

114 ME. BENTKAM ON LOOANIACEiE. 



which the seeds are imbedded. Most probably in a fresh state 

 they form a pulj) filling the whole cavity of the fruit, assuming in 



regular stellately-lobed form, described and figured 



M. Bureau 



Laboedea. 



M. Bureau has been enabled to dissect three flowers of this 

 plant. He confirms the presumed valvular sDstivation of the 

 corolla, but finds always two cells only to the ovary, as in the 

 majority of Loganiacece^ and very plausibly suggests that the 

 three-celled one, examined by Gaudichaud, was an accidentally 

 abnormal one. As the fruit is still unknown, there is nothing yet 

 to indicate more exactly its proper place in the order. 



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Gaedneeia. 



M. Bureau has dissected a flower of G. ovata^ with ovary-cells 

 and ovules very much larger in proportion to the ovary itselt 

 than I had succeeded in finding ; possibly those I dissected may 

 have been imperfect by abortion, or M. Bureau's flower may have 

 belonged to the Q. angustifolia^ which is often much like G^ ovata 

 in foliage. I fotmd the ovary of G. angustifolia very much like 

 that figured p. 55 of M. Bureau's paper ; but what he designates as 



ovule, collateral 



osed by pressure, and 

 fruit of G. angustifolii 



irmous 



M. Bxu-eau 



has examined, are very accurate and well executed. 

 I take this opportunity of requesting the correction of two 

 5rical or typographical errors in the first portion of this paper 

 Page 57, line 2 from the hoiiom, for stipules read petioles. 



81, — 25, /or exact read erect. 



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