Tab. 5382. 



COCCOLOBA PLATYCLADA. 

 Flat-branched Lobe-berry. 



Nat. Orel. Polygone^. — Octandria Trigynia. 



Gen. Char. Flores hermaphroditi. Perigonium, subcoloratum, quinquepartitum, 

 subseqnale, demum increscens. Stamina 8,perigonii laciniis exterioribus gemina- 

 tim interioribus singillatim opposita, uno inter interiora contigua sito ; Jilamenta 

 subulata, basi cohserentia ; antherce globoso-didymse, versatiles. Ovarium trigo- 

 num, basi cum perigonio connatum, uniloculare. Oculum unicum basilare, 

 orthotropum. Slyli 3, distincti ; stigmatibus capitatis. Caryopsis triquetra, 

 spongiosa, perigonio baccato tecta partimque connata. Semen triquetrum, 

 erectum. Embryo in axi albuminis farinacei antitropus ; cotyledonibus latiusculis 

 undulatis, caudicula supera. — Arbores Americance,frutescentes; rands vaginatis ; 

 foliis alternis, sessilibus v. petiolatis ; ochreis herbaceis, oblique truncatis ; floribus 

 racemosis v. spiels oppositifoliis elongatis ; bracteis ochreis conformibus. Endl. 



Coccoloba platyclada ; fruticosa, glabra, erecta, ramis complanatis pellucentibus 

 subtiliter striatis aphyllis v. dissitis foliatis, foliis membraneis oblongo- v. 

 hastato-lanceolatis v. hastatis, bracteis stipulisque perbrevibus margine 

 eciliatis, floribus solitariis v. frequentius in fasciculos laterales pauci- v. pluri- 

 floros collectis subsessilibus, staminibus inclusis, fructibus parvis ovatis v. 

 subglobosis sursura profunde sulcatis, caryopside laavi triquetra. Muell. 



Coccoloba platyclada. Ferd. Mueller, collect. 



Polygonum (Homalocladium) platycladum. F. M. in the Transact. Philos. Inst, 

 of Victoria, v. 2. p. 73. 



"This remarkable plant was discovered at Wanderer Bay, Solo- 

 mon's Islands, by Mr. Milne, during Captain Denharn's Voyage 

 of H.M.S. Herald, and a living specimen of it was communi- 

 cated to Messrs. Shepherd, of the Darling Nurseries, of 

 Sydney, from whence the plant was received at the Melbourne 

 Botanic Garden.* Although naturally growing in swampy lo- 

 calities and in a tropical region, we find it not only thriving 

 well in ordinary flower-borders, but also resisting the occasional 



* Specimens sent from the above locality to Kew by Mr. Miln ■ arc destitute 

 of flower; but the living plants have increased both at Sydney and at Mel- 

 bourne, and we have growing plants from both establishments. 



june 1st, 1863. 



