Mr. Brown; on the Proteacee of Jussieu. 159 
quatuor hypogyne, staminiformes. Ovarinm sessile, mono- 
spermam. Stigma simplex. Drupa baccata. 
Hasrtus. Arbor glabra. Folia alterna ; plana, dentato-serrata, 
- ^ wilde, Spice axillares, simplices. Flotes alteri, sessiles, tnt- 
bracteati, . i 
Ogs. Labillardiere considers this genus as most nearly related 
to Lauri. Jussieu, however, has (in Annales du Museum, v. 5 
p. 224.) stated sufficient reasons for excluding it from that 
order, but has not attempted to determine its affinity. I have 
‘ventured to place it in Proteacee, from the structure of its 
fruit, stamina and calyx, and the only circumstance in which 
| it differs from them, consists in its having (according to Labil- 
lardiere)four barren stamina; but even these occupy the place 
of the glands or scales usually found in the order, and the re- 
semblance they bear to stamina in this geiius, may assist in 
explaining their nature in all: nor does their being in most 
cases secreting organs render this view of their origin improba- 
ble ; for the function of secretion, which, as it is far from uni- 
versal, must be considered as only of secondary importance in 
assisting impregnation, is more frequently accomplished by 
_ the modification of some of the usual parts of the- flower 
than by the production of an additional organ. _ 
CENARRHENES nitida. Labill. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 36.* t. 50. 
=- Haz. In Insule Diemen plagis australioribus. Labillardiere. 
nn s. cum is $i foribus. delapsa in Herb. D. Lambert.) 
> RSOC ONIA. Smith in Jen. i iv. Gert. Carp. 3 
p- 218, PA 240... ‚Pentadaotylon.. Gert. l. c. p. 219. t. 220. 
^ Linkia. Cav. fc. 4 
‘ Cu An. Gen. Calyx doth ylhas, regularis, foliolis medio stami- 
' niferis; suprà recurvis, deciduus. Stamina exserta, Glan- 
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