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celled, 2 of the cells bearing each several ovula, but which 

 are always abortive ; the other two having each a single 

 seed, wbicb alone come to maturity. An analogous cir- 

 cumstance takes place, he observes, in the fruit of Linnma, 

 and of Ahelia, two nearly related genera belonging to the 

 same family, the Caprifoliace<s, in both which the germen 

 is three-celled, two of the cells having several imperfect 

 ovula, and the other a single ovulum, which alone comes 

 to maturity. Vide ' Characters and Descriptions of Three 

 New Species of Plants, found in China by Clarke Abel, 

 Esq. By Robert Brown, F.U.S.' {Ante, p. 324.] 



Bot. Mag. 2211 (1822). 



Dillwpiia cinerascens, corymbis terminalibus sessilibus, 

 foliis filiformibus erectis ; mucrone innocuo brevissimo 

 sub-recurvo, ramulis calycibusque sericeis. Brown 

 MSS. 



Mr. Brown possesses many species of this genus, which 

 he divides into two sections ; in one of which (Xeropetalum, 

 Br.) these parts are marcescent. It is to the latter section 

 that the present plant belongs. The three species recorded 

 in the ' Hortus Kewensis' all belong to the first ; and 

 from this division the above generic character seems to 

 have been more especially framed. 



Bot. Mag. 2247 (1822). 



Jacaranda ovalifolia. 



Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. fauce campanulata: limbo bila- 

 biato. Filamentum quintum sterile, longius, barbatum. 

 Caps, ovata, bilocularis, bivalvis: dissepimento contrario, 

 valvis pleniuscuUs adnato. Semina alata. — Arbores. Folia 

 opposita, abrupte rariusve impari-pinnata, pinnis inipari- 

 pinnatis. Tlores paniculati, violacei. Calyx sapiiis cyatU- 

 formis nunc breve campanulatus vel suhcylindricus dentibus 

 obsoletis Corollse cestivatio imbricata, labio superiors bre- 



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