of the Natural Order of Myrii. %g* 



liand, Rumphius tells us the Mmiufips has often as many as three 

 or four perfeft feeds. It is probable, therefore, that the germen has 

 eight cells and eight feeds, mod of which are generally abortive ; 

 another in (lance of the neceflity of ftudying that part in all its pro- 

 grefTive ftates. 



The fpecies of Imbrlcaria are : 



1. Imbricaria crenulata^ foliis obovato-cuneiformibus apicem 



verfus crenulatis, petalis calycibufque denticulatis. 

 Jungia imbricata. Gcertn. loc. cit, 



2. I. clliata^ foliis triquetro-linearibus calycibufque ciliatis, ger- 



mine pentagono. 



To thefe might be added the tenella of Gaertncr, which not hav- 

 ing fufficiently examined, I for the prefent omit. All are natives of 

 New Holland, or New South Wales. 



2. B.^CKEA Untu—Juff. Gen. 321. 



Octandria Monogynia, near Fuchfia and Xlmenia. 



Char. Gen. Petala 5. Calyx 5-fidus. Capfula tri- vel quadri- 

 locularis, polyfperma, calyce tecta. 



JufTieu firft formed any tolerably juft conjectures concerning the 

 natural family of this genus, to which the defcriptions of Linnaeus 

 and Ofbeck by no means lead ; nor, indeed, could it have eafiiy 

 been referred to the myrtle tribe, without the increafed knowledge 

 of that order which we have derived from the plants of New 

 Holland. There is no doubt, however, that Bceckea belongs to the 

 Myrti, and not to the Onagri of JufTieu, having the clofefl 



L, 1 2 affinity 



