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CAL Y 01 FLORAE. 
ticulated, 3 ply- nerved, besides a marginal pair. Pedun- 
cles axillary, and subterminal, either three together one- 
flowered and spreading, or there is a short single peduncle 
bearing three pedicelled flowers. Flowers rather small, 
white, with a pair of small subulate bracteoles appressed 
to the ovary. Calyx at the base globose, hirsute with 
crimson hairs ; tube produced, contracted at the throat: 
teeth 4, filiform, hirsute, longer than the petals. Petals 
with a pink tinge, oblongo lanceolate, acuminate. Sta- 
mens 8, shorter than the petals : filaments reddish : an- 
thers oblong, compressed, yellow, one-pored. Ovary 
deep in the calyx : style erect : stigma simple. Berry 
spherical, crowned with the calyx, hairy, dark purple, 
4 celled. 
This approximates to S. Hjrsuta. There are however 
sufficient points of difference, which forbid their being 
referred to the same species. The elongation of the ca- 
lyx so as to form a tube is inconsistent with the generic 
character. This also applies to S. Berterii where, in 
the words of DeCandolle, “ calyces lobis 4 setaceis tubo 
fere longioribus,” evidently implying that the calyx was 
produced into a tube beyond the ovary ; for that portion 
which is adnate to the ovary cannot properly be styled 
a tube. 
VII. Tetrazygia. 
Calycine tube globose or urceolated } limb pro- 
duced beyond the ovary ; persistent, shortly 4- 
toothed, (or edentulose.) Petals 4, ohovate. 
Stamens 4-8, equal. Anthers linear, obtuse at 
the base, one-pored. Ovary glabrous: style fili- 
form : stigma punctiform. Capsule berried, 4- 
celled : seeds very numerous, cuneato-angled, 
shining, with the hilum linear. 
Natives of the West Indies. Branches petioles and 
the under surface of the leaves whitish with a purple 
shade, or scurfy. Leaves 3-nerved. Cymes terminal. 
Flowers white, ebracteolated. Name from tetera four , 
and zusie marriage. 
1. Tetrazygia tetrandra. Tetrandrous Tetra- 
zygia . 
The tetragonal branches and petioles fer- 
