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 .