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olitusa*, dorso convcxae, dimidium ipsius embryonis emetientcs. Radieula supera, sub- 
turbinata, lineain demidiam e superficie perispermi rcmotu. Plumula iuconpsicua. 
Obseuv ation. 
Mons. dc Jussieu.lias justly observed in an excellent me moire chiefly on the families 
of Caprifoliacece and Ijirranthea, inserted in Annul, da museum d histoire naturelle, 12. 
p. 300, that this genus is the connecting link between those families, belonging, however, 
more properly to Lorantlieir. I would add that it is nearly allied to Suntnlacea? of Ml*. 
Brown. The account which the first mentioned immortal botanist has given of the fruit, 
taken from the manuscript of the accurate Bichard, as far as it goes, agrees exactly 
with the present species. The diflfereuee between the structure of the ovarium and that of 
the fruit lias, however, not been noticed ; and its Schrcber describes the genus, as having 
a three-celled berry with several seeds, the number of the abortive ovula may perhaps vary'. 
In my tree there are invariably found three ovula, one ol which only conies to maturity; 
the other two are abortive, remaining attached to the upper end of the cavity of the pu- 
tumcn, as does also the axis of the ovarium, in the shape ol w ithered, flattened threads. 
— Ifoenkea , Ruiz ct Pavon flor. peruv. (not of the prodromus) belongs probably to this 
genus, as lias been remarked by Schultes, in syst. vcg. 5. p. viii.—The fruit bears some 
resemblance to Rhysospermum , Gacrt. carp, suppl. p. 232, t. 221, which is the same as 
Not eh tea, Vent, according to Mr. Brown, (prodr. nov. hoi 1. 1. p. 523).—The perfume of 
the flowers is of a most delightful kind, and may be perceived on steeping them in warm 
water even long after they have been dried.— Wall. he. tit. 
SPIIAEROC ARYA, Wall, in Ro.vb.Jlor. iml 2.371- 
Calyx quinquepartitus. /Vto/a'quinque, minuta, staminibus totidem altemantia. 
SquamultP quinque, fimbriatic, inter stamina laciniasque ealycis. Ovarium absque ullo 
disco. Stylus indivisus. Drupa iufera. i\nx glabra, suturis destituta. 
Svstema Unneanum : Pentandria monogynia, sectionc floribus superis, |ientapetalis, 
fructu drupaceo. 
Ordo naturalist Rhamnearum sectio dubia, fructu infero, insuper abludens embryone 
iuverso. j 
SPIIAEROCARYA EDULIS, Wall TAB. 10. 
Hand rara in sylvis vallis Napalia? montiumquc vicinis. Floret Aprili, Majo, Fruit, 
Oetobre. > 
Nomew Newarrensc Rush poo ; etiani Fat-Mari see. , v/ 
ISomcn Parbutteum Run-A mb. 
Arbor Irondosa et umbrosa, cortice cincreo. RamnU teretes : juniores,loliaque tenella. 
obtecta villis longis, sericeis, nitidis, copiosis. Gemma 1 (fig. 12.) niajuscuhe, ovativ, sc- 
riceo-pilosie, squamis imbricatis rotundatis. Folia alterna, patentia, ovato-oblonga, aeu- 
niinata, integerrima, basi acuta, marginibus subrecurvatis, supra laevia, lueida, juxta 
nervos sulcata, subtus pallidiora, costa nervisque panels alternis,obliquis, villosis, cle-- 
vutis, venis retieulatis ; subcarnosa, tri— ad sexpollicaria, in lu.vuriantibus ramis usque ad 
novem-pollicaria. decidua, tempore florescentiae genninantia. Peliolus vix semi- 
unguicu laris, convexus, supra suloatus. Stipuhv nulla?. Race mi solitarii, subsessiles, 
tenimiales vcl axillares foliorum supremoium, dense villosi, hi' tripollicares. Flores 
