Mr. Brown, on the Proteacee of Jussieu. 19 
pression or furrow, on the bursting of the opposite cell of the 
corresponding anthera, firmly attaches itself to its contents, now 
. become a regular mass of a waxy consistence. 
If the accuracy of this statement be admitted, it will probably 
be allowed that the Asclepiadee cannot be regarded as gynan- 
drous, especially in the sense in which they are so considered by 
botanists; but lest it should not be thought completely satisfac- 
tory; it may be added, that in a still earlier stage of the flower 
bud I have found the foecundating matter already secreted in 
the cells of the àntherz, while the glands of the stigma, as well 
as their processes, were absolutely invisible. ^. 
. As to the question of their being pentandrous or eG El 
every analogy must lead us to refer them to the former class; 
nor indeed have they, when not considered as painin been 
ever supposed to belong to Decandria. DESDE. 
_ An ceconomy, in many respects similar to that now. díbonibid; 
obtains also in Orchidez, in which, however, the processes con- 
necting the anthere with the stigma, where they exist, are in 
many cases derived from the masses of pollen themselves ; but in 
others they as certainly originate from the stima, or its einsdajur 
appendage. — | H 
- The result of my Fatis ah these two inteseil lido of 
en I hope hereafter to submit to the Society; and I now 
varii to the vsum jen of the pupa: pner 7 
The | Se of re or, as it is ides cxneptionsbhr 
called, Prorsacrsx, was first established in the Genera Planta- 
rum of the celebrated Jussieu ; and the description there prefixed 
to it will, with a few alterations, still apply to the order, now 
that it has received so many additions, not only in species, but 
in mid distinct genera, several of which were first published by 
"X oe Dr. Smith 
