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atton-Iike;  fnitta  succulent,  combined
tto  a  one-celled  berry,  surmounted  by  tbe
mb  of  the  calyx.  B.  e«enlentua  has  pink
owers  and  an  edible  fruit,  of  the  size  of

peach,  whence  It  has  been  called  the
ierra  Leone  Peaob.  The  generic  name  is
crived  from  the  Greek,  and  Is  significant
f  the  fleshy  heads  of  flowers.  CM.  T.  M.]

SARCC  8ti-

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.er  of  St  ind

lalayan  »lo-

rlst  has  »«-

acrous  1  her

>otani8Ci  "O-

oUa,  &c.  'ew

•riginal  tal

>Iant8,w  uus

•oriaceoi  i  or

•acemes  "wy

lowers.  lint

lepals,  t1  ase

)f  the  11  al8,

I  conca>  9US

RTlth  thi  .  ter-

ninal  anther  containing  four  pollen-masses
soheriiig  in  globose  pairs,  and  attached  to
X  broad  straivshaped  caadicle.        [A.  8.J

SARCOCLTNIUM.  A  genus  of  Euphor-
biacecB  of  that  group  in  which  the  cells  of
the  fruit  contain  but  one  seed.  The  three
known  species,  found  In  Ceylon  and  the
Malayan  peninsula,  are  trees  of  medium
growth,  the  ends  of  their  branches  fur-
nished with  a  tuft  of  large  glossy  simple
leaves,  accompanied  by  stipules,  and  bear-
ing in  their  axils  long  racemes  of  minute
flowers,  the  sterile  and  fertile  on  different
plants.  The  leaves,  which  are  of  the  same
form  as  the  leaflets  of  a  horse-chestnut,
are  in  8.  Hookeri  two  to  three  feet  long.
