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&olitaria, lineari-oblonga. Drupa parva, compressa, didyma, 2-pyrena; pyrens erustacez, 
eompressz, l-sperms. Semina lineari-oblonga, pyrens conformia, testa membranacea, 
albumine carnoso ; embryo albumini conformis sed paulo angustior, cotyledonibus planis, 
crassiuseulis, radicula brevi erassa obliqua.— Frutex v. arbor, glaberrima, nitida, siccitate 
fuscescens, potassium seatente, ramulis teretibus. Folia alterna, oblique oblongo-lauceo- | 
lata, acuminata, integerrima, coriacea, nervi$ obscuris. Flores parvi, in paniculas parvas 
axillares nutantes dispositi, pedicellis ebracteatis non articulatis. 
Species 1, Madagascarize incola. à: 
ll. Nyssa, Linn. Gen. n. 1163.—Flores polygamo-dioiei. Fl. d : Calyx diseiformis 
v. cupularis, 5-oo-dentatus. | Petala 5-56, interdum perplurima, equalia. v. insqualia, 
ovata v. lineari-oblonga, imbricata, pilosa. Stamina 6-0, interdum perplurima, filamentis 
filiformibus; antherse didym:, loculis lateraliter late dehiscentibus. Discus magnus, 
pulvinaris, integer v.lobatus. Ovarii rudimenta O v. processus subulatus in centro disei. 
Fl. 9 : Calyeis tubus urceolaris v. campanulatus ; limbus 5-dentatus. Petala O v. minuta. 
Staminum rudimenta 0.  Diseus pulvinaris, centro depressus. Ovarium 1-loculare; 
stylus teres, recurvus, deciduus, simplex v. 2-furcatus, intus sulcatus, apicem versus stg-- 
matosus ; ovulum 1, ab apice loculi pendulum. Drupa oblonga, apice areolata, putamine 
crasso osseo compresso, tereti v. suleato. Semen loculo conforme, testa membranacea, 
'slbumine copioso ; cotyledones foliaceg, eum albumine fere zquilatze, radieula brevi cy- 
lindrica.—Arbores v. frutices, plus minusve sericeo-pilosi. Folia alterna, petiolata, inte- 
gerrima v. juniora lobato-dentata. Flores parvi, ad apices pedunculorum axillarium ca- 
pitati conferti v. breviter racemosi, bracteati v. subinvoluerati, pubescentes, pedicellis non . 
articulatis braeteolatis; d' sepe valde irregulares et quasi e floribus 3 pluribusve conflati ; 
$ in peduneulo pauciores, interdum solitarii. : 
Species 5-6, Americm boreali-orientalis temperatz et calide, Himalaye orientalis, mont. Khasim 
et ins. Malayensium incole. 4. Gray, Man. Bol. N. U..S. ed. 2. 162. Chapm. FL. S. U. S. 168. 
Baillon in Adans. v. 196. Gaertn. Fruct. iii. 1. 216. Lamk. Ill. t. 851. Miquel, FI. Ind. Bat. i. 
prs i.8838, 839 (Agathisanthes et Ceratostachys). ln specie Himalaicn (JN. sessiliffora, Hook. f. 
et ''homs.), flores d et 9, 3—t-bracteati ; stamina 10, alterna breviora. : 
AcaTHISANTHES, Blwme, Bijdr. 645, planta Javaniea, ex exemplare masculo a Miquelio commu- 
nicato a Nysse specie Himalaica nullo charactere differre videtur; embryo tamen a Blumeo (an 
sphalmate ?) exalbuminosus dicitur. CreRATOSTACHYS, Blume, l.c. 644, planta, pariter Javauica, 
cujus exemplar fcemineum a Miquelio accepimus,.nobis eadem species apparet, ovariis sub ictu 
insectz eujusye morbide excrescentibus (unde nomen generieum). Ovula, & Blumeo non deseripta, 
s» Miquelio gemina dicuntur, an sphalmate?, nam certe in specie Indica solitaria sunt. 
12. 'Toricellia, DC. Prod. iv. 257.— Flores dioici. Fl. d$ : Calycis parvi tubus brevis, 
obconieus ; lobi sepissime 5, aeuti v. obtusi. Petala 5, oblonga, concava, membranacea, 
induplicatim valvata, apiee elongato inflexo. Stamina smpissime 5, filamentis brevibus ; 
anthere oblongs, majuscule, loculis lateraliter dehiscentibus. Discus planiusculus. 
Ovarii rudimenta O0, v. 1-3 setiformia in centro disci. Fl. 9 : Calycis. tubus ovoideus. 
limbus minutus, irregulariter 3-5-lobus, lobis acutis v. obtusis. Petala et staminum 
rudimenta 0. Diseus inconspicuus. Ovarium 4-loculare; stylus brevissimus, stigmati- 
bus inzequalibus, szpissime 3 linearibus crassiusculis ubique (linea dorsali excepta) papil- 
losis intus canaliculatis apice 2-fidis; ovula in loculis solitaria.. Drupa oblique ovoidea, 
stigmatibus coronata, putamine erustaceo 4-loculari l-spermo facie loculo fertili opposita 
2-3-carinato. Semen lineare, curvum, dorso compressum, integumento membranaceo laxo ; 
embryo in apice albuminis earnosi minimus, obeordatus.—Arbor parva, ramosa, ramis 
crassiuseulis late medullosis cícatrieatis, Folia alterna, longe petiolata, decidua, late cor- 
dato-rotundata, grosse argute dentata, membranacea, palmatim 5-7-nervia, petiolo cum 
ramulo artieulato late vaginante. Flores parvi, passim 3-4-meri, in panieulas thyrsoideas 
pendulas multifloras dispositi, albi, breviter pedicellati ; pedieelli bracteati, d inartieulati, 
9 articulati. Drupa parva, purpurea. 
Species 1, Himalaya centralis et orientalis temperate incola, Seem. in Józrn. Bot. iii. 361. 4 41.— 
Genus valde anomalum, Samónco habitu accedens, sed petala libera. ; 
