175 
p. 234. ?—Samyda serrulata, Mart. in Herb. Hook. (non 
Linn.)—La Cruz in the Corientes, Baird. 
LirHREA. . Miers. 
Flores dioici.—Misc. Calyx parvus, 5-partitus, persistens. 
Petala 5, inter calycem et discum inserta, sessilia, oblon- 
ga, sequalia, demum patentia, crassiuscula, uninervia, 
venis transversalibus subramosis: æstivatio valvata. 
Torus discoideus, pateriformis. Stamina 10, sub disco 
inserta: filamenta brevia: anthere biloculares, interne 
secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. Pistillum aborti- 
vum.— Fam: Calyx et Corolla ut in mare. Stamina 
abortiva. Germen subglobosum, liberum, disco carnoso 
insertum: ovulum solitariam, e basi loculi adscendens: 
stylus brevis, crassus: stigma trifidum, lobis brevibus 
oblongis patentibus. Fructus drupaceus, unilocularis: 
epicarpium tenue, fragile: sarcocarpium parcum cárno- 
sum: endocarpium osseum, sphericum, compressum. 
Semen solitarium, pendulum: podospermum e basi loculi 
ortum. Albumen nullum. Embryo arcuatus: cotyledones — 
radiculaque inferi,— Frutex. valde ramosus; rami angu- 
lati. Folia alterna, sparsa, eustipulata, 9-3 uncias longa, 
elliptica, coriacea, margine cartilagineo, petiolata... Race- 
mi paniculati, axillares et terminales... Pedicelli basi brac- 
pendet s Xn" ws Anni 
230. (1.) ba caustica (Hook. et decis it venenosa, "Miers 
Chil. v. 2. p. 529.—Laurus caustica, Molina.—Rhus (?) 
caustica, Hook. et Arn. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. v. 1. p. 15. 
t. '1.—Mauria. simplicifolia, Humb. et Kunth ?—Llithi, 
Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 23. (Jig. ad dextr.)—a. foliis glabris. 
Valparaiso, Dr. Gillies; Mr. Cruchshanks ; Bridges ; 
Cuming (N. 641.) Conception, Messrs. Lay and Collie. 
—. foliis subtus pubescenti-hirsutis.—Valparaiso, Mr. 
Cruckshanks ; Bridges; Mathews (N. 234.)—This genus 
is readily distinguished from the other allied: Zerebintha- 
cea by the sestivation, independent. of other characters. 
(It is probable that Mauria simplicifolia, Kunth, is the 
