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rendered manifest by the presence of a somewhat lateral scutelli- 
form appendage, towards the summit of the fruit. It is how- 
ever to be remembered, that nothing is yet known of the develop- 
ment of the ovarium of Icacina, beyond its early stage, when it 
exactly resembles that of Apodytes ; and it is not at all improba- 
ble, that in the respect just mentioned, they may turn out to he 
alike, in which case the two genera must be regarded as identi- 
cal, and all the species of Apodytes must then be referred to 
Icacina. I have had no opportunity of examining the seed of 
Apodytes, and in the following diagnosis have therefore added 
its carpological characters from the description of Mr. Bentham, 
which will he seen to conform with the analysis given hy Dr. 
Wight, in his 'leones,’ tab. 1153. The only other tangible 
feature that can serve to distinguish these genera, is, that in 
Icacina the anthers are ovate, not long, linear, and profoundly 
bifid below, and that the filaments are slightly induplicated at 
their apex, not straight, as in Apodytes. 
Apodytes, E. Meyer ; Arnott, Hook. Joiu’n. Bot. iii. 155 ; 
Benth. Linn. Trans, xviii. 683. — Flores perfecti, vel interdum 
polygami, sicco nigi’escentes. Calyx parvus, 5-dentatus, per- 
sistens. Petala 5, linearia, carnosula, glabra, hypogyna, 
ajstivatione valvata, demum patentia. Stamina 5, cum petalis 
inserta, iis alterna, et fere sequilonga : filamenta compressa, 
subulata, erecta ; antherce lineari-oblongse, 2-lobjB, basi ad me- 
dium bifidse, in sinu dorsifixse, ssepe glandulis resinosis asperse, 
lobis parallelis, connective tenuissimo connatis, singulatim 
2-locellatis, demum septicidis et longitudinaliter evolutim 
dehiscentibus. Pollen trigonum. Ovarium liberum, oblon- 
gum, valde gibbum, disco parvo suffultum, 1-loculare ; ovula 
2 juxta apicem loculi subcollateraliter superposita, podospermio 
crassiusculo suspensa, anatropa. Stylus elongatus, subulatus, 
riexuosus. Stigma clavatum, sub-3-lobum. (" Drupa baccata, 
dimidiato-ovato-remfoi-mis, stylo hinc coronata, et lateraliter 
appeudice carnoso aucto, nucleo osseo monospermo. Semen 
pendulum, ovato-reniforme, compressum, testa tenui, albumine 
copioso, carnoso, nigro. Embryo in medio albuminis parvus, 
axilis, juxta hilum positus, rectus, radicula breve ad hilum 
spectante.” Benth. loc. cit.) — Arbores capenses et Asiatics, 
folia alterna, ovata, Integra, coriacea, glabra, petiolata. In- 
llorescentia paniculata, terminalis •, flores parvuli, cum pedicellis 
hrevibus articulati, bracteohs minimis, caducis. 
1. Apodytes dimidiata, E. Mey. ; Arnott, Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. 
155; Benth. Linn. Trans, xviii. 684; — ramulis sulcato-an- 
gulatis, junioribus pubescentibus ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis, 
acutis vel retusis, coriaceis, supra glabemmis, subtus pube 
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