Prioria copaifera Griseb.

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PRIORIA, GRISES.. (Benth., Trans .Linn.Soc .23 *390 1361) .
CHAR. GI2J. -Calyx tubo brevi cupula to, lobis 5 orbiculatis subpetaloideis val
valde ircbrlcatis, inf imo exteriore.Petala 0.Stamina lO.libera,subaequalia.An
therae versatmites ,2-loculares ,2 rrimosae, connect ivo(p.391)crasse apiculato.
Ovarium sessile,biovulatum.Stylus breviter filiformis,apice minute stigmatoa
us. Legumen plenum, coriaceo -sublignosum, obovato -orbiculatum, ret iculato -veno -
sum,tardius bivalve.Semen ^b apice pendulum,orbiculatum,cavitutem implens,
planun.Albumen (¡>f Testa tenuis .Cotyledones carnosae,mnduratae,arete cohaeren-
tesjradicula brevissima,mammiformis,a hilo parum remota,Plumula inconspicua.
Species unica Erioria copaif era,Grise~b.Arbor procera,glabra,ramis patenti
bus.Stipulae squanaeformes,caducae.Folia altema,abrupte pinnata,petiolo com
mmni l|f-2 -pollic. ri;f oliola 2-juga, rarius 1-juga, opposita, oblique v.falcato
ovata,3-6-pollicaria,breviter et obtuse acuminata,basi rotunduta v.cuheata,
petiolulo 2-3 lin.longo,coriacea,utrinque ret iculato-pennivenia,pe 1 lucido-jaa
punctata.Daniculae terminales,anplae,parum ramosae,ranis interrupte spici-
formibus 2-6-pollicaribus.Flores parvi,sessiles,dissiti v.subfasciculati.
Bracteae inconpsicuae.Bracteolae in cupulam bilobam calycis tubum aequantem
t equantegi connatae .Calycis tubus vix -g- lin.longus ;laciniae concavae, lineam
1 ongae,m.argine minute ciliolatae,Filamenta ad marginem tubi inserta,laciniis
longiora,basi ciliatoJiirsuta.Antherae ovato-oblongae, loculis curvulis;conne
ctivi apiculus cu rnoso —conicus, Humir ium quadammodo ref erens, terminal is, sed
anthera reversa inferus.Ovarium villo sum. Legumen 3-2--4 poll, longum,3-3-g- poll
latum,basi subcuneuturn,facie altera convexa,altera concava,venis elevatis In
longitudinalibus reticul:tis,ad apicem et versus basin convergentibus. Semen
maturum 3 poll, longum, 2-g- poll, latum, undlque fere 2 1 in. eras sum.
Hab. Jamalca(Wils on) j Isthmus of Panama(Seemann, Sutton Hayes ).
TAB . JLL. fig • 1 .Plow er;fig.2. Star en with a back view of the anther »fig.3.An-
ther,front viewjfig/4.Ovary and Style;fig.S.Ovary,longitudinal section,show
ing the ovules}fig.6.Ovule sail the above magnified.Fig.3.Fruit natural size
fig.S.tJie same, with one va Ice removed, show ing the seed.
JAMAICENSIS.
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