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distinguished by its thick and coriaceous leaves and large flowers; 

 the inner divisions of the perianth two lines or more in length, and 

 nearly equalling the stamens. The fructified ovary shows no ten- 

 dency to become spuriously several-celled. The Linngean genus Trilix 

 is probably the same as Banara* 



3. A Z A E A, Ruiz & Pav. 



1. AZARA CELASTRINEA, Don. 



Azara? celastrinea, Don, in Edinb. Phil. Jour. 11, p. 119; Gay, Fl. Chil. 1, p. 195. 

 A. Lilen & Lilenia dentata, Bertero, herb. 



Hab. Near Valparaiso, Chili : common. 



2. Azara integrifolia, Ruiz & Pav. 



Azara integrifolia, Ruiz & Pav. Syst. p. 138, & Fl. Per. & Chil. 5, (ined.) t. 466 ^ 

 DC. Prodr. 1, p. 262 ; Gay, Fl. Chil. 1, p. 199. 



Hab. Chili, with the preceding : also at Santiago. 



Another species, probably A. serrata, Kuiz & Pav., is mentioned in 

 Dr. Pickering's notes ; but it is not found in the collection. 



4. FLACOURTIA, LHer. 



1. Flacourtia inermis, Roxb., DC. 



Hab. Singapore. 



The specimen, in flower only, agrees perfectly with those from the 

 Peninsula of India, distributed by Dr. Wight. 



* From a collection made by M. Claude Gay, in the province of Cusco, Peru, I have 

 received, under the name of Blackwellia, a male specimen of what appears to be a true 

 congener of Banara mollis and B. Ibaguensis, Tulasne, in Ann. Sci. Nat. 3d ser. 7, p. 

 288, except that it is polygamo-dicecious. The abortive ovary shows five placental lines, 

 which, however, are not ovuliferous. 



