TF.TROCARYA.

CHRYSOBALANEAE.

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2. 1‘. SUMATRANA W. Jaek in CaltuUa Journ. of nat. hlst. IV. 1(53. f — Folii» ellip-tiro-oblongis, subtus canescentibus; calycis ore regulari; staminibus aepiem fertili-bus. b — Crescit in Sumatra.

Ordo LXX1V. AMYGDALEAE Endl.

(Wlprs. Repert. bot. sjst. II. 8. et 907. V. 648. — M. J. Roemer, Pamil. natur, regn. re-getab. STnops. monogr. 111. p. 1 — 96. — Rosacearum trib. II. DC. Prodr. II. 529.)

6404. PVGEIM Colelr.

(Wlprs. Repert. II. 8.)

1. * P. ACUMINATUM Colebr. — Wlprs. 1. c. no. 1. — Wgbt. Icon, piant, tab. 993. etSpicileg. Neilgherr. I. 54. tab. 66.

6405. AMYGDALUS Linn.

(DC. Prodr. II. 530. — Wlprs. Repert. II. 8. et 907. — Persica Tourn. — DC. 1. c. 531.)

1. A. (Spartioides ) ARABICA Olivier In Jaub. & Spacli, Illustr. piant, oriental. III. tab.

226. — (Wlprs. 1. c. 907. no. 1.) — Ramis ramulisque angulosis > foliis spathulato-vel lanceolato-oblongis, obtusis mucronatis eroso-crenulatls serrulatisve j drupis sub-globosis mucronatis incano-puberulis, putamine ecarinato eforaminato laevigatu, yixcompresso, — Frutex 2—3-peduIis, pistillo fructuque exceptis glaberrimus. Ra-muli simplices vel paniculati, annotini crassitie pennae corvinae, fructiferi aut ex totoaphylli, aut ramulis novellis foliatis parcis instructi, aut ramillulos paucos abbrevia-tos folia fasciculata edentibus gerentes. Folia 6—-12 lineas longa, supra laete viridia,subtus pallidiora, margine subcartilugiuea, serraturis crenulisque plerisque glandu-losis. Flores.? Drupa volumine fructus Pruni spinosae , tandem calvescens,

plerumque subglobosa, interdum orato-globosa, vix aut ne vix quidem compressa,pedunculo vix ultra unam lineam longo suffultu. Putamen volumine nuclei cerasini,sutura dorsali canaliculatum, caeterum esulcum vel nonnisi basi et obsolete sulcatum,ventre ecarinatum, apice obtusum cum mucrone parvulo. — Crescit in deserto Ara-bico ad Euphratem, haud procul ab Anah.

2. A. ( Chamaemygdalus) HUMILIS Edgtvrth. Transact. of tbe Linn. soc. XX. 44. —Frutex: foliis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis argute serratis; floribus sessilibus; caly-cis tubo Longo striato 5-dentato, segmentis brevibus crenulatis, intus pu^erulis, tubointus glabro, basi tantum puberuio; petalis brevibus obovafis basi cuneatis glabris;

filamentis glabris; stylo longo, ovario glabro; fructu.? b —• Differt ab A.

nana foliis ratione latitudinis multo brevioribus, tubo calycis longiore, petallsquebrevioribus. — Crescit in Himala ad ait. ped. 9000.

3. A. (Euamygdalus) LEIOCARPA Boiss. Diagn. piant, orient. VI. p. 52. — Ramis lae-vibus nitidis ramosissimis clncrascentibus, ramulis patulis rigidis, apice nudis indu-rato-spinescentibus; gemmulis foliaceis ad ba&hi ramorum sparsis; foliis post floresexplicatis subsessilibus parvis ovatis oblongfsve obtusis vel retusis, saepius obsoletemucronulatis integris vel sub lente obsoletissime denticulatis glabris cinereis; stipulisminimis setaceis deciduis; gemmis floralibus ad ramulorum partem inferiorem subso-lttariis unifloris; floribus subsessilibus; calycis glabri laciniis oblongis margine cilia-

tulis tubo aequilongis; petalis.; staminibus sub 20 Longe exsertis; drupis ovatis

subsessilibus glabris mucronulatis. I") — Ab omnibus speciebus facile differt foliisminimis {2% lin. longis, 1% lin. latis) glabris. — Crescit in declivibus saxosis properuinas Persepolis.

4. A. (ScorpiusJ SPATHULATA Boiss. 1. c. p. 53. — Ramis laevibus epidermide 6ubfari-nacea alba obtectis; ramulis brevibus tenuibus, apice spinescenti-induratis; gemisfoliiferis secus ramos juniores crebris; foliis lineari-spatbulatls, basi longe attenuatis,