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base with a cup-shaped orange coloured fleshy caruncle 

 which partially surrounds the umbilicus. Embryo inverse, 

 without albumen. 



Obs. — The umbilical caruncle in this species is similar 

 in shape and situation to that observed in the Connarus 

 lucidus, being smaller than usual in this tribe. 



CNESTIS FLORIDA. (W.J.J 

 Foliolis 3 — 5, rarius solitariis, oblongo-ovatis acuminatis 

 glaberrimisj racemis fasciculatis axillaribus, seminibus arillo 

 subinclusis. 



Confer cum Connaro santaloide, Vahl, anne eadem f 

 Found in Sumatra and the island of Pulo Nias, 

 A small tree, with somewhat rigid divaricate branches, 

 heaves alternate, pinnate, leaflets 3 — 5, sometimes solitary, 

 oblong ovate, attenuated into a longish blunt acumen, very 

 entire, very smooth, rather rigid, shining above^ veins reti- 

 culate ; about three inches long. Racemes axillary, fascicu- 

 late, slender, shorter than the leaves ; the lower pedicels 

 3 — 4 flowered. Calyx almost five leaved, erectj tinged 

 with red towards the base. Corolla five-petalled, Stamina 

 ten, distinct, nearly equal ; filaments flat and broader at the 

 base. Ovaries five, oblong, erect. Styles one to each ovary. 

 Stigmas simple. Capsule solitary, the remainder aborting, 

 ovate, pointed towards both ends, somewhat oblique, smooth, 

 bursting on one side, one-seeded. Seed almost enclosed in 

 a bright red fleshy aril originating from the umbilicus, and in 

 its expansion enveloping the whole seed. Albumen none. 

 Cotyledons plano-convex, solid. Radicle remote from the 

 umbilicus as in Gaertner's Omphalobium. 



CNESTIS MIMOSOIDES. (W. J.) 

 Foliis pinnatis subdecemjugis, foliolis ovali-oblongis emar- 

 ginatis, seminibus arillo subinclusis. 



Connarus mimosoides. Vahl and Willd. 

 Found at Tappanuly. 



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