ON SIMMONDSIA. 401 
rately upon the raised base of the calyx. Corolla 0. Anthers 
oval, flat, 2-celled, opening lengthways, the filaments shorter 
than the anthers—Fam. Calyz rather large, 5-leaved, herba- 
ceous,imbricated. Corolla 0. Germ. conical. Styles simple, 
terminal, hirsute, 2 to 3. Capsule 2-to 3-celled, 2-to 3-valved, 
the valves septiferous in the centre. Ovules 2 to 3, pendulous 
by a short funiculus: the seed (apparently) large, by abor- 
tion usually solitary, only one of the cells fertile. [I have 
not seen the ripe seed]. 
Simmondsia Californica. Nutt. mst. (Tas. xvi.) 
Han. Covering the sides of barren hills, in argillaceous 
sols, near the sea, in the vicinity of St. Diego in Upper 
_ California. Flowering in May. Probably hardy. 
A low evergreen shrub, diffusely branched, the branches 
dichotomous, as in Viscum ; the leaves opposite, entire, nearly 
of the same appearance on either surface. Stipules none. 
Male flowers axillary, clustered, herbaceous ; those of the 
female flower generally solitary. 
There is little doubt but that this curious shrub belongs to 
the Order of Garryaces, Lindl., differing considerably in 
habit from Garrya, as well as in inflorescence; the stamens 
are also more numerous, and the ovary more than 1-celled ; 
the disposition of the ovules is the same, and the structure 
of the seed will prove probably very similar. Our plant is 
at the same time also closely related to the Putranjiva Rox- 
burghii of Wallich. 
Tas. xvi. Fig. 1. Male flower. f. 2,3. Back and front 
View of a stamen. f.4. Female flower. /.5. Pistil. f.6. 
Capsule with persistent perianth. „f. 7. Capsule bursting. 
J8. Transverse section of the cells. f. 9. Central column : 
"more or less magnified, 
