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Ruscus Hypophyllum. Broad-leaved 

 Butcher's-Broom. 



Class and Order. 



DlOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Cat. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. Nectarium centrale 

 ovatum, apice perforatum. ' 



Fem. Cat. Cor. et Nectarium Maris. Styl 1. Bacca 

 tnlocularis. Sent, solitaria. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Ruscus Hypophyllum ; foliis subtus floriferis nudis. Willd 

 Sp. PL 4. p. 875. Arb. 329. Hort. Cliff. 465* 

 Fabric. Helmst. 39. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 636. Pallas 

 Ross. p. 89. sine icone. Desfont. Atl. 2. p. 374. Hort 

 Kew. 5. p. 420. 



Laurus Alexandria fructu folio insidente. Bauh. Pin 305 

 Blackw. Herb. t. 194. 



Laurus Alexandria et Chamaedaphne. Column. Ecphr 

 pars. 1. p. 164. t. 165. / 1. Park, theatr. p. 700 /: 

 1. et 2. J 



Descr. Branches rounded, striate, becoming angular by 

 drying. Leaves approaching- to opposite, ovate, entire, seven- 

 nerved, with fainter nerves between. Stipules leaf-like, ovate, 

 naif an inch long. Flowers aggregate from the middle of the 

 ieat, not absolutely naked, having a small lanceolate marcescent 

 and deciduous ligulaat the base of the common peduncle ; the 



1 ft nC u 1S covered with sma11 dr y bractes. Corolla six 



ett ; three of the laciniae broader, reflexed ; three narrower, 



da* ■ 9 olumn of united stamens {nectarium of Linnaeus) 



starn VI m Sti S ma globular, scarcely protruded beyond the 



mens - There appeared to us to be at least some perfect 



tnUhcn. 



