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346 2. AGAllDHIA CllYPTANTHA. [CL. I. 



parts, and in Hippophde of two ; but, in both cases, it stands 

 above the fruit. It is true, that in the two latter plants, the 

 filaments are four ; but we know that a uniform abortion ac- 

 counts for the want of organs of the same kind, (180.) 



Uses. 



Only goats eat this plant. It contributes to the purifica- 

 tion of air in standifig water. 



Agardhia cryptaiitha. 



Char. Gen. Cal. 3-sepalus, inferus. Cor. 5-petala, convo- 

 luta. Stam. 1, anthera magna. Drupa 3-locularis, 3-val- 

 vis. 



Ramum florentem habeo e Brasilia, cortice fusco. Folia op- 

 posita, ovata, inaequalia, coriacea, integerrima, acuta, nervo- 

 so-venosa, duos pollices cum dimidio longa, duos fere pol- 

 lices lata, utrinque glaberrima ; petioli fusci ; canalicula- 

 ti, semipollicares, patentes. Racemus terminalis, aphyllus, 

 nutans. Flores flavidi. Calyx trisepalus, subimbricatus. 

 ^stivatio convolutiva. Corolla 5-petala, extus sericea. Re- 

 ceptaculum villosum. Stamen unicum laterale. Anthera 

 ratione reliquarum parti um maxima, curvata, bilocularis. 

 PistUlum triquetrum. Drwpa ovalis pollicaris, atra, trival- 

 vis, trilocularis. 



Planta affinis Cryptostomo Schreb. (Moutabea Aubl. Guian. 

 t. 274.) ipsique mangiferae. Sed haec turn calyce 5-sepalo, 

 tum drupa monosperma, ilia antheris quinque stamini uni- 

 co insidentibus, et calyptra coroUae differt. Videtur tamen 

 Terebinthaces adnumeranda esse, 



Dixi in honorem Agardhii, prof. Lundinensis, qui algaruiQ 

 Hstoriam egrcgie iliustravit. 



