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CALYCIFLORiE, 
Trees or shrubs. — Name of Indian derivation, given 
by Aublet. 
1. Cassipourea elliptica. 
Leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends shortly 
petiolated very entire, dowers distinctly pedi- 
celled. petals subpalmato-fimbriated. 
Legnotis elliptica, Swartz, FI. Incl. Occ II. 969. t. 17. 
— Cassipourea elliptica, DC. Prod. III. 31. 
II A B. The lofty mountains. 
F L. May and June. 
This must be a rare tree, as it has been described by 
no Botanist, with the exception of Swartz — The follow- 
ing is a brief description : 
A tree 10-30 feet in height. Leaves opposite, pctiolafe, 
scarcely nerved, very glabrous, somewhat stiff. Stipules 
small, ovate, membranaceous, deciduous. Flowers axil- 
lary, peduncled, 3-5 together ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
generally shorter than the petiole, furnished at the inser- 
tion with minute imbricating squamules. Calyx inter- 
nally cano-tomentose ; divisions ovate, acute. Petals 
longer than the calyx, deciduous : claw linear; border 
with the divisions linear, incarnate, with a white villosity, 
Ovary subrotund pubescent, encircled with a fleshy annu- 
lar disk. Capsule large, 3-gonal : seed solitary. 
QRDFR LXXI. ONAGRARLE. 
Tube of the Calyx adnate partially or entirely 
to tho ovary ; limb 2-5 lobed, frequently 4-lobed 5 
{estivation valvular. Petals of the same number 
as the calycine lobes and alternating with them 5 
rarely none. Stamens of the same number as 
the petals, or double. Ovary 2-4-cel led, crowned 
with a disk: style filiform : stigma capitate or 
lobed. Fruit capsular, berried, or a drupe, 2-4- 
celled. Seeds numerous in each cell : albumen 
