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ALVXIA DAPHNOIDES. | Darnne-uiKe ALYXIA. 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Arocynez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla hypoerateriformis, fauce nuda. Stamina inclusa. 
Ovaria 2, oligosperma. S/yli subcoherentes. Stigma ob- 
tusum. Drupe 2, (alteré nune abortiente,) pedicellate, 
simplices, monosperma, v. catenatim composite, putamine ; 
semibiloculari! Semen semibipartitum ! Albumen rumina- 
tum! corneum. Embryo erectus.—Arbuscule v. Frutices 
glabri, lactescentes. Folia verticillata v. opposita, coriacea, 
compacta, sempervirentia. lores axillares ». terminales, 
quandoque spicati, iter minores, albi sapé suaveolentes. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms, get 
Atyxta daphnoides, floribus sessilibus axillaribus terminali- 
busve, foliis quaternis obovato-oblongis ellipticis 
rhomboideisve obtusis lavibus nitidis subtus venosis, 
stigmate apice breviter penicillato, ramulis strictis to- 
mentosis scabris. 4. Cunn. 7 
A Shrub of strong growth, inhabiting dry shaded woods 
on Norfolk Island, where it is by no means of freque 
occurrence, and it docs not appear to have been nm 
a species, distinct from Forsrer’s plant (A. Gynopogon 
by that very eminent Botanist and Artist, the late Mr. Fer- 
pinanD Bauer, who, during a residence ‘of several months 
on that isolated spot of the Pacific in the year 1804, care- 
fully prepared a Herbarium of its vegetable productions, as 
well as drawings of the more remarkable phenogamous 
cies. From A. Gynopogon, however, which Forster 
first collected on that island, this second species r iffors | in . 
being ae 
