‘Tab. XII. of Vol IIL. Fig. 1. Flower-bud. 2. Expanded flower. 
8. Petal. 4. Stamens. 5. Stamens separated. 6. Pistil. 7. Trans- 
verse section of ovary. 8. Vertical section of ditto. 9. Ovule. 
30. Fruit :—al but fig. 10 magnified. 
‘Second Bape on Mm. SeRucE's Collections of Dried Plants from 
NonrH BRAZIL; dy GEORGE Bentuam, Esq, 
(Continued from vol. i i.p. 378) _ 
The Hippocrateaceæ, three species, are all, as far as I have been able 
to ascertain, hitherto undescribed, but in the confusion which prevails - 
nomenclature of this small order, it is a matter of some difficulty. — 
» determine the generic names which should be given to them. One. 
ecies, with two distinct adnate anther-cells, belongs to the group —— 
blished by Dupetit-Thouars, and afterwards by Cambessèdes, under —— 
name of Calypso. If this genus is correctly made to include all ie — 
eci with two-celled adnate anthers, many. which the fruit is Eur 
er sie eei; it would then comprise not on. Sala- — 
cia Chinensis, Linn., and Johnia, Roxb., but also Raddisia of Leandro 
a Sacramento, and even Tontelea, Aubl., or Tonsella, Schreb., which _ 
ublet distinctly describes as having two-celled anthers, although E 
Cambessèdes, apparently from examination of specimens, refers it to — 
e one-celled genus. 1f a better acquaintance with all the species . 
ld confirm the above view, the Linnean name of Salacia must be — 
ed, deine Tecra generally con- 
: iive ose d one- of which, misled by: Cambeseèdes, d : 
had on the distributed labels given the name of Salacia) have, in com- — 
jn with many other South Americaw species, the anthers of Hippo- 
transverse, with the two cells confluent into a single one, 
any rate after opening; but judging from: their inflorescence, they _ 
ups both deseo to the cfe — from Mene 
