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Capfule, fuperior, one-celled, three valved, one-feeded. Embryo in- 

 ' verfe ! without penTperm. 



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A large tree, native of forefls on the north-weftern coaft of Suma- 

 tra: and efpecially in the vicinity of Tapanoofy* Sans. Carpura. Aiab. 

 Cafur. Mai. Capur. Bind. t Capur, . 



Trunk arboreous. Bark brownifh. 



Leaves, fuperior alternate ; inferior ones oppofiteV elliptic, obtufely 

 acuminate, parallel veined, entire, finooth ; '$-*j inches long ; i-2 1 

 broad. 



Petioles fhort. Stipules in pairs, fubulate, caducous. Perianth one-leav- 

 ed ; five-parted, perfiuent. 



Capfule fuperior, ovate, woody, fibrous, finely flreaked with longitudinal" 

 furrows, embraced at the bale by the calycine hemifpherical cup 

 and furrounded by its enlarged leaflets, which are converted, into 

 remote, foliacrous, fpatulate, rigid, reflex' wings : one-celled, three 

 •valved. 



Seed folitary, conform to the cavity of the capfule. Integument fimple, 

 thin, membranaceous, thickened along one fide and thence pene- 

 trating to the axis and continued between the interior fold of the 

 cotyledons. Pcrifperm none. Embryo conform to the feed, inverfe, 

 milk white. Cotyledons two, unequal, almond-. flefhy, thick, chryfa- 

 loid'Contortuplicate; the exterior one larger, convolute, and che- 

 rifhing the interior one, Imooth without, wrinkled within : the 

 interior one much fmaller, wrinkled on both fides, uniform or 

 round cordate (as is the exterior one, if its folds be expanded.) 

 ^ Plumule fimple, conical, two-leaved. Radicle near the fummit to- 

 wards the back, columnar, a little curved and ending in a fhort 

 conical tip ; alcending. 



