecta, aequalia, corolla longiora. Filamenta brevissima, subulato-filiformia , libera, 

 villosiuscula. Antherm cuneato-oblongae , obtusae, basi emarginatte affixae, subincurvaj, tetragonie, 

 puberulae, loculis per connectivum sursum incrassatum connexis lateraliter rima longitudinal! 

 dehiseentibus. Pistillum centrale, In plcrisque floribus aboricns, in femineis stamina superans. 

 Ovarium sessile, turbinalum, 5- rarissime ^-gonum, 3 - 4-locuIare, hirtum, verlice in stylum 

 brevissimum crassum conicum attcnnatum. Ovula in loculis solilaria, angulo centrali supra basin 

 afllxa, ascendcntia, ellipsoidca, anatropa. Stigma tcrminale, obtusiusculuni , obsolete 3- ^-sulcatum. 

 Bacca in speciminibus, qufe in manibus habeo, nondum matura, ellipsoideo-globosa , rufeseenli- 

 hirsuta , scssilis , ad basin calyce vegeto-persistente explanalo cincta , superne styli apiculo nmcronata , 

 5-4- V. abortu 1- 2-locularisi loculis monospermis, in fundo maxima stuposis. Caro exsucca, ut 

 videtur, corticata, persecta raateriem glutinosam cxsudans. Semina compresso-ellipsoidca , recta, 

 exarillata, laevigata, angulo centrali loculorum funiculo umbilicali brevi crasso conncxa. Testa 

 'crassiuscula, coriacea , firma, atro-brunnca. Emhryon exalbuminosuni , curvatum, Cotyledones 

 incumbentes, Radicula in superiorc seminis extremitate loeata , dorsalis, descendens. 



MACPHERSONIA. 



Flores regulares. Caljx profunde quinquepartitus; /0//0//5 biserialibus,. imbricatis. 

 Petala 5, nana, foliolis calycis alterna, esquamulata. Discus annularis, completus. 

 Stamina 8, disco intus inserta, ovarium cingentia, subasqualia. Filamenta libera. Omrinm 

 centrale, sessile, turbinate -ovoideum, 3-loculare. Omla in loculis solitaria, e basi 

 anguli centralis ascendentia. Stigma terminate, sessile, obtusum, trigonum. Fructus 



Arbor s.frutex Madagascariensis , ecirrhosus ; foliis alternis , peiiolatis, 

 exstipulatis, ahrupte hip innatis ; foliolis sessilibus, suboppositis , trapezoideis, inte^errimis ; 

 paniculis axillaribus ; floribus minutis, polygamis , cymoso-fasciculatis. 



OBSERVATIO. 



Genus hoc proxime accedit ad Melicoccam Linn, et ad Otophoram iiostram, a quibus tamen cum florum fabric^, turn 

 maxime habitu foliis bipinnatis manifesto differt. Nonnulla hujus stirpis specimina e Museo Horti botanici Parisiensis nactum 

 est Herbarium nostrum, eaque interminata, uti e familiA Terebinthacearum, sub N° 594 ex Madagascaril Hanc vero stirpem 

 ad Sapimlareas esse refercndam novumque adeo Genus constituere diligentiore ejus examine edoctus, illud in memoriam Viri 



