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perly rejected from that Order, with which it has little connexion. 

 The habit is that of Actinidia, but with a rather different inflo- 

 rescence : the very imbricate aestivation of the calyx or corolla, the 

 fruit, and seeds are those of Saurauja; but the stamens are 

 definite, twice the number of the petals. We have, however, 

 definite stamens alternating with the petals in some Euryas and 

 in Pentaphylax. 



In Saurauja we propose to include Scapha, Choisy, distinguished 

 only by the number of parts of the gynoeeium, which varies from 

 three to five in many Ternstrcemiaceous genera, and Draytonia, 

 A. Gray, also separated only by a character equally inconstant in 

 the Order — the union of the styles, which in most Sauraujas are 

 separated to the base, or nearly so. In S. nepalensis, DC, they 

 are, however, united at least half-way up ; and there is no other 

 character or habit to distinguish either Scapha or Draytonia. 



The Gordoniece of Choisy include Stuartia, Schima, Oordonia, 

 Hcemocharis, and Camellia. They have the inflorescence, calyx, 

 and corolla of Ternstrcemiece proper, but the stamens usually more 

 numerous, the anthers versatile, and the capsule loculicidally 

 dehiscent. The embryo is usually straight, with little or no albu- 

 men, and the cotyledons much larger than in Ternstrcemiece proper; 

 but in Schima the embryo is very much curved, and in both 

 Stuartia and Schima there is certainly more or less of albumen. 

 Adding to the above the genus Pyrenaria, Blume (or Eusynaxis, 

 Griff), which is somewhat exceptional on account of its drupaceous 

 fruit, we have six well-characterized genera, all (except, perhaps, 

 Ilffmocharis) readily distinguishable by their flowers, fruit,or seeds, 



We follow A. Gray in reuniting MalacJtodendron with Stuartia. 

 Schima, as observed by Choisy, is one of the most distinct of the 

 group, in calyx, corolla, ovules, fruit, and seeds. It has been 

 thought by some Indian botanists to be the typical Oordonia as 

 represented by G. jloribunda, Wall, (which is Schima Noronhce, 

 Eeinw.) ; and this is one reason why the true Gordonias have been 

 so frequently proposed as new genera. Carria, Gardn., JPolyspora, 

 Don, Antheischima, Korth., and Dipterospermum, Grift*., have all 

 the characters of the typical Gordonia lasianthus, except that the 

 cotyledons are quite flat, not undulate (rather than folded) as they 

 are in that species alone as far as hitherto known. All these 

 species have the inner sepals the largest, and the outer petals the 

 smallest, the sepals forming a gradual passage from the bracts to 

 the petals. All have pendulous ovules, an oblong capsule, and the 

 seeds winged on the upper end, as in G. lasianthus. Hcemocharis 



