RUTACEil. 339 



Schott (the Vepris simpUcifolia of Endlicher), and doubtless also of 

 the original A. Icevis, notwithstanding the want of a style. 



Plate 34, A. — Acronychia retusa. Fig. 1. Branchlet of the sterile 

 plant, with flower-buds. 2. Branchlet of the fertile plant. 3. Sterile 

 flower-bud and pedicel. 4. Vertical section of the same. 5. A petal, 

 from the same. 6. Stamens, from the same. 7. Sterile pistil. 8. 

 Transverse section of the same. 9. Stamens and pistil of a fertile 

 flower (from Fig. 2). 10. Vertical section of the same. — The analyses 

 variously magnified. 



15. PELEA, Nov. Gen. 



Flores poly garni. Calyx quadripartitus, osstivatione imbricaius, cito 

 deciduus. Petala 4, asstivatione valvata } tnox decidua. Stamina 8 : 

 filamenta subulata vel complanata, fl. fert. breviora scepiusque antheris 

 (sagittatis) cassis donata. Discus hypogynus brevissimus, integer, sett 

 octocrenulatus. Ovarium quadriloculare (loculis petalis oppositis), 

 quadrilobum, sospius iimhilicatum : stylus centralis: stigma quadri- 

 lobum. Ovula in loculis gemina, Jiemitropa, adscendentia. Capsida 

 quadripartita, stellariformis {coccis divaricatis), loculicida; endo- 

 carpio cliartaceo ab exocarpio coriaceo sen lignescente solubili. Semina 

 in loculis saepissime bina, ovoidea, testa nitente drupacea. Embryo 

 intra albumen camosum rectus; cotyledonibus ovalibus; radicula 

 supera. — Arbores Sandwicenses {ixecnon Samoenses) , inermes, odoratw; 

 foliis simplicibus integerrimis oppositis sea verticillatis coriaceis punc- 

 tatis venosissimis, venis in venulam intramarginalem pi. m. confluen- 

 tibus; floribus axillaribus. 



A genus of several species of trees, natives of the Sandwich Islands, 

 one of which has been inadvertently taken for a Clusia, while 

 another, known many years since by the fruit alone, was referred by 

 Adrien de Jussieu and Gaudichaud to the South American genus 

 Brunellia, Ruiz & Pav. But all the species of that obscure genus are 

 apetalous, and have a persistent calyx, with a valvate aestivation, as 

 well as perfectly distinct pistils, with subulate styles. Their leaves 

 also are said not to be punctate, and to be furnished with small 



