176 Kci Hana Kapa. 



Straussia A. Gray, in Proc. Anier. Acad., iv, 43. — Cah'cis tubus turbiuatus v. 

 hemisplijericus, pediccllo articulatus; limbus brevis, cupularis, late 4-5-dentatus, 

 persistens. Corolla brevitcr iufundibularis, tubo intus glabro, fauce sparse pilosa; 

 liuibi lobi 4-5, patentes, coriacei, vahati. Stamina 4-5, fauci corollse inserta; fila- 

 mentis brevibus; autherse basifixae, semi-exsertae, oblongte, connectivo dorso incrassato. 

 Discus tuniidus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus brevis, glaber, ramis 2 brevibus; ovula 

 in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, truucata. Drupa pyriformis, rarius ovoidea, 2-p_vrena 

 pyreuis plano-convexis cartilagineis v. coriaceis. vSemina plano-convexa, ventre pro- 

 funde angustissime sulcata, testa firme membranacea intra fissnram albuminis dense 

 cornei intrusa; embrjo ad basin fissurie, parvus. — Arbores v. frutices fere glaberrimi, 

 ramulis robustis lignosis teretibus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, coriacea, obo- 

 vata, obtusa. Stipulae interpetiolares, latae, obtnsae, caducae. Flores parvi, in c_vmas 

 longe pedunculatas termiuales tricliotome subcapitutim ramosas dispositi, brevissinie 

 pedicellati. 



S. Kaduana Oray, in loc. — -Tree 15-20 ft. high. Leaves obovate- oblong, 

 2-4X1*4-2 in. on short petioles, cuneate towards the base, chartaceons and pale 

 beneath. vStipnles short, l)roadlv triangular. Panicle 2-5 in. long, erect or nodding, 

 with oulv one or two whorls of ravs toward the end of a long peduncle. Calvx with 

 denticulate limb. Corolla about four times as long as calvx, naked at the throat, its 

 4-6 lobes generallv longer than the tube. Drupe obovoid or top-shaped, almost 

 quadrangular, with a broad flat disc. The native Kopiko. 



Csesalpinia Liuu. Gen. n. 516. — Calvcis tubus discifer brevis, nunc brevis- 

 simns; segmeuta 5, imbricata, iufimo exteriore concavo v. C3'mbiformi, sjepius 

 majore. Petala 5, orbiculata v. rarius oblonga, patentia, valde imbricata, parum 

 insequalia v. summo intimo minore. Stamina 10, libera, decliuata filamentis basi 

 ssepius villosis v. glandulosis; anthene nniformes, loculis longitndinaliter dehis- 

 ccntibus. Ovarium sessile, in fuudo cahxis li])erum, pauciovulatum; st3'lus teres, 

 saspe filiformis, apice rarius clavatus, stigmate terminali truncato concavo v. miuuto. 

 Legnmen ovatum, oblougum, lauceolatum v. falcatum, compressum, exalatum suturis 

 nerviformibus v. incrassatis, nunc planum v. turgidum coriaceum et 2-valve, nunc 

 coriaceum v. crassum ct iudehiscens v. vix tardius 2-valve, inter semina srepe farctnm. 

 Semina transversa, ovata obovata orbicularia ovoidea v. globosa, testa coricea interdum 

 crasso-subcarnosa ; albumen o; cot^-ledones planse v. crasso-caruosae, basi integrse v. 

 vix cordatae; radicnla brevis, recta. — Arbores v. frutices nunc alte scandentes, inermes 

 V. aculeis sparsis horridi. Folia bipiunata, foliolis uunc parvis uumerosis v. panels, 



