164 CXLIII. LAURINE^.' [Utseacece, 



Ovarium baud immersum, stylo brevi, stigmate parum dilatato. Bacca ovoidca, pcri- 

 antbii tubo immutato v. parum aucto disciformi integro v. lacero insidens. — Arborea. 

 Folia alternaj perennantia, pennivenia. Floruin involucra ad axillas breviter pedunculata, 

 fasciculata v. breviter racumosa. 



Species 2, altera regionis ^Meditcrraneae, altera ins. Canariensium incola. Mctssn. in T)C. Prod. 

 XV. i. 233. Sihth. Fl. GrcEC. t, 365, Hayne, Arzncigew. xii. t 18. Beichh. Ic. Fl. Genu. t. 673. 

 Webb, nyL Canar. t, 206. 



TrIEUS III. CASSYTHEiE. 



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. 33. Cassytha, i/iii?i. Gen. n. 505. (Volutella /i^ors^. Fl. ^g.Arah. 84. Calodium, Lout. 

 Fl. Coch. 247.) — Floras hormaphroditi interdum dimorjilii (an subdioici?). Perianthii 

 tubus turbinatus v. ovoideus, post antliesin apice constrictus ; limbi scgmenta 6, 3 

 exteriora multo minora. Stamina perfecta 9, ordinis primi et secundi eglandulosa 

 antheris introraum 2-loce]lati3, v. rarius ordinis secundi ad staminodia angusta reducta, 

 ordinis tertii basi utrinque glandula subaessili aucta, antheris extrorsum 2-locellatis ; 

 staminodia ordinis quarti subsessilia v. stipitata. Ox^arium per anthesin perianthii tubo 

 vix immersum, mox tubo aucto apice clauso omnino obtectum. Stigma parvum v. 

 capitatum, subsessile. Fructus perianthii tubo succulento arete inclusua, limbo persis- 

 tente sa?pius coronatus. Seminum testa membranacea, cotyledones inter sese arete 

 appressse non nisi prime juventute distincta?, maturse perfecte conferruminatoe. — Caules 

 volubileSj filiformes, raediantibus haustoriis seriatis plantis variis adhrcrcntes ; s(£uama3 

 loco foliorum minimfB. Flores parvi, nunc minuti, spicati capitati v. racemosi, intra 

 bracteam squamiformem sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, bracteolis 2 minutis stipati. 

 Perianthii tubus s£epe in eadem specie in aliis speciminibus brevissimus in aliis globosus 

 limbo sequilongus. 



Species ad 16, quarum una per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis late dispersa, 1 v. 2 austro- 

 Africanse, 1 Borneensis, cseterse omnes Austral ienses. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 252, et in Mart, 

 Fl. Bras. v. ii. 295, t. 107. Benth, Fl. Austral, v. 309. G<Brtn, Fruct. i. 133, t. 27. Hook. Exot, 

 Fl. t. 167. Wight, Ic. t. 1847. F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. i. 68. 



Genus hubitu a toto ordiue insigniter differtj charactores tamen florls et frnctus fere Cryi)tocary<e. 



Tribus IV. Herxaxdie^. 



34. Hernandia, Linn. Gen. 11. 1040 ; Ilort. Cliff, t. 33. (Hertelia, Neck. Mem. ii. 345). 

 — Flores monoici. Perianthii segmenta in fl. t? 6 v. 8, in fl. ? 8 v. 10, in quaque sorie sub- 

 valvata, herbacca. Stamina in fl. <? , staminodia in fl. 5 , tot quot perianthii scgmenta 

 exteriora iisque opposita ; antherse 2-locellatai, locellis more ordiuis immersis, oblongis 

 magnis lateralibus v. subintrorsum spectantibus, valvis lateraliter dehiscentibus v. cito 

 deciduis ; glandulse ad basin staminum geminse solitari?e v. rarius 0. Fl. $ involucello 

 cupulato V. lobato basi cincti. Ovarium inferum, carnosum ; stylus brevis crassus, stig- 

 mate dilatato irregulariter dentato v. lobato. Fructus involucello aucto carnoso v. crasse 

 membranaceo inclusus. Semen globosum v, ovoideum, testa crassa dura ; embryo cotyle- 

 donibus crassis lobatis rugosisve subruminatis. — Arbores. Folia alt erna, sj3epius an^pla, 

 Integra, ovata v. peltata, 3-7-nervia. Flores laxe paniculati, paniculiie ramis ultimis in- 

 volucro 4-5-bracteato terminatis, floribua in involucro 3, centrali $ sessili, lateralibus 2 J 

 breviter pedicellatis. Involucella fructifera inflata, ssepe colorata^ 1-2-pollicaria, ore con- 

 tracto intefjerrima v. alte 2-fida. 



Species dcscriptK 8, per regiones tropicus ntri usque orbis late dispcrsie. Mciam. in DC. Prod. xv. 

 i. 2G2. Bcjilh. Fl. Austral, v. 314. AubL PL GuL t. 329. Gu-rtn. Fruct. L 40. WlyhL Ic. t. 1865. 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 300. Seem. FL Vit. t. 52. BoL Mag. L 5839. 



Hehnandiopsis, Mciss7i. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 264, est H. cordigera, Vieiil., species Xovo-Caledonica, 



H. Moerenhoutiance, Guillem,, simillima, seel glandular staminum desunt v. rarius 1 v. 2 in toto florc 

 adsunt. 



