OF THE GENUS ACTINIDIA. 399 
free styles, and in the copious albumen of its seeds. But these characters 
are also to be found in many genera of Ternstremiacem. Omphalocarpum, 
for instance, has very numerous ovarian cells, while free styles and copious. 
albumen are not uncommon in the Order. Оп the other hand, it agrees with 
Ternstræmiaceæ in its versatile anthers, its numerous seeds, and its moderate-. 
sized embryo—characters which are entirely absent among Dilleniaceæ. 
In the opinion of the writer, too much weight has been given to the 
resemblance, which is certainly most striking, between the foliage of Saurauj« 
and Dillenia and between the hermaphrodite flowers of Actinidia and those 
of Dillenia. The essential characters are not found upon investigation to be 
in close agreement. А critical comparison, in fact, of all the structural 
characters upon the importance of which for classification botanists very 
generally agree, shows a convincing agreement of Actinidia, and even more so. 
of the remainder of the group, with Ternstræmiaceæ and a corresponding 
disagreement with the Dilleniaceæ. 
SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF ACTINIDIA. 
Sect. 1. AMPULLIFERÆ.—Leaf surface glabrous, nerves and nerve-axils sometimes 
pubescent; ovary bottle-shaped ; fruit without spots. 
Anthers brown or black. 
Leaf-veins not uniformly setose. 
Claw of petals greenish .......................... 1. melanandra, Franch. 
Claw of petals brown ............................ 2. rufa, Miq. 
Leaf-veins uniformly setose ........................ З. Giraldi, Diels. 
Anthers yellow. 
Flowers pentamerous .............................. 4. polygama, Miq. 
Flowers 2-4-merous. 
5. tetramera, Maxim. 
Sepals imbricate ...............,..........,..... 
Sepals valvate ......,................,.......... 6. valvata, Dunn. 
Sect. 2. LErocAnPAE.— Leaves slightly woolly on the veins, shoots quite glabrous; ovary 
glabrous, cylindrie ; fruit without spots ...... eer 7. Kolomicta, Maxim. 
Sect. 3. MacuLAT.E.—Leaves usually quite glabrous; ovary cylindric; fruit spotted. 
Ovary pubescent. 
Leaves thickly coriaceous ........... sehen 8. coriacea, Dunn. 
Leaves chartaceous or membranous .......... TE 9. callosa, Lindl. 
Ovary glabrous.........,...... TE .. 10. rubricaulis, Dunn. 
Sect. 4. VESTITÆ.— Leaves or shoots shaggy or woolly. 
Peduncles copiously branched ........................ 11. Championi, Benth. 
Peduncles little branched. 
Leaves destitute of stellate hairs. 
Mature leaves glabrous or thinly hairy. [et Gagn. 
Leaves orbieular .............................. 12. holotricha, Finet 
