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is one of much interest ; its stamens are monadelphous after the 
manner of Cissampelos ; the shape of its extremely flattened puta- 
men, with pectinated margins, is a modification of that of Caly- 
cocarpum, and its condyle is nearly evanescent as in Tinomis- 
cium : the form of its embryo with divaricated cotyledons, im- 
bedded in distinct cells of the albumen, places the genus among 
the Heterocliniece. 
Aspidocarya, H. & Th. — Flores dioici. Masc. Sepala 12, in 
seriebus ternatim imbricata, 6 interiora obovata, concava, sub- 
membranacea, glabra, 3-nervia, 6 exteriora gradatim minora et 
angustiora, margine ciliata. Petala 6, sequalia, sepalis dimidio 
breviora, rotundata, breviter unguiculata, marginibus infra 
medium auriculatim inflexis, nervis 3 ad medium protensis et 
illinc arcuatim nexis. Stamen unicum centi'ale; filamentum 
tenuiter columnare, sepalis sequilongum ; antherce 6, bilobse, 
ad oram connectivi peltato-disciformis connatse, margine rima 
transversa dehiscentes. — Fl.fcem. Sepala et petala u tin masc. 
Stamina sterilia 6, clavata. Ovaria 3 ; stigma subcapitatum 
sec. cl. auct. Drupes 3, oblongo-ovatse, pulposse ; putamen 
subosseum, subovatum, lenticulari-compressum, utrinque 
paulo convexum, facie dorsali carina elevata apice basique ex- 
currente cristatum, utroque margine in aciem sinuato-pecti- 
natam vel truheato-dentatam late expansum, 1-loculare; con- 
dylus obsoletus, nisi in striam longitudinalem discessus; semen 
loculo conforme, ovatum, valde compressum : integumenta 
tenuiter membranacea, facie ventrali linea obscura longitudi- 
nali et raphe notata, et hinc ad striam condyli adherentia : 
embryo intra albumen carnosum fere 2-laminare simplex Lu- 
clusus; cotyledonibus foliaceis, oblongis, acutis, valde divaricatis, 
in locellis sejunctis utrinque positis, radicula supera tereti 
multo longioribus. 
Frutex scandens Indies orientalis ; folia ovato-oblonga, subcordata, 
acuta, et subito attenuata, submembranacea, b-nervia, subglabra, 
in nervis pubescentia,longe et tenuiter petiolata •, panicula race- 
mosa, supra-axillaris, folio subcequalis •, flores parvi, viride- 
scentes. 
1. Aspidocarya uvifera, H. & Th. FI. Ind. i. 180; — ramulis te- 
retibus, striatis, parce strigoso-puberulis ; foliis oblongo- 
ovatis, imo cordatis, ultra medium sensim angustioribus, apice 
repente et lineari-attenuatis, 5-nerviis, valde reticulatis, supra 
glabris, sed in nervis puberulis, subtus pallidioribus, in 
nervis prominulis et in venis transversis reticulatis pubes- 
ceutibus, petiolo tenuiter elongate, limbo longiore, imo torto 
et vix incrassato ; panicula ^ racemiforuji, supra-axillari, te- 
nuiter elongata, undique glabra, ramis brevibus, paucifloris. 
