Ord simarubacea 



1. AMARORIA. Nov. Gen. 



Flores monoid vel dioici. Masc. — Sepdla 6, an semper? Petala nulla. 

 Stamina numero sepalorum, iisdem opposita: antJierce subsessiles. 

 Discus camosus, profunde trifidus, lobis bifidis. Foem. — Sepala 4-5, 

 parva, persistens. Petala 4-5, linearia, carinata, reflexo-patentia. 

 Rudimenta starninum petalis numero dupla, minima, sub disco incras- 

 sato S-10-crenato inserta. Ovarium simplex, ovoideum, uniloculare, 

 uniovtdatwn, vertice stigmate sessilli maximo depresso reniformi 

 crasso obtectum. Ovulum sub apice loculi appensum, subanatropum. 

 Drupa sicca, nuciformis, ovoidea, subcompressa, epicarpio tenui, puta- 

 raine osseo. Semen loculum implens, amphitropum, exalbuminosum. 

 Cotyledones ovales, planae: radictda brevissima, super a. — Arbuscula 

 Soulamese amarse facie, foliis longius petiolatis. 



1. Amaroria soulameoides, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 40.) 



Hab. Mountains of Muthuata, Feejee Islands. 



Apparently a small tree, with stout and simple branches, scarred 

 by the large and approximate cicatrices of the fallen leaves; the 

 young shoots and nascent leaves minutely silky-pubescent; otherwise 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, crowded, almost exactly like those of 

 Soulamea amara, except that they have longer petioles (from 2 to 3 

 inches in length) and are rather narrower and less contracted towards 

 the base, elliptical-oblong or elongated-oblong, acute or obtuse, the 

 base usually acute, 5 or 6 inches long, 2 or 2i inches wide, coriaceous, 

 entire, not punctate, copiously feather-veined; the primary veins 



