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Bennettia, Miq. 

 We may hope that this genus, dedicated to our distinguished 

 friend who so long devoted to us his valuable services as Secretary, 

 may meet with a better fate than those previously named in his 

 honour {Bennettia, S. W. Gray, is Saussurea, DO, and Bennettia, 

 K. Br., proves to be Galearia, Blume). The new genus is founded 

 by Miquel on a single Javanese species, and is allied to Flacourtia 

 and Xylosma ; and although the fruit is as yet imperfectly known, 

 it may be maintained as distinct, on account of the 3-merous calyx, 

 and the peculiar stipitate glands (perhaps staminodia) which cover 

 the disk surrounding the ovary in the female flowers ; for these 

 characters are accompanied by a different habit, arising chiefly 

 from the paniculate inflorescence. 



The Sahydaceje, as we have above proposed to extend them, 

 being composed of genera usually distributed into three different 

 orders, will naturally be divided into as many tribes, which we may 

 call Caseariece, Banarece, and Homalieee. To these it is probable 

 that Tumerece may be added as a fourth tribe ; but the limits of 

 the Order, on the side of Calyciflorse, cannot be determined until 

 the whole of the parietose Orders of that class shall have been 

 worked up and compared with the exceptionally parietose genera 

 in Saxifragacea) and other Orders where the placentation is nor- 

 mally axile. As far as concerns the genera which have more or 

 less connexion with Bixaceae, and which we have hitherto examined 

 or studied, I should include the following among Samydaceae : — 



Tribus I. Caseabie.e. Calyx liber, 4-5-merus. Petala 0. Sta- 

 mina 6-30, simplici serie tubo calycis inserta, interjectis saepe 

 in eadem serie squamis seu staminodiis totidem. 

 * Squamae seu staminodia staminibus interjecta, libera v. in cupulam 



connata. 

 Genera: — 1. Thiodia,i?e?m. (Zuelania, Rich.) 2. Casearia,Xm«. 

 (Valentinia, Sw. Guidonia, Griseb.) 3. Osmelia, Thw. (Stachy- 

 crater, Turcz.) 4. Lunania, Hook. 5. Euceraea, Mart. 

 ** Squamce seu staminodia 0. 

 Genera : — 6. Sadymia, Griseb. 7. Samyda, Linn. 



Tribus II. BANABEiE. Calyx liber, 4-5-merus. Petala tot quot 

 sepala. Stamina numerosa pluriseriata, disco perigyno inserta. 

 Genus :— 8. Banara, Aubl. (Kuhlia, If. P. et K. Pineda, It. et P. 

 Christannia, Presl. Ascra, Schott.) 



