Mr. Walker on the British Chalcidites. 381 



$ Perianthium lit in mare ? Squamtdce plurse ovatae, per discum floris 

 sparsae. Pistilla numerosa, villosa. Pericardium corticatum, e peri- 

 anthia tubo efformatum intus pilosum, stigmatibus prominulis ct>rona- 

 tum, in quatuor partes patentes dehiscens. Caryopses plures, subulatae, 

 piloses. Arbores (Ckilenses et Novce Zelandice) glaberrimce, semper- 

 virentes (odore Lauri sassafras valde redolenles), 5 — 20 orgyahs et 

 ultra. Folia opposita ovalia, petiolata, serrata. Flores axillares, ra- 

 cemosi vel subcymosi. 

 354. *L. Novce Zelandice, dioica, foliis elliptico- oblongis obtusis coriaceis, 

 racemis multifloris incano-villosis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A tree thirty feet high, on the margins of 

 the streams falling into the Keri-Keri river. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Of this very remarkable plant the tree bearing the female fructifi- 

 cation has not been discovered in its native country. I have, never- 

 theless, not] only placed it in Mr. Brown's family Atherospermece, to 

 which it most assuredly belongs, as indicated by its opposite serrated 

 leaves and by the structure and mode of dehiscence of its anthers, 

 which, however, accord with those of the Laurince, but I have re- 

 ferred it to Pavonia of Ruiz and Pavon, of which it appears a second 

 species, although it is dioecious, and the female flower and fruit re- 

 main yet to be examined. 



[To be continued.] 



XLII. — Descriptions of British Chalcidites. By Francis Walker, 



F.L.S. 



[Continued from p. 312.] 



Sp. 6. Cirrospilus Lyncus, Mas. et Fem. Luteus viridi-varius, antennts 

 fulvce, pedes flavi, alee scepe fulvescentes. 



Fern. Luteus : caput postice fuscum, fascia vertici viridis, ocellis confinis : 

 oculi et ocelli rufi : antennae fulvae ; articuli l u * et 2 US supra fusci : thorax 

 viridis : mesothorax luteus, scutum antice et scutellum viridia : abdomen 

 luteum, segmenta media postice, discus et apex viridia : oviductus fulvus ; 

 vaginae fuscae : pedes laete flavi ; coxae basi virides ; pulvilli fulvi ; alae ful- 

 vescentes ; squamulae flavae ; nervi flavi. 



Mas. Flavus : capitis vertici fascia viridis : antennae fulvae ; pro- et meta- 

 thorax supra virides : mesothorax apud proalis squamulas fulvescens j scutum 

 anticum et scutellum posticum viridia : abdomen apice pallide fuscum : 



* The type of the genus is L. Chilensis, which may be thus defined : 



L. Chilensis; monoica foliis ovatis oblongisve acutis, racemis subtripartitis 



cymosis glabris. — L. aromatica, Juss. Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. ii. — Pavonia 



sempervirens, Ruiz et Pavon Syst. Veg. Florae Peruv. et Chil. (8vo.) 1 . p. 253. 



Fl. Peruv. et Chil. Prodr. (fol.) p. 127. tab. 28.—Thiga Chilensis, Molini, 



conf. Spreng. 



Hab. In regno Chilensi. Arbor 40 ulnarius et ultra. 



