XXVII. Characters of a new Genus of Plants named SALISBURIA. By

XXVII.
Characters of a new Genus of Plants named S A L I S B U R I A .
By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.
Read December 6, 1796.
SALISBURIA.
MoNOECiA Polyandria.
CHAR. GEN.
M
A S C . Amentum nudum,
deltoides ; loculis apice
Farn, folitarii. Calyx 4-fidus,
bofa, putamine triangulo.
doneum.
SALISBURIA
filiforme. Antherce incumbentes,
tantum connexis.
perfiftens. Drupa fupera, g l o Semen albuminofum, bicotyle-
adlantifolia.
Ginkgo, vel Ginan, vulgo Idfio, arbor nucifera, folio adiantino.
Kcempf Am. Exot. 8 1 1 , cum icone.
Ginkgo biloba. Linn. Maní. 3 1 3 .
Ginko biloba, foliis Adianti. Thunb. Fl. Jap. 358.
Pericarpium, Drupa pallide fufca, fupera, globofa ; caro dura, craffa, putamini arótiffimè cohserens ; putamen tenue, oífeum, ovale, triangulum, glabrum, apice acutum, uniloculare. Semen folitarium, ovale, bafi anguftatum,
magnitudine fere putaminis ; integumenta duo, fufca, membranacea ;
DESCR. F R U C T .