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oreifUo-serrubta, mombrnnacoa , vcnis plurimis parullelis costajforniilms sublus proiuiiicntibus, 

 supra glabra, subtus in vciiaruni axillis barbala ct in ncrvo medio obtuse prominenlc, sicul plcruinque 

 in venis, pubcsccnlia simili an pelinli. Racemus spilbaiucus, ercctiis, coiuposilus , thyrsoidous; 

 diacbi primaria angtilari alque rbacbibus socumlariis Icrctiusoulis pediccllisque2-2 ^ lin. longis supra 

 basin articulatis rufescenti-lomcntosis. Flores imilaterales, lit plurimum heptaudri, interdum 

 b'cxandri: Calyx campaiiulatus , mcdiocris, quinqucbbus, fiisco-tomcnlosus, menibraiiaccus , 

 ncivosus ; lobis iuicqualibus, rotundatis,margincsubfimbriatis. Peto/a 4, parum ina^qualia, patentia, 

 unguiculata , pubcriila; itngue recto -lineari, calyccm fere adajquanlc; hwund patula, suborbiculari 

 V. ovata, sfppc obliquA ct rciusu, rcpaiido- dcnliculata, ciliatf\, flabellato-venoso-ncrvos.^. Discm in 

 fundo ealycis, annularis, allcro latere latior, altcro stepc nonnibil interruptus, carnosus, crcnulatus, 

 scabridns. Stamina 1 v. interdum 6, corolla longiora, dcclinala. Filamenta filiformia, iiifrqualia, 

 libera, apice subulata, basin versus obsolete ^axhrklsL. Antherw ellipsoidcsc , basi bifidae , dorso medio 

 affixa}, incumbentcs , glabrae , biloculares, loculis parallclis, a medio ad apicem connexis, iiilrorsum 

 rima longitudinali dehiscenlibus. Ovarium in omnibus, quos indagavi, floribus stipiliforme, supornc 

 clavato-trigonum et in apice attcnuato stigmate obsolete tridcntato tcrniinato , praisertim ad basin ct 

 ■ sub apice setulis fuscis appressis facile sccedentibus obsessum ; licet, ut equidcm suspicor, aboricns, 

 lamen sui) apice triloculare, in quovis loculo ovula bina superposita angulo centrali affixa fovens. 

 Fruchts non vidi , sed Japoncnsium figurae cos oslendunt lurbinatos ct inermes. 



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sECTio V. MELIOSME^. 



Calyx quiiiquephyllus. Pelala 5, duo interiora rudimentaria, cum staminibus sub disco 

 hypogyno inserta. Stamina 5^ pctalis opposita, iisdem comicxa^ duorum interiorum 

 pctalorum perfecla, majorum in squamas lalas mutata. Ovarium 2-loculare. Ovula in 

 loculis gcmina, angulo centrali inserta. FrucLus drupaceus, i-rarius 2-putaminalus, 

 putaminc ossco, monospcrmo. Embryi condupllcatlcotylcdones foliaccae, coutortuplicatGe. 



Arborcs v. fruticcs erccli; gemmis nudis; foliis alternis, exstipulalls, simpliclbus v. 

 pinnatis. 



MELIOSMA. 



Bl. Cat. Ilort. Bvitenz. (1825) j5. 10 et Ejusd. Flor. Jav. Praf. f'//.— Endl. Gen, Plant, p. 1074. 

 n" 5659. • , . 



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MilUmjlonia Roxb. Flor. Corom. III. p. oO. tab. 2o4. — Ejusd. Flor. Ind. I. p. 102.— Roem. et 



ScnuLT. Syst. Feg. 3Iant. I. p. G8. — Spu. Syst. Fey. I. p. M. n" Gi et Ejdsd. Gen. Plant, p. 28. 



w° 121.— Jack. Mai. Misc. II. p. 52. — Diftr. Spec. Plant. I. p. G12. n° 119. — Wight e« Arx. 



in Edinh. neio philos. Joiirn. XF. p. 178. —Wight et Au\. Prodr. Penins. Ind. Or. I. p. 115. 



' HoYLE I Ihtstr. of hot. Ilimal. Mount. p. 159.— Wight 7//«5/r. ;j. 112. tab. S3. 



fFellincjtonia Meisn. Plant. Gen. Comment, p. 207 in Annot. 



Ophiocaryon Endl. Gen. Plant. Suppl. I. p. 1425. n'>5926/i. — Meisn. Gm. Plant. II. p. 349.— 

 ScHOMBuuGH. m HooK. Lond. Journ. of hot. IF. p. 576. — Waf.p. Repert. hot. F. p. 5Gi. 



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Flores abortu pctalorum internorum ct stamiuum trium pctalis cxtcrnis oppositorum 

 irregulares. Calyx quinqucpbyllus, pr.xfloratlonc quincuncialis; foliolis duobus cxtcrnis 

 minoribus v. s^cpc nanis. Petala 5, ima cobaerentia, sub disco inserta; tria exteriora 

 majora, prxHorationc subvalvata, supra basin aucta staminodio lato squarnxformi, quae 

 cuncta super ovarium cucullato-connexa; interna rudimentaria, staminibus accrcta, saepis- 

 simc in appendices mimitas mutata. Discus obsoletus, annularis, denticulatus. Stamina 



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