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gyni inserfa, petalis brcviora. Filammta 5 antherifera cum petalis alternantia, prope 
basin disci inserta : 5 sterilia petalis opposita, breviora, in disco paulo altius imposita: 
omnia glabra compraso ffiiformia conniventia: Anthera conniventes ovato-cordatse acu- 
minata; glabra flavicantes, juxta basin affix®, loculis apposiris longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus: Pollen flavixm globosum laevc. Discus hypogynus ovarium lax& circumdans, 
brevis glaber eyatbiformis decemplicatus subcreriatus. Ovarium, liberum sessile depresso- 
globosum viride, tuberculis confertissimis obtusis undique tectum, villisque rarioribus 
tenuibus pubescens, 5-loculare : Stylus simplex erectus glaber obtuse 5-gonus : 
Stigma peltatum alte 5-lobum. Capsula lignea oblonga obtusa fere 3-uncialis, basi 
calyce minimo persistent! subtensa, undique echinata proccssubus suberoso-ligneis con- 
fertis subconicis, 5-partibilis, segmentis cymbiformibus, tandem ab apice semibifidis ct 
siccatione sa:pe transversim fissis, basibus ante dehiscentiam adnexis axi centrali brevi 
demum libero et persistenti. Placenta centralis longitudinaliter alte 5-loba, eflurmans 
Dissepiment a ( iuin.que longitudine eipsulae, cum segmentis alternantia ideoque eorum 
cavitates bipartientia, ante dehiscentiam margine interiore connexa, demum soluta, dimi- 
diato-oblonga plana spongioso-lignea, versus dorsum obtusurn sensim crassiora, margine 
interiore in aciem atteriuata, utrinque disperma, et insignita lineis duabus alternis a mar- 
gine interiore arcuatim descendentibus et paulo intra dorsum desinentibus. Semina 
erecta, funiculo brevi compresso paulo supra basin marginis exterioris inserta, plano-con- 
vexa, apice in alarn membranaceam planam uninervem ipso nucleo subovato sesquilongio- 
rem desinentia. Integumentum simplex coriaceum basi lateribusque spongioso-incrassatis. 
Albumen nullum. Embryo dicotyledom us albus: Cotyledones trarsverra crasso-folia- 
cese avenia? : Iludicula prope medium marginis interioris seminis transversa, brevissima, 
sinu baseos eotyledonum inclusa, ab umbilico remota. 
Obs. There can be very little doubt that Arbor Radulifera of the 
Herbarium amboinense (3. p. 201, t. 129.) belongs to Flindersia, not 
only from the external appearance of the capsule as exhibited in the figure, 
but from the description given by Rurripf of its dehiscence, as well as of 
the peculiar dissepiments and the structure' of the seeds. 
The affinities of this genus are not perhaps very evident. I have 
referred it to Cedrelece, an order certain genera of which are annexed by 
Jussieu to Meliacea, but which I have separated from that family chiefly 
on account of the structure of the fruit, and of the winged seeds. Flin- 
dersia, however, does not agree with the other genera of Cedreleee either 
in the insertion of its seeds or dehiscence of its capsule: and it appears to 
differ from t! em remarkably in its moveable dessepiments; but these may be 
considered as the segments of a common placenta, having a peculiar form, 
