Osi/ride(B.] CXLIX. SANTALACE^. 229 



adnatus, turbinatus, supra ovarium brevissinie productus extusque ad apicem ovarii 

 margine prominulo sfepe cinctus^ lobi 4 v. 5, usque ad discum soluti, valvati, apice inflexi 

 V. incrassati. Stamina 4-5, prope basin loborum affixa, filamentis brevissimis; antherse 

 temiinales, loculia divaricatis cunflucntibus, in valvas 4 aperiendse, explanatte. Discus sub- 

 planus, perianthii tubi partem liberam brevissimam vestiens, margine truncatus v. sinuato- 

 4-5-lobus, Ovarium inferum ; stylus brevissimus^ stigmate integro v. leviter 2-lobo ; 

 ovula 2? ab apice placentse brevissimre centralis pendula. Brupa parva, ovoidea v. 

 globosa, perianthii lobis persistentibus coronata, exocarpio succulento, endocarpio 

 crassiuaculo duro. — Frutices ramulis numerosis v. rigidis aphyllis, foliis nempe omnibus 

 ad squamas minutas deciduas reductis. Floras minuti, secus ramulos solitarii v. fasci- 

 culati, bracteis minutis squamiformibus 2-4 involucrati. 



Species 4, Austral iaiise. Bt7Uh. Fl. Aicstral, vi. 218. Efidl. Iconogr. t. 45. 

 Ovula in ovario miimto difficillime observata, et vix ante fecundatiouom distincta. 



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22. lieptomeria, R. Br. Prod, 353.— Floras hermaphroditi. Perianthii tubus ovario 

 adnatus, sa^pius angustus, vix ultra ovarium productus, nee extus marginatus ; lobi 5, 

 rarius 4, usque ad discum soluti, valvati, apice subinflati v. crassiusculi. Stamina 5, rarius 

 4, prope basin loborum affixa, filamentis brevissimis ; antherse terminales, loculis divari- 

 catis confluentibus, in valvas 4 aperiendge v. in discum subintegrum -medio prominuliun 

 explanatse. Discus epigynus subplanus, plus minus distinctus. Ovarium inferum; 

 stylus brevissimus, stigmate integro v. vix lobato ; ovula 2 (v. 3 ?) sub apice placentse 

 centralis affixa, pendula. Drupa parva, ovoidea v. globosa, perianthii lobis persisten- 

 tibus coronata, exocarpio carnoso v. subsicco, endocarpio crustaceo. Semen ovoideum; 

 embryo in albumine carnoso minimus. — Frutices ramis numerosis tenuibus v. rigidis 

 subaphyllis, foliis nempe ad squamas alternas minutas srepius deciduas reductis, v. rarius 

 paullo longioribus lineari-teretibus. Flores minuti, in racemulos v. spic\ilas terminalea 

 lateralesve dispositi, singuli sessiles v. pediccllati, in axilla bracteie minute squauii- 

 formis v. rarius longioris foliaceae. 



Species 14, Australianje. Benth. Fl Austral, vi. 220. Lahill. PI. Nov. HoU. i. t. 93 {Thcsinm). 

 Eiidl. Iconogr. t. 74. 



Genus ah Endlichero in sectiones 2 dividitur: 1. Xcrmneria, bracteis sub floribus minutis cadu- 

 cissimis nee ssepius nisi in spicula nasconte con.spicuis. 2. Oxyuicrfa, bracteis sub floribus persis- 

 tentibus, minimis v. flores superantibus. 



23. Pbacellaria, Bentk. gen. nov. — Flores monoici, secus ramos sparsi, sessiles. Peri- 

 anthii tubus in fl. cJ brevis solidus, in fl. $ ovario adnatus ovoideus; lobi 4 v. 5, usque 

 ad discum soluti, breves, valvati. Stamina 4 v. 5, basi lobonnn aftixa, filamentis brevis- 

 simis crassis ; antheras terminales, loculis distinctis divergentibus longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centibus. Discus subplanus, inter stamina v. inter lobos perianthii angulatus. Ovarium 

 inferum; stylus brevissimus, crassiusculus, stigmate breviter 3-lobo v. subintegro; 

 placenta centralis brevis, crasso-conica, ovulis 3 ab apice pendulis appressis. Fructus 

 junior ovoideo-oblongus, perianthii lobis persistentibus coronatus, pericarpio carnoso; 

 maturus nobis deest.— Fruticuli in ai^boribus v. in Loranihis parasitici, caulibus fasci- 

 culatis brevibus (3-5-pollicaribus) aphyllis. Flores minimi, secus ramos sparsi, solitarii 

 V. fasciciilati, sessiles v. foveolis rami leviter immei-si. Bractefe 0. 



Species 2, in Birma v. in Malacca cresccntes: 1. P. Hgidula, Bcnth., caulibus teretibus rigidulis 

 (ad J lin. diam.) ramof^is. Birma v. Malacca, Griffith, Kcw Bisfrih. n. 2746. 2. P. compressa, 

 Benth. ,^ caulibus crassiusculis plano-compressis (1-1^ Hn. latis) simplicibus. Moulmeyn, C. Parish. 

 Flores in his speciminibus minus perfecti quam in Griffithianis, sed species stricte congener videtur. 



^4. Myzodendron, Banls et Sol; DC. Prod. iv. 285 ; Mem. Lm-anth. t 11, 12 (errore 

 Misodendron).— Flores dioici. Perianthium in florc ^^ 0. Stamina 2 4, circa discum 

 parvum glanduliformem affixa, filamentis crassiuscule filiformibiis ; antliene terminales, 

 erects, ovoideaj v. globosc-e, unilocularcs, vertice 2-valvatim dehiscentes. Perianthium 

 floris ? ovario adnatum, margine supra ovarium libero brevissimo, extus angulis 3 lon^i- 



