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STENOCHILUS glaber. 



Smooth' leaved Stefwchihis. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMM, 



Nat ord. MyopoRlN-ffi. Brawn prod. 1- 314. 



STENOCHIL US. Calyx 3-partitus. Corolla ringens ; labw superiore 

 erecto, semiquadrifido ; in/en'ore indiviso, angusto, deflexo. Stamina didy- 

 Dama^ exserta* Germen 4-locuIare» It>culis 1-spermis. Stigma obtusum^ 

 indivisum. Vrupa baccata> 4-loculari3. Semina solitaria. Embryo in- 

 versus. 



Frytices ghibriu$cuU, v. tomento t^mssimo cinera$centes. Folia alterma^ 

 stspiiis integral avenia. Pedunculi' mlitarii, unifiari, ebracteatu Floies 

 puTpurei v. Jlmncantes, Drupte putamen abortione stepi bUoculare. Browa 

 prod. 1. 517; et in Hon. KeWJ ed. 2. 4. 61. 



S.glaber^ foliis laaceolatis eHipticisve integris apice nunc dentatis glafaris 

 Jlore vix longioribus, ramulis tomentosis, caule dithiso. Brown prod* 1. 

 517- 



Stenochilus glaber. Brawn in /lart. kew, ed. 2. 4; 61. Curtis's magaz. 1942. 





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Myoporince, the order where the present plant belongs, 

 was founded by Mr. Brown in the Prodromus of the Flora of 

 New Holland ; but the following observations are taken 

 from his general remarks on the Botany of Terra Australis. 



" The principal characters in the fructification of this 

 " order, by which it is distinguished from Verhenaceae, 

 are the presence of Albumen in the ripe seed, and the di- 

 rection of the Embryo, whose radicule always points to- 

 wards the apex of the fruit. The fii-st of these characters, 

 " however, is not absolute, and neither of them can be as- 

 " certained before the ripening of the seed : for previous to 

 " the complete developement of the Embryo the fluid albu- 

 " men equally exists in both orders ; and although all the 

 " genera of Verbenacece have an Embryo whose itidicule 

 " points towards the base of the fruit, yet many of them 

 " have pendulous seeds, and consequently a radicule remote 

 " from the umbilicus. Hence Avicennia, which I formerly 

 " annexed to Myopor'mce, should be restored to Ferbenacece, 

 " with which also it much better agrees in habit." 



