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I am unable properly to compare this with H. laurifolia, which, 

 from Jussieu's description, appears to have very similar stamens. 



Plate 21. — Hiptage myrtifolia. A. Branch of var. a. in flower: 

 B. the same, in fruit. Fig. 1. Diagram of the flower. 2. A flower- 

 bud. 3. A detached exterior petal. 4. Flower-bud, with the petals 

 and limb of the calyx removed, showing the proportion of the 

 stamens, &c. 5. An anther, inside view. 6. The same, seen from 

 the outside. 7. Flower, with the petals and stamens removed, 

 showing the pistil. 8. Stigma and apex of the style, at an thesis. 

 9. Vertical section of the flower, through the ovary. 10. Dorsal view 

 of a carpel, in fruit. 11. The same, with a lateral wing cut away, 

 exposing the seed, and showing the persistent style. 12. A seed. 

 13. Vertical section through the embryo. 14. Embryo detached. — All 

 the details, except Fig. 10, more or less magnified. — G. A branch of 

 the var. /?. of the natural size. 



9. TETRAPTERYS, Gav., A. Juss. 

 1. Tetrapterys rotundifolia, A. Juss. 



Tetrapterys rotundifolia, A. Juss. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 3, p. 6, t. 161, & 

 Monogr. Malp. 2, p. 274, t, 18. 



Hab. Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. (In fruit.) 



2. Tetrapterys punctulata, A. Juss. I. c. 



Hab. Brazil ; in the Organ Mountains, near Rio Janeiro. 



The specimen, in flower only, accords with the plant of Sellow 

 (Hircea glabra, Spreng.), of Pohl, &c. The leaves are minutely pel- 

 lucid-punctate, but show no black dots. 



3. Tetrapterys mogoriifolia, A. Juss. I. c. 



Hab. Brazil, near Rio Janeiro : apparently the var. jplatyptera. 



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