72 GENERAL IIEMAIIKS ON THE 



brevis glaber cyathiformis deocmplioatus suborenatus. Ovarium libenim sessile 

 depresso-globosum viride, tuberoulis confertissimis obtusis undique tectum, 

 villisque rarioribus tenuibus pubescens, 5-locukre; Slyhts simplex ereotus 

 glaber obtuse 5-gonus; SUgma peltatum alte 5-lobum. Capsula lignea obloiiga 

 obtusa fere 3-unoialis, basi oalyce miuimo persistent! subtensa, undique echinata 

 processubus suberoso-ligneis confertis subconicis, 5-partibilis, segmentis cymbi- 

 formibus, tandem ab apice semibifidis et siccatione ssepe transversim fissis, 

 basibus ante dehisceentiam adnexis axi centrali brevi demum libero et persis- 

 teuti. Placenta centralis longitudinaliter alte 5-loba, efformans Dissepimenia 

 quinque longitudine capsulfB, cum segmentis alternantia ideoque eorura'oavi- 

 tates bipartientia, ante deliiscentiam margine interiore connexa, demum soluta, 

 dimidiato-oblonga plana spougioso-lignea, versus dorsum obtusum sensim cras- 

 siora, margine "interiore in aeiem attenuata, utriuque disperma, et insignita 

 lineis duabus alternis a margine interiore arcuatim descendentibus et paulo 

 intra dorsum desinentibus. Seniina erecta, funiculo brevi compresso paulo 

 supra basin marginis exterioris inserta, plano-oonvexa, apice in alam mem- 

 branaceam planam uniuervem ipso nuoleo subovato sesquilongiorem desinentia. 

 Integumentum simplex coriaceum basi lateribusque spongioso-incrassatis. Al- 

 bumen m)A.wm. Embri/o dicotjledoneus albus; Cotyledones transversse crasso- 

 foliacese avenise ; Radicula prope medium marginis interioris seminis transversa, 

 brevissima, sinu baseos cotyledonum inclusa, ab umbilico remota. 



Obs. There can be very little doubt that Arbor Badu- 

 lifera of the Herbarium amboinense (3, p. 201, t. 129,) 

 belongs to Hindersia, not only from the external appear- 

 ance of the capsule as exhibited in the figure, but from 

 the description given by Rumpf of its dehiscence, as well 

 as of the peculiar dissepiments and the structure of the 

 seeds. 



The affinities of this genus are not perhaps very evident. 

 I have referred it to CedrelecB, an order certain genera of 

 which are annexed by Jussieu to Meliacece, but which I have 

 separated from that family chiefly on account of the struc- 

 ture of the fruit, and of the winged seeds. Flindersia, 

 however, does not agree with the other genera of Cedre- 

 leae either in the insertion of its seeds or dehiscence of its 

 capsule ; and it appears to differ from them remarkably in 

 its moveable dissepiments ; but these may be considered 

 as the segments of a common placenta, having a pecuhar 

 597] form, indeed, but not being in other respects essentially 

 different from that of Cedreleee. FHndersia is distinct also 

 from the whole of the order, in having its leaves dotted 

 with pellucid glands, in which respect it seems to connect 

 Cedrelege with Hesperideae ; and, notwithstanding the 

 absence of albumen, even with Diosmeas. 



