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1. Schmidelia Cominifl. Shrubby Corninia. 
Leaves trifoliate, the middle leaflet petiolulated, 
the two lateral subpetiolulated, oblong acuminate 
slightly attenuated at the base serrated pubescent 
above villous beneath, racemes compound. 
Baccifera Indica trifolia, fructu rotundo monopyreno, Sloane, 
II. t. 208. f. 1 — Arborea foliis undulatis pinnato-ternatis, flori- 
bus minimis, racemis terminalibiis, Browne, 205. — Allophyllus 
Corninia, Swartz , Prod. 62. — Schmidelia Corninia, FI. hid. Occ. 
667. — Ornithorpe Corninia, Willd. Sp. II. 323. 
ILVB. Common in the lower mountains. 
FL. August, September. 
A shrubby tree, about 15 feet in height. Branches long, 
somewhat erect, terete, pubescent towards their extremities. 
Leaves alternate; common petiole 2^ inches long, terete, 
pubescenti-villous; leaflets elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate, slight- 
ly attenuated at the base, serrated, pubescent above, villous be- 
neath, penni-nerved, veined. Racemes axillary, solitary, com- 
pound ; branches 2—4 inches long, straight, spreading, simple, 
spike-like. Blowers small, yellowish, numerous, shortly pedi- 
celled, 3-4 together in clusters. Rachis roundish, villous: 
pedicels reflected. Hermaphrodite and male flowers on the 
same raceme. $ FI. Calyx of 4 sepals ; 2 of them smaller ; 
roundish concave. Petals 4 smaller than the larger sepals, 
white, roundish, ciliated, pilose about their middle, each, at 
their base, with a minute yellow bilobed glandule. Ovaries 2, 
situated at the lower part of the flower, at the side opposite to 
where the petals are placed, greenish, pubescent : style erect, 
longer than the sepals, bifid at the apex ; stigmata reflected. 
Stamens 8 ; filaments shorter than the petals : anthers evidently 
abortive, pale. Berry globose, size of a coriander seed, orange- 
coloured, solitary, 1 -seeded, from one of the ovaries being 
abortive. Seed roundish. $ FL As in the hermaphrodite, ex- 
cept that the stamens are contiguous at their base, and are twice 
the length of the sepals ; anthers cordate, yellow. 
This is a plant deserving of notice, principally for the singu- 
lar disposition of the different parts of the flower. There are 
some inaccuracies in the description of Swartz, which I have 
attempted to correct. 
VII. Cupania. Loblolly-wood. 
Calycine sepals 5. Petals 4, glabrous on the inner 
surface, hooded. Stamens S. Style 3-lid. Capsule 
3-celled, 3-valved, with the valves septiferous from 
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