116 CXXVII. MONIMIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Hortonia. 
ifoli i -14 i linear-lanceolate 
Var. ustifolia, Thwaites l. c.; leaves 4-64 by 1-13 in. li | 
acuminate ‘Sneed from above the base, nerves parallel to the margin, cymes very 
slender.— Galle. 
OrpErR CXXVIII. LAURINES. 
i te 
omatie, erect, trees or shrubs (except Cassytha). Leaves alternate, 
rarely opposite or deciduous, gland-dotted, exstipulate. Flowers (excep 
Cassytha and Hernandia) 1-2-sexual, regular, in axillary cymes clus Mh 
panicles or racemes; bracts 0 or deciduous, often involucriform. Perianti 
inferior, tube sometimes enlarged in fruit; limb usually 6-cleft. Stam na 
usually a multiple of the perianth-lobes, in 2-4 series on the tube, fi eim i 
flattened; inner or some or all the filaments often 2-glandular at the bas i 
anthers erect, 2-4-celled (1-celled in Syndiclis), cells opening by pd 
atlength deciduous lids. Ovary sessile in the base of the periant Sod , 
l-celled ; style terminal, stigma simple or discoid or dilated ; ovule so : a » 
pendulous from the top of the cell, anatropous. Fruit on an often thickene 
peduncle, fleshy or dry, indehiscent, naked or (in' Cryptocarya) enclosed in . 
or adnate to the perianth-tube. Seed pendulous, testa membranous í a 
men 0; cotyledons plano-convex, fleshy, radicle superior minute.—ene 
34, species about 900, 
The species of this Order are very difficult of discrimination without fruits, = 
the genera are in some cases far from natural; the character of 2- and 4-ce 
anthers separating generically plants otherwise very nearly related. : 
TRIBE I. Perseacese. Shrubs or.trees. Third row of stamens, E. 
resent, with the anther-cells opening outwards by valves. Inflorescence 
ax-fld. 
* Anthers 2-celled. Fruit enclosed in the perianth-tube. 
Perianth-segments 6, subequal . . . . . ... . . 1. CRYPTOCARYA. 
** Anthers 2-rarely 1-celled. Fruit not enclosed wholly in the perianth- 
tube, l 
T Stamens 9 in 3 series; 4th series 0 or of staminodes only. 
Staminodes ovate or cordate. Fruiting perianth 6-fid., 
enlarged . . n o k 
Staminodes ovate or cordate. Fruiting perianth not 
enlarged . . ... ee ew we ew ee . 8. BEILSCHMIEDIA. 
Staminodes 0 or imperfect. Fruiting peduncle swollen . 4. DEHAASIA. 
tt Perfect stamens 3; anthers 2-celled 
2. APOLLONIAS. 
. 5. ENDIANDRA. 
ttt Perfect stamens 4; anthers l-celled . . ; 6. SyNDICLIS. 
*** Anthers 4-celled. Perfect stamens 9. 
Fruiting perianth with deciduous lobes and persistent 
wholly or in part. . . . . . . . . 
Fruiting perianth with persistent, reflexed lobes . 
Fruiting perianth with persistent, erect lobes. . . . . 
Fruiting perianth wholly deciduous; pedicel greatly 
thickened. . . ,. 2... . - « 10. ALSEODAPHNE. 
Trie II. Litseacese. All the anthers opening inwards. 
7. CINNAMOMU M. 
8. MACHILUS. 
9. PH BE. 
