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immersum, in stylum longiusculum attenuatum, stigniate valde dilatato. Bacca perianthii 

 tubo aucto crasso subplano discoideo insidens, pedicello brevissimo crassiusculo. — Arbor. 

 Folia sparsa, coriacea. pennivenia, in ramuKs floridis brevibus conferta. Gemm^ imbri- 

 cato-squamatse. Iiivolucra sessilia, ad axillas solitaria v. ssepius plura, conferta. 

 Species 1, Indise orientalis incola. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 210... 



28. Xiitsea, Lam. Diet. iii. 574. (Tetranthera, Jacq^. HoH. Schcenhr. I 59, t. 113.)— 

 Flores dioici, umbellati v. capitati, umbellis capitulisve ante anthesin involucre globoso 

 inclusis. Perianthii tubus ovoideus campanulatus v. brevissimus ; limbi segmenta 6 v. 4 

 v. abortu pauciora, subiequalia v. parva, rarius niinuta v. 0. Stamina in fi. ^, staminodia 

 in fl. $ , s^pius 9 v. 12, v. in flore dimero 6, nunc abortu pauciora v. in speciebus paucis 

 plus quam 12, ordinis priini et secundi sfepissime eglandulosa, ordinis tertii et quarti dum 

 adsint et rarius ordinis secundi basi utrinque glandula sjepe stipitata aucta ; filauienta 

 saipius angusta ; antlierie omnium introrsum 4-locellatsej v. in ordine tertio locelli 

 inferiores rarius laterales. Ovarium perianthii tubo inclusum v. emersum, in fl. ^ parvum 

 vacuum v. 0, rarissime perfectum ovulo evoluto, in fl. $ in stylum brevem v. longiusculum 

 attenuatum, stigmate sjepius dilatato irregulariter sublobato. Bacca tubo perianthii parvo 

 immutato v. aucto cupulato v. discoideo insidens. — Arbores rarius frutices. Folia alterna 

 sparsa v. rarius subopposita, pennivenia v. triplinervia, coriacea et perennantia v. rarius 

 tenuiora et decidua ; gemmjenudse v. imbricato-squamatse. Involucra globosa, pedicellata 

 v. sessilia, in fasciculos seasiles v. breviter pedunculatos v. racemos axillares v. laterales 

 disposita. Bractese involucri 4, 5 v. rarius C, lat^e, concavee, sese arete involventes. Floras 

 in involucro sa^pius 4 ad G rarius 2 tantum v. plus quam 6, ^ sessiles v. brevissime raro 

 longius pedicellati, J anthesi peracta scepe evidencius umbellati. 



Species descriptie ultra 140, AsiiBtropIeseet orientalis, ab Archipelago Malayano usque ad Japoniam, 

 Australia tropicae et subtropicse, Novse Zelandise et Novae Caledoniae incolse, cum paucis boreali- 

 Americanis. Meissn. iw DC. Prod. xv. i. 177. Benth, Fl. Atistral, v. 304. Kurs, For, Fl, Burm. 

 ii, 296 (pmncs sid) Tetranthera), 



Geuus a diversis auctoribus varie divisum, nobis melius in integrum servandum videtur, speciebus 

 numerosis in sectiones quatuor potius quam in genera distribuendis, scil. : — 



1. Eulitsea {Glahraria^ Blumo). Perianthii segmenta ssepe diminuta v. abortiva. Stamina 

 perfecta siepius plus quam 12. Bacca perianthio immutato v. vix nucto insidens. Species paucje 

 Asiaticae v. Austrulasicse. Jac^. Hort. Schcenhr. t. 113. lioxh. Corom. PI. t. 147. Wight, Ic, 1. 1834, 

 1835, omnes sub Tetranthera. Glabrakia, Mig^, Fl. Ind^ Bat. i. i, 940, vix Linn. 



2. Conoda^hn€t Blume. Perianthii segmenta saepius pcrfecte evoluta. Stamina saepius 9. 

 Bacca perianthii tubo parvo immutato v. parum aucto piano disciformi v. coneaviusculo insidens. 

 Species Americanae ad 5, Asiaticse apud auctores fere 80, sed plurimse valde incertae. Americanae 

 pauUulum differre videntur habitu floribus intra involucra minus arete sessiiibus et forte glandulis 

 staminum magis stipitatis. Staminodia OKlinis quarti nunquam adsunt sed caracteres parum 

 definiti videntur. Inter Asiaticis a Meissnero enumeratas Tetranthera Icsta, T. hngifvlia, aliieque 

 ad Cylicodaphncm transfcrendae. Boxh. Corom, PI. 1. 148 {L. ^olyanthay Tuss., T. monopetala, Hoxb.). 

 Bot. Mag. t. 14"! {Laurus). 



T. californica, Hook, et Arn., a Neesio ad Orcodaphnes sectioneni relata, a Meissnero ad Tetran^ 

 therum restituta genus format XJmheUulariay Necs, inter Litscain et Ocotcam quasi medium. 



3. Neolitsea. Folia ssepius triplinervia. Florcs ssepius 2-meri, perianthii scgmentis 4, staminibus 

 perfectis 6. Fructus Conodaphnes. Species enumeratae 29, Asiatiese v. Australasicse. Tetradenia, 

 Nees, Laiir. Expos. 19, et in Wall. PI. 'As. Bar. ii. 64, 1. 11 Q, non Benth. Litsjea, Kees Frat. Cinnam. 

 Disp. f. 5. NeeSt Syst. Laur. 621, non Lam. Meissn. in DC, Prod. xv. i. 220. Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 \\ 306. Kurz, For. Ft. Burm. ii. 304. Endl Iconogr. t. 44. Wight, Ic. t 132, 1844, 1845. Bcdd. 

 Fl. Sylv, t, 294. 



Soctio quoad species plerasquc naturalis, sed character baud constans. Folia in L, ambigua et 

 L. JcJiasyana, Meissn., pennivenia. Flores in speciebus paucis Siepe more generis 3-mori, et in 

 Cylicodaphues speciebus nonnuUis 2-meri observantur. Gemmse in sectione ssepe imbricato- 

 squamatse, similes tamen adsunt in L. {Cylicodaphne) japonica^ paucisquo aliis. Genus Lits^a 

 quale a Neesio limitatum ab auctore pcrperam Jussiseo tribuitur. Lifsca, Juss., est genus Lamarck- 

 ianum ampliua exteasum. 



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