ON THE AFOCINEiE. 7* 



petiolaribus. Cymcz trifidae, laterales et ter- 

 minales. 



P atria. Nova Hollandia tropica. 



Obs. I have named this genus in memory of Sir 

 Andrew Balfour, the founder of the Edin- 

 burgh Botanic Garden and Museum, of whose 

 merits in natural history, especially in botany, 

 an interesting account is given by his friend Sir 

 Robert Sibbald, in a small "volume, entitled, 

 " Memoria Balfouriana." 



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NERIUM. [Nerii sp. Linn, et Juss. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Faux corona- 

 ta, foliolis lacero-multifidis. Limbi laciniis 

 tortis, inaequilateris ecaudatis. 

 Stamina. Filainenta medio tubo inserta. A?u 

 therce sagittatae aristatse, medio stigmati co- 

 haerentes. 



Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, filiformis, apice dilatato. 



Stigma obtusum. 

 Squama nullae hypogynae. . , . denticuli in basi 



calycis, extra corollam. 

 Folliculi cylindracei. ^ 

 Habitus. Frut ice s erecti. Folia terna,, elongata, 



coriacea, venis numerosis, parallelis. 

 P atria. India Orientalis. 



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