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MR DAVID DON 
V. (in T. sanguinea) gland ulosa, basi parum latiora : an- 
tliercB longissimae, subulatae, trigonse, carina lata crassa 
auctse, antice canaliculatae, apice non rostratae, foramine 
solitario terminatae, basi filamentis adfixse, postice biauricu- 
latae. Ovarium subrotundo-ovatum, calyce obtectum, apice 
corona urceolata fimbriata instructum. Stylus filiformis, 
glaber aut (in T. sanguinea) dense glandulosus, elongatus, 
declinatus aut (in T. Mayeta) brevis, rectus. Stigma 
magnum, orbiculato-peltatum, umbilicatum. Capsula bac- 
cata, 5-locularis, 5-valvis, medip cujusque loculi a riraa 
longitudinali quinquefariam debiscens. Placeiitoe 5, magnse, 
pulposse, loculis conformes. Semina numerosa, ovata^ fus- 
cescentia, umbilico magno crasso laterali convexo nigro 
aucta, in placentis pulposis nidulantia : testa duplex ; ex- 
terior crassiuscula, Crustacea, fragilis ; interior tenuissima, 
raembranacea: albumen nullum. Embryo rectus, semini 
ccnformis, ovoideus, luteus : cotyl. sequales, crassae, plano- 
convexse, ovales, obtusse : radicula cylindracea, crassa, co- 
tyledonibus brevior, obtusa, recta. 
Frutices {Amer. u^quin.) Mspidi, erecti. Folia creiiulatttj 
3 aut 5-nervia, swpius disparia. Petioli breves^ valde se- 
tosi, superne tumidi ef iiiflati i/n vesica magna biloculari 
medio constrictd subtus in divisuris nervorum Jbliorum 
dupUci foramine hiante. Flores rosei aut aibi, paniculati 
V, spicato-pajiictdati, terminales^ in T. Mayeta axillareSf 
solitarii, sessiles, 
Obs. Vesicas supra petiolos plane opus formicarum, quas^ 
ab gemina apertura (observante Aubletio) ad cavum cauli- 
num penetrant. In his vesicis jam in siccis formicas extinc- 
tas ipse ssepissime inveni. 
1. T. Aubletii, foliis late ovalibus oblongisve acuminatis 
crenulatis 5-nerviis sequalibus, utrinque cauleque 
