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minoribus ct crassioribus. Petala 5, ad margincm disci plani pubcruli cxtrorsum inscrta, -4 lin. longa, 

 linearia, obtusa, infernc connivcntia, apice rcvoluta, viresccnti-alba. Stamina 5, corolla brcviora, 

 disco circa ovarium imposita, inaequilonga, ncmpe duo triave aliquanlo brcviora, omnia glabra. 

 Filamenta lincari-subulata, crccta. Aniherce ovato-oblongai, oblusse, basi emarginata;, crectse, 

 introrsai. Ovarium minutum, in ccntro sessile, ovoidco-compressum, didymum , subtomenlosum , 

 biloculare, in ulroquc loculo ovulo ex apice anguli cenlralis pendulo, ellipsoideo, curvato, funiculo 

 brcvi crasso affixo. Stylus terminalls, brevissimus, vix distinctus. Stigma subulatiuu, curvalum. 

 Fruclus dcpresso-nephroidei, a latere compressi, didymi, basi in carpophorum 1| lin. longum 

 crassum constricli, vertice stylo brevissimo apiculati, 10 lin. alti, 14- lin. lati, glabrali, ccrini, 

 verticaliter bilocularcs, medivalves, loculicidc dehiscentes; mediastinis sutura ventrali lalissiina 

 didyniis, coriaccis, exlus obsolete vcrrucoso-rugulosis, intus lajvibus ct aurantiacis. Semina in loculis 

 solitaria, ad apiccm dissepimcnti verticalis superne paulo crassioris suspensa, supra vcrticcm in 

 superiore exlremitate affixa, brevissimc funiculata, ellipsoidea, laevigata, in superiore extremitate 

 hilo magno orbiculari supcrficiali cum arillo conncxa. Arillus semen fere totum obvesticns, arctus, 

 apice apertus , ad margincm eroso-dcntatus, mcmbranacco-carnosus, coccineus, splendcns. Testa 

 chartacca, castanea, nitida, arete adliaercns. Embryon homoideum , exalbuminosum , album. 

 Cotykdones maximae, crassse, ina^quales, oblique superpositae, superior major et nonnihil crassior. 

 Radicula prominens, parva, compressa, obtusa, in dorso cmbryi aseendcns. 



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HARPULLIA 



FRUTICOSA. 



H. foliolis 3-5-jugis oblongis aut ellipticis ulrinque subattenuatis coriaceis; racemis 

 (frucLiferis)laxisramosis pendulis ; fructibus stellato-puberulis; arillo semen semivaginante 

 ore integerrimo. 



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Habit, in sylvis maritimis Novae Guinese. Haec Species, prsecedenti valde affinis, diffcrt famen foliolorum reticulatione 

 distinctiore et prajsertim seminibus modo ad dimidium usque arillo ore integerrimo vestitis. 



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Descr. Caulis fruticosus ^ ramuUs tcretibus, pallidc ochraceis, Icnlicellis crebris punctatis , glabris. Folia 

 altcrna, pari-rarissirae imparl - pinnata , 4-5- rarius 3-juga; rhachi S-10 poll, longa, postice 



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If -2 poll, nuda, ad basin nodoso-artieulata , teretiuscula, glabra. FoHola altcrna aut pro parlc 

 opposita, 3-6 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata, plerumque oblonga, pro parte etiam clllptica, apice in 

 acumen obtusum attenuata, basin versus obliquius in pctlolum angustata, nonnuUa insequilatcra , 

 subundulata , utrinque glabra et reticulato - vcnosa , coriacca , rigida. Racemi fructiferi laxi , ramosi , 

 penduli, Capsulw 11 lin. altse, 13 lin. latae, compresso-nepliroideae, carpophoro brcvi crasso Imk 

 calyce persistente obsito suffultse, in vertice obsolete mucronatae, sutura ventrali profunda vcntricoso- 

 didyma;, biloculares, loculicidc medivalves ; mediastinis didymis, coriaccis, exlus xerampellnis et 

 pubc stellata brevissima aspcrsis, in sicco statu obsolete reticulatis, intus glabris et miniatis, medio 

 dissepimentoverticali, cujus apici semina affixa, carinatis. Semina ellipsoidea, brunnca, nitida, laivia, 

 dimidio tenus arillo cupuliformi ore truncato membranaceo-carnoso lutescenti involucrata. 



OTONYCHIUM. 



/"Zore^ regulares. Calyx profunde quinquepartitus^yofo/w biserialibus , prsefloralione 

 imbricativis. Petala 5, foliolis calycis alterna,margine utrinque supra unguem auriculato- 

 involuta. Stamina 5, disco intus inserta. Filamenta filiformiaj distincta. Discus annularis , 

 regularis, fundum calycis occupans. Oi^ar/ww centrale, sessile, biloculare. Oi^z/Za in loculis 

 gemina, angulo interno supra medium superposite affixa , superius descendens, inferius 

 ascendens. Stylus terminalis, longissimus, stigmate laterali, subtorto. CajoiwZa bilocularis, 

 elastice dehiscens. &/w/wfl in loculis subgeminata Arbor in syhis m^onianis insu^ 



