MR. BENTHAM’S NOTES ON HOMALIUM. 33 
hardened conical free part of the fruit; in others, again, all have 
a tendency to close over the young fruit. In H. grandiflorum 
and parvifolium the calycine segments are much enlarged, oblong, 
narrowed at the base, thin and spreading horizontally, whilst the 
Shorter and broader tomentose petals close over the fruit: in the 
Н. bracteatum the same arrangement apparently takes place ; but 
it is the petals or inner row that are enlarged and spreading, 
whilst the calycine segments, or outer row, remain broad and short, 
and close over the fruit. 
Homattum, Jacg. 
Homalium et Blackwellia, Juss. Gen. р. 343; DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 54; et 
Auct. recent.— Cordylanthes, Blume, Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 27. 
Calycis tubus turbinatus v. oblongus ovarii basi adnatus ; limbus 
pluripartitus segmentis (4-12) petalisque totidem cum iis al- 
ternantibus persistentibus post anthesin sepius accretis. Glan- 
dula pulvinata intus ad basin cujusve calycis segmenti. Sta- 
mina ad basin petalorum inserta iis opposita, tot quot petala, 
vel ad quodque petalum 2-7 approximata v. fasciculata. Ova- 
rium uniloculare, basi adnatum et vacuum, superne liberum 
conicum, stylis 8—5 liberis v. basi connatis coronatum ; placentæ 
parietales versus apicem cavitatis tot quot styli et cum iis alter- 
nantes; отша in quaque placenta 2-6 (sepius 4) pendula. 
Fructus paullo accretus, siccus, medio calycis segmentis peta- 
lisque persistentibus et sepius accretis cinctus, apice valvulis 
stylos findentibus et medio placentiferis breviter dehiscens (v. in- 
duratus et indehiscens?). Semina pauca parva pendula oblonga. — 
Albumen haud copiosum. Embryo rectus, radicula brevi supera, 
cotyledonibus oblongis tenuiter foliaceis.— Arbores fruticesve 
regionum  calidiorum utriusque orbis. Stipule parve, sepius 
caducissime. Folia alterna integerrima v. sepius obtuse dentata 
pennivenia. Racemi axillares simplices v. іп paniculas termi- 
nales dispositi, v. panicule divaricate ramose. Flores ad axillam 
bractee parve sepe inconspicue sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, 
solitarii v. fasciculati, singulive sepius sub calyce minute bi- 
bracteolati. Perianthium sepissime tomentosum v. pubescenti- 
ciliatum. Ovarium extus tomentosum v. villosum, intus plus 
minus villosum. 
Sectio I. BLAcKWELLIA. Stamina tot quot petala singulatim 
iis opposita. Species omnes Gerontoges. 
LINN. PROC,— BOTANY. 
