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rows (the innermost being the shortest), monadelphous : fila- 
ments subulate: anthers minute, oval. Ovary conical, yellow, 
silky-pubescent : style erect, length ol‘ the stamens, puberulous : 
stigma green, subcapitate, crenato-corrugated. 
I have no hesitation in referring this to the above genus; al- 
though it differs in several particulars from the preceding spe- 
cies. The peduncle varies in length. 
II. Freziera. 
Calycine sepals 5 , bibracteolated. Petals 5, broad 
at the base, free. Anthers adnate, glabrous, subcor- 
date. Style 3-5-fid at the apex. Berry 3-5-locular. 
Trees, natives of America, of the habit of the Laurel kind, 
with axillary peduncles. 
1. Freziera thaeoides. Tea-like Freziera. 
Leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends serrulato- 
dentate glabrous, pedicels axillary sub-solitary 1- 
flowered. 
Eroteum thaeoides, Swartz , Prod. 85. — F. thaeoides, Swartz, 
FI. Ind. Occ. 972. 
HAB- The higher mountains. 
FL. January — July. 
A tree, seldom more than 20 feet in height : branches terete, 
glabrous, subflexuose. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 2-3 inches 
in length, elliptic, acuminate at both ends with the apex blunt, 
obtusely serrated with the serratures apiculated, stiff, ob- 
scurely nerved and veined: petiole short. Peduncles axillary, 
solitary (but apparently 2-3, from 2-3 leaves being crowded 
together, and 1-2 of them having dropt off), 1 -flowered : flowers 
nodding, of a greenish-yellow colour. Sepals somewhat un- 
equal, roundish, concave, minutely ciliated, coriaceous, persis- 
tent : bracteoles 2, at the base of the calyx, linear, much small- 
er than the sepals. Petals larger than the sepals, roundish, 
concave, minutely ciliated. Filaments numerous, unequal in 
length, capillary, 6-10 attached to the base of each petal : an- 
thers small, acute or beaked at the apex. Ovary roundish- 
conical : style 3-4-fid at the apex : stigmata simple. Berry 
size of a small cherry, globose, purple, juicy, 3-4-celled : seeds 
many, angulated. 
This is by no means a very showy tree. The leaves are as- 
tringent, and in taste resemble those of the Thea viridis. 
L 2. Freziera (?) dioica. Dioecious Freziera. 
Dioecious, leaves oblong emarginate distantly ere- 
