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mann (Gray, Pl. Fendlerianz, p. 58 in note) describes the perianth, 
both d and 9, as rarely 2- or 4-lobate. So does Dr. Gray (Bot. 
Northern States, ed. 2. 382). I have seen it so sometimes in Ph. 
flavescens; but in the other species which I have examined I have 
found only a 3-lobate perianth. 
9. ANTIDAPHNE, Poeppig, Nov. Gen. ii. 70, t. 199. 
(CHAR: EMEND.) Flores monoici v. divici. FI. masc. Perian- 
thium O aut subnullum in segmenta setiformia reductum ; 
stamina 3 v. 4, filamentis distinctis, antheris ovatis v. ob- 
longis bilocularibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. FU. fcm. 
Perianthium sepius 3-lobatum, segmentis remotiusculis 
parvis, vel (fide Poepp.) margine undulato; ovarium limbo 
paullo longius; stylus brevissimus, stigmate capitato.—Folia 
alterna, 3- oo-nervia, crassiuscula, integra. Flores ¢ strobili- 
formiter spicati, singulatim v. 2-3-natim bracteati, bracteis 
squamiformibus caducis sessilibus v. basiangustatis. Stamina 
sepe inequalia; discus crassus, lobatus. Flores 9 sessiles, 
sepius ternatim bracteati, bracteis caducis. 
Of the Peruvian species I have seen only a rather imperfect 
specimen, collected at Casapi by Matthews; but I have no hesita- 
tion in identifying the Venezuelan plant No. 1125 of Fendler, and 
Seemann's No. 1619 from Veraguas, with Poeppig's genus. They 
are probably distinct species, but we have only male or female 
flowers from either locality. 
10. Evsracuion, Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. ii. 291 adnot. 
Flores monoici, in spicis androgynis brevibus lateralibus. Fl. 
masc. Perianthium 3-partitum; stamina filamentis brevis- 
simis, antheris bilocularibus didymis longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus. FI. fem. Perianthium 3-lobum; stylus brevissi- 
mus, stigmate obtuso. 
Flowers, both d and 9, sessile in the axil of small, rotundate, 
much-thickened scales. The specimens which I have seen are 
so imperfect, that it is not easy to construet a more contrasting 
diagnosis. But one species is known—E. Arnottii (Viscum ambi- 
guum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Misc. iii. 356), collected by Tweedie in 
Uruguay. 
ll. Leprpoceras, Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. ii. 293 adnot. 
Flores dioici. Fl. masc. Perianthium 4-partitum ; anthere bilo- 
culares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. FV. fem. Perianthium 
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