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Linncean Defcription of the QuaJJia Polygama. 



Arbor excelfa faepe centum pedes alta. Caudex fpectabilis, 

 ereclus, glaber. Cortex cinereus in Epidermide, interne al- 

 bido flavefcens, tenax et ex fibris lentis confedus. Ramuli 

 alterni teretes. 



Folia fub-alterna. Foliola 5 — 10 jugata impari-pinnata, op- 

 pofita, oblonga, obtufe-acuminata, glabra, integerrima, ve- 

 nofa breviter petiolata. Petiolus communis fubtus nudus. 

 Stipulce laterales parvae, lanceolate, ere&ae, decidual. 



Inflorefcentia cymofa. Pedunculi folitarii, teretes, plerumque 

 nudi, in plurimos ramulos divifi. 



Flos Masculus. 



Cal. Perianthium, inferum, minimum, ex fquamulis quatuor 

 compofitum. Foliolis ovatis perfiftentibus. 



Cor. Petala 4, oblonga, obtufa, aequalia, feflilia, fuberecla. 

 Neclarium ex fquamis 4 ovatis, villofis, ban" filamentorum 

 interiori infertis. 



St am. filament a 4, 5, 6, filiformia, fuberecla, aequalia, corolla Ion?- 

 giora, receptaculo inferta. Anthera fimplices ereclse. 



Flos Hermaphroditus in diver/a Arbore. 



Cal. et Cor. ut in mare. 



Stam. ut in mare, fed filamenta corollam vix fuperant. 



Pijl. Receptaculum carnofum, orbiculatum, elevatum, germine 

 latius. Germen fubovatum, ex duobus, tribus, raro qua- 

 tuor compofitum, leviter coherentibus. Styli crafliufculi, 

 erecli. Stigmata 2, 3, 4, fimplicia, declinata. 



Per. Drupae 2, 3, 4, globofae, laterales, diftantes, nigerrima*, ni- 

 tentes, receptaculo infertae. 



Sem. Solitaria globofa, unilocularia, uauco fragili tecta. 



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