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add to these points of approximation the analogy of its stipules, 
which offer so marked a feature in that order ; they are present 
in Diclidanthera, although very deciduous, and they are accom- 
panied by peculiar persistent glands. From the Philippodendrece, 
through Diclidanthera, there is a more perfect transition-link 
between Buttneriacece and Bterculiacere, especially with the tribe 
Myrodiece, with which our genus has several characters in 
common. 
The following is an emended character of the genus, based 
upon my own observations : 
Diclidanthera, Mart. Pluchia, Veil. — Flores hermaphroditi. 
Calyx in imo hemisphsericus et hinc cum disco cupuliformi 
carnoso adnatus, superne in sepala 5, linearia, obtusa, lequa- 
lia, utrinque pilosa, sestivatione quincuncialiter imbricata, 
decidua, divisus. Petala 5, sequalia, sepalis 2-3-plo longiora 
et alterna, margine disci enata, et ultra medium ad tubum 
staminiferum agelutinata, hinc pseudo-gamopetala, margini- 
bus contorsive imbricatis, sinistris connatis, dextris liberis, 
ciliatis, et carinis totidem obliquis efformantibus, supra tubum 
omnino libera, apicem versus paullulo latiora, obtusa, sub- 
patentia, sestivatione quincuncialiter imbricata. Stamina mo- 
nadelpha, cum petalis orta, filamenta in tubum integrum, 
cylindricum, elongatum, tenuissime membranaceum, ad pe- 
tala arete agglutinatum, 10-nervem, coalita: antherx 10, 
sequales, uniseriatse, in marginem tubi filarnentorum insertae, 
erectae (et ut \ddetur in fauce tubi corollae sessiles), reni- 
formi-ovatse, 2-loculares, loculis collateralibus sine connective 
coalitis, transversim 2-valves, rima oblique hippocrepica de- 
hiscentes, valva postica paullo majore erecta, antica hiante 
deflexa et e basi pendula. Pollen globosum, vittis 4 notatum, 
et transversim creberrime lineatum. Ovarium parvum, sub- 
globosum, glabrum, stipitatum, obsolete 5-sulcatum, 5-locu- 
lare ; ovula in quoque loculo bina (uno minore et effoeto), ad 
axin centralem infra apicem suspensa, micropylo supero, ra- 
phide venti-ali. Stylus simplex, pilosus, stamina excedens. 
Stigma parvum, clavatum, breviter 5-lobum. Drupa globdsa, 
cupula parva calycina suffulta, sicca, coriacea, indehiscens, 
5-locularis, 5-sperma, aut abortu 2-3-sperma. Semen sus- 
pensum, ovatum, compressum ; integumenta 3, extimum fus- 
cum, retrorsum pilosum, pilis albidis, sub lenti rugoso-punc- 
tatum, intermedium rubellum, nitidum, crassiusculum, vertice 
hilo notatum, basi chalaza signatum, intirnum membranaceum. 
Embryo in albumen tenue, carnosum, paullo longius inclusus ; 
cotyledonibus suborbicularibus, subcordatis, planis, foliaceis, 
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