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caduce, Flores d et 9 ssepius intermixti, parvi, in glomerulos racemosve breves axillares 
conferti, stellatim tomentosi, bracteati, bracteis eucullatis flores tegentibus. 
Species 1, Mont. Khasise incola. 
b. Corylopsis, Sieb. et. Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. 45. t. 19, 20.—Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, 
limbi 5-partiti lobi valvati. Petala 5, perigyna, obovato-spathulata. Stamina 5, cum 
squamulis truncatis alternantia, perigyna, filamentis subulatis; anthers basifixze, rimis 
longitudinalibus v. valvis a medio solutis dehiscentes. Ovarium semisuperum, 2-loculare ; 
styli filiformes, stigmatibus capitellatis; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula subglobosa, 
lignosa, 2-euspidata, 2-valvis, valvis 2-fidis, calyce interdum subbaccato basi stipata, en- 
docarpio corneo ab epicarpio soluto 2-valvi. Semina oblongo-cylindracea, testa ossea atra 
nitida.—Frutices, ramulis stellato-pubescentibus. Folia decidua, petiolata, late ovata v. 
orbieulato-cordata, conferte nervosa, serrata, inszquilatera. ^ Stipule ample, caducs. 
Flores preecoces, in racemos axillares pendulos dispositi, majusculi, flavi, bracteati, bracteis 
concavis membranaceis inferioribus amplis. 
Species 3 v. 4, Japoniz, Chins, Mont. Khasiz et Himalays incole. Walp. Rep. ii. 434. Hook. f. 
et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc, ii. 80. — Griff. Plant. Cantor. 22. — Bot. Mag. t. 5458. 
6. Dicoryphe, TAouars, Gen. Nov. Madag. 19; Hist. Veg. Afric. Aust. 31. t. 7.— 
Flores hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus cylindraceus, elongatus, basi ovario adnatus, limbo 
4-dentato demum cireumscisse protruso. — Petala 4, imo tubo calycis inserta, lineari-oblonga. 
Stamina 4, cum squamulis totidem alternantia, filamentis crassis subulatis ; antherwe ob- 
longe, filamento anguste adnatee, rimis 2 lateralibus dehiscentes, v. valvis interdum solutia, 
Ovarium inferum, 2-loculare; styli 2, stigmatibus simplicibus; ovula in loculis solitaria. 
Capsula calycis basi adnata, vertice exserto 2-cornuto, septicide 2-valvis, valvis dorso fissis, 
endocarpio corneo in coccos 2-valves soluto. Semina pendula, testa crustacea atra nitida ; 
albumen subcorneum; cotyledones subfoliaceze, marginibus sigmoideo-recurvis ; radicüla 
teres.—Frutices, ramis virgatis. Folia alterna v. opposita, breviter petiolata, oblonga, 
integerrima. Stipule foliacez, inzquales, subcordatz. ^ Racemi densiflori (v. RM 
terminales, 3—8-flori, calycibus hirtis. Flores interdum 5-meri. 
Species 5 v. 6, Madagascarienses, DC. Prod. iv. 269.  Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser, 4, viii. 
142. Genus a nobis non visum. 
7. Hamamelis, Linn. Gen. n. l69.—Flores sspe polygami. Calyx 4-partitus, persis- 
tens, basi ovario adnatus, Petala 4, elongato-linearia, persistentia v. in fl. 9 0. Sta- 
mina 4, cum squamulis totidem alternantia, filamentis brevibus; antherw mutics, 1-valves, 
valvis a latere exteriore solutis persistentibus. Ovarium 9-loculare ; styli 2, breves, stig- 
matibus capitellatis; ovula in loculis solitaria, pendula. Capsula semisupera v. supera, 
lignosa, apice loculieide 2-valvis, endocarpio corneo ab epicarpio soluto 2-valvi semen 
includente. Semina oblonga, testa crustacea nitida.—Frutices et arbuscule. Folia alterua, 
decidua, subrotundata, basi insequalia, crenato-dentata, venulis secundariis rectis ad mar- 
ginem parallelis. Stipule gemins. Flores subsessiles, 2-3-bracteolati, glomerati, flavi. 
Species 2, altera Americze boreali-orientalis, altera Japonis incola. Oliv. im Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxiii. 459. Torr. et Gv. Fl. N. Am. i. 997. Lam. Ill. t. 88. 
8. Trichocladus, Pers. Syn. PI. 11. 597. (Dahlia, Thunb. in Skrivt. Natur. Selsk. Kiobenh. 
ii. 133. £. 4.) — Flores monoici v. dioici. Calyx basi ovario adnatus, 5-partitus, lobis valva- 
tis. Petala 5, lineari-spathulata, marginibus revolutis, valvata, in fl. 9 0. Stamina 5, 
filamentis brevibus fusiformibus; anthers basifixee, mucronats, loculis in valvam unicam 
& latere exteriore solutam dehiscentibus. Ovarium fere liberum, tomentosum, 2-loculare ; 
styli 2, subulati, stigmatibus simplicibus; ovula in loculis solitaria, Capsula lignea, sub- 
globosa, dense tomentosa, 2-cuspidata, 2-valvis, endocarpio eorneo ab epicarpio soluto 2- 
valvi. Semina matura non visa.—Frutices stellatim tomentosi v. ferrugineo-villosi. Folia 
persistentia, opposita et alterna, ovato-cordata v. oblonga, integerrima. Stipule incon- 
Spicusm. Flores albi, in capitula parva terminalia dense aggregati. 
Species 2, Africs australis ineolee. —Harv. e? Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 324. 
