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habit, and appears to differ from it and Strigilia only in the eha- 
racters above mentioned. If, therefore, its ovules be sometimes 
more than one in eaeh division, as Prof. DeCandoUe suspects, 
there would not then remain a single feature to distinguish the 
genus from Strigilia. 
From the materials above cited I have drawn up its generic 
character as follows : — 
Foveolaria, R. & P. Tremanthus, Pers. — Flores subpolygami. 
Calyx campanulatus, crasso-coriaceus, extus densiter tomen- 
tosus, margine 5-denticulatus. Petala 5, oblonga, crassa, 
calyce 2-plo longiora, extus tomentosa, imo (adhsesione sta- 
minum) breviter connata, aestivatione valvata, apice inflexa. 
Stamiria 10, uniserialia ; filamenta lata, membranacea, antheris 
sesquilonga, dorso pubescentia, imo sese et cum petalis laxe 
in tubum connata ; antherce lineari-oblongae, dorso ad fila- 
menta adnatae, 2-lob8e, lobis linearibus, parallelis, distinctis, 
rima longitudinali dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovoideum, se- 
riceum, superne 1-loculare, imo brevissime pseudo-3-locella- 
tum, septis cum nervis totidem parietalibus continuis ; ovula 
in quoque locello 1 (vel interdum 2) e basi erecta. Stylus 
cum ovario continuus, gradatim attenuatus, pilosulus, longi- 
tudine staminum. Stigma breviter 3-lobum. Bacca ovoidea, 
calyce suffulta, 1-locularis. Semina 1 vel 2, imo ovulis steri- 
libus notata, structura Strigilice. 
Frutex elatus, Peruvianus, ramis racemis calycibus foliisque subtus 
ferrugineo-tomentosis, pilis fqsciculatis ; folia alterna, oblongo- 
elliptica, integra, utrinque obtusa, coriacea, superne glabra ; 
racemi axillares, simplices, foliis duplo longiores ; pedicelli al- 
terni, calyce breviores ; flores parvi. 
1. Foveolaria ferruginea, R.&P. Syst. 100; DC. Prodr. viii. 272; 
Deless. Icon. Sel. v. 19. tab. 43. Tremanthus ferrugineus, 
Pers. Ench. i. 467. Strigilia racemosa, DC. Prodr. i. 621 
{non Cav.). — Peruvia. 
6. Halesia. 
I have already given full details of the structure of the ovary 
in this genus, of the curious mode of development of its ovules, 
and the growth of its fruit and seed, all of which show clearly, 
notwithstanding these anomalous appearances, that it belongs 
truly to Styracece. In habit, the species bear great external re- 
semblance to those of Styrax ; the petals are of the same form, 
colour, and size, the aestivation of the corolla is similar, and in 
their stamens there is a remarkable resemblance : but the flowers 
are not racemose, as in that genus ; on the contrary, they grow 
