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BREXIA madagascariensis. 
Madagascar Brewxia. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNLA. 
Nat. ord. PoLyPETALE HypoGynm. Incerte sedis. Aubert du Petit 
Thouars gen. nov. madagasc. 20. in Mélanges de bot. et de 
voy. 
: Grater Jussieu gen. 255. ; 
BREXIA. Cal. 1-phyllus, 5-fidus, persistens. Core. petala 5 rotun- 
data, caduca. ilamenta 5 basi in urceolo. connata, intervalla fimbriata : 
anthere apici inserte intimé dehiscentes. Germ. conicum; stylus brevis; 
stigma crassum. Bacca oblonga, quinquangularis, cortice lignoso firmo: 
loculi quinque. Semina numerosa, trino ordine centro affixa; embryo rectus. 
Cotyledones hemisphzrice in albumine carnoso. EID aye. 
Arbuscula: folia alterna, juniora longissima spinoso-dentata, adulta 
ovato-oblonga subdentata firma; umbelle azillares, 7-8-flore: pedunculo 
communt compresso. Aubert du Petit Thouars loc. cit. area 
Brexia. Aubert du Petit Thouars loc. cit. _ vi | 
Venana madagascariensis. Lam. encyc. par Poiret. 8. 450. 
TSlse baie ee A ne a ae LL 
We are obliged to Mr. Brown for pointing out tous the 
record of this rare and curious plant; the drawing of 
which was taken from the collection at Bayswater, belong- 
ing to the Comtesse des Vandes. Native of Madagascar. | - 
Calyx of one piece, 5-cleft, permanent. Petals 5, round- 
ed caducous. Filaments united at the base, so as to form a eS 
kind of basin or urceolus, fringed in the intervals: anthers 
placed at the top, bursting inwards. Germen conical ; 
style short; stigma thick. Berry with a solid ‘woody 
rind, oblong, pentagonal, with 5 cells. Seeds numerous, 
attached in a triple row to the centre: embryo straight. 
Cotyledons hemispherical, imbedded in a fleshy albumen. A 
tree-like shrub; leaves alternate, when young very long, 
prickly toothed, full grown ones ovately oblong, obsoletely 
toothed, more substantial; wmbels axillary, 7-8-flowered ; 
common peduncle compressed. 
A species not in the Hortus Kewensis, nor in any 
general system of vegetables; and probably now introduced 
by the above-named lady. : 
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