114 Mr. J. Miers on the Winteracese. 



piosum, carnosum, hexagonoideo-cellulosum, ovale, paullo 

 compressum, versus hilum rostratum, hinc embryonem mini- 

 mum claudens, radicula cylindrica, hilum versus spectante, et 

 in cotyledonibus obtusis brevissimis centripetis fissa. 

 Arbusculse Indices, Chinenses, Japonicce, et boreali-Americance 

 sempervirentes ; folia alterna, oblonga, integerrima, glabra, co- 

 riacea, pellucido-punctulata, scepe conferta ; flores axillares vel 

 in ramulis annotinis terminates, tandem ramuli novelli elonga- 

 tione later ales, pedunculis solitariis aut ternis 1-floris, petalis 

 purpureis aut fiavescentibus, capsulis aromaticis vel insipidis. 



1. Illicium anisatum, Linn. Sp. 664; Gaertn. Fr. i. 338. t. 69; 

 Diet. Meth. i. 351 ; Lam. 111. t. 493. f. 2 ; DC. Syst. i. 441 ; 

 Prodr. i. 77; De Vriese et Hoeven, Tijd. i. 31-45. t. 2.— In 

 Japonia et China*. 



2. Illicium religiosum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. 5. 1. 1 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3965 ; Walp. Rep. i. 74. — In Japonia. 



3. Illicium Griffithii, Hook. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. i. 74. — In montibus 

 Khasia. 



4. Illicium Floridanum, Ellis, Phil. Trans, lx. 524. t. 12; Diet. 

 Meth. i. 352 ; Lam. 111. t. 493. f. 1 ; Gaertn. Fr. i. 339 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 439; DC. Syst. i. 441; Prodr. i. 77; Gray, Gen. 

 Un. St. i. 56. t. 21.— In Florida. 



5. Illicium parviflorum, Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 326 ; Vent. Cels. 

 t. 22; Hb. Am. t. 330; DC. Syst. i. 442; Prodr. i. 77.— In 

 Florida. 



4. Temus. 



Of this genus nothing is known beyond the very imperfect 

 description given by the Abbe Molina in his ' History of Chile ;' 

 and as no plant corresponding with it has since been found by 

 any of the numerous collectors who have visited that country, 

 the genus must be considered a very doubtful one. It was 

 placed by DeCandolle between Illicium and Drimys, although 

 the character ascribed to it by Molina was incompatible with 

 them ; but he considered that character to be, in all probability, 

 erroneous, because a dicoccous berry is hardly consistent with 

 the previous condition of two ovaries. It is described as a tree 

 with alternate, thick, polished, oval, smooth, and bright green 

 leaves, that emit a strong smell of nutmegs; terminal aromatic 

 flowers, with a 3-fid calyx, eighteen linear petals, twenty-six sta- 

 mens, two ovaries, and a dicoccous berry ; the petals are linear, 



* Analytical details of the fruit and seed of this species are shown in 

 the 'Contributions to Botany,' plate 2/ c 



