Haifa seed, which has been torn open in germination. The shape, and the character 

 of the surface sculpture leave no doubt that it belongs to the Solanaceae. We have no 

 species in our recent collection so delicately sculptured. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



GENUS? 



PI. XVII, fig. 3. 



Seed minute, ovate*truncate ; covered with elongate* quadrate pits with thin 

 wavy margins. 



Length 0.8 mm., breadth 0.6 mm. Swalmen. 



This seed appears to be nearly related to Digitalis. 



RUBIACEAE. 



GALIUM. 



PL XVII, fig. 4. 



Fruit minute, smooth or slightly granulate. 



Breadth 1 mm. Reuver. 



The single specimen appears to have lost much of its outer surface, and is also a 

 good deal crushed. 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



SAMBUCUS PULCHELLA Sp. nov. 

 PI. XVII, figs. 7—10. 



Semina parva, oblongo*ovata, acuta, arcte graciliter acute transverse 

 corrugata. 



Seed small oblong*ovate pointed ; closely finely and sharply wrinkled transversely. 



Length 1.8 to 2.8 mm., breadth 1.3 to 1.6 mm. Reuver, Swalmen, Brunssum. 



The seeds of the different species of Sambucus bear a close resemblance to one 

 another in general outline and character of sculpture. Our seed agrees in size with some 

 of the species which have small seeds, such as S.javanica, S. chinensis, and the American 

 5. canadensis, S. glauca (figs. 5, 6), and S. intermedia ; but differs from these and all other 

 living species by the greater number of its transverse rugosities. It varies, however a 

 good deal in size, shape, and fineness of the sculpture, as will be seen by the 4 specimens 

 figured; but these extremes are connected by numerous intermediate forms, and we are 

 quite unable to recognise more than one species among them. 



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