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lis, it appears to incluee all the American sp. 

 the other G. being foreign to America ; many 

 sp. and I added 2. H. podanisia and arena- 

 ria 550. 551. All these G. have 5 petals, while 

 Lechea chiefly differs by having only 3 thus Hel. 

 tripctala of Mexico in my l^tchea mexicana. In 

 first vol, of my New Flora 1 have given a com- 

 plete Monograph of luechea^ all plants, including 

 21 species, of 3 subgen. Menandra^ JuecJiea^ 

 Eiidiexaj which see. liosc says Lechea has pe- 

 tals 1 to 3 or none. 3 to 6 stamens &c. 



833. PsisTiiVA Raf. diff. Anthelis, stylus elon- 

 gato flexuoso, several sp. see Decandole. 



834. Benzoina Raf. cal. camp. 5dent* cor. 

 campan. Sgona, 5dent. sericea, stam. 10 basi mo- 

 nadelphis, ovar. arist. stig. oht, — Type J5. vera 

 Raf, Styrax benzoina L. auct. It is said the 

 Terminalia benzoe also produces Benzoin. Sty- 

 rax differs by cor. 5fid not angular, stam, about 

 12 free, ovary 31oc. polysp, but ovules abortive 

 except 1 to 3. 



835. Laurus L. many G. have properly been 

 removed from this, Persea^ Sassafras^ Cryp- 

 tocarya &c, but many others require revision, 

 and I will indicate some N. G. Laurus nobilis 

 deemed the type has cal. 4-8parted, stam. 8-14, 

 fl. dioical &c, see 861. 



836. OzANTHES Raf. (branch bloom) diff. 

 Laurus, fl. <^icis, masc. 6part. stam. 15, fcrti- 

 les 9, 6 opp. and 3 centralis, filam. planis, an- 

 theris adnat. biloc. 2 porosis valvularis, steriles G 

 alt, utglandulis pedunc. fl. fem. glandulis 3 ses- 

 silib. ovar, conico, stylo tereto. FoL alt. decid. 

 fl, agreg. invoL 4phyL drupis niidis — Type 



Oz. benzoin Raf. Laurus do L. auct. and per- 

 haps some others of next. Flowers before leaves. 



837. EvosMUs Raf (subg. Nut.) diff, Ozaii- 



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