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cinece ; but perhaps neither have weighed sufficiently the cha- 

 racters derived from the disk and position of the ovula. I am 

 not aware of any genera that agree with the characters of Ili- 

 cinece, as hmited by Brongniart and now usually adopted^ ex- 

 cept Ilex, Prinos (with their synonyms or subgenera^ JVin- 

 terlia, Macoucoua, and Ageria), and Myginda integrifolia (not 

 however a Myginda, that genus belonging certainly to Ce- 

 lastrinecB) : to these Rhaptostylum approaches^ and appears, 

 from Kunth^s description, principally to differ from them by 

 the stamens being twice as many as the segments of the co- 

 rolla. Nearly all the other genera enumerated by Lindley 

 have the disk, distinct petals, and ascending ovula of Celas- 

 trine(2. Lepionurus, referred to IlicinecB by Don, and to 

 Rhatnnea by Lindley, having a monopetalous corolla, and the 

 stamens inserted on it opposite to its lobes, has perhaps more 

 affinity with Mijrsinece, Strombosia, Bl., with a perigynous 

 disk, and stamens opposite to, and inserted on the petals, and 

 Leucoxylon, with numerous stamens, must obviously be also 

 excluded. Nemopanthes has solitary pendulous ovules in each 

 cell of the ovary, no disk ; and although the petals are distinct 

 and unconnected with the stamens, must undoubtedly be 

 joined to the Uicinece, while the character of the order on that 

 account ought to be slightly modified. Mylocarywn, having 

 ten stamens and other points of difference, cannot be placed, 

 as proposed by Lindley, among Celastrineae, as presently li- 

 mited. As to Olinia, I had probably expressed myself too 

 decidedly to Prof. Lindley when he refers it on my authority 

 to Celastrineae : my original memoranda merely bear, that from 

 the position of the stamens it was more related to Celastrinea 

 that Rhamnece, in which DeCandoUe placed it ; but I am now 

 convinced, from an examination of three species, and of the 

 fruit, which is inferior, that M. O. Klotzsch, of Berlin, is 

 correct in associating it with Myi^rhimum and Fenzlia : these 

 three may form a small group (Oliniece, or Myrrhiniece, to 

 prevent it being confounded with Oleinece), intermediate be- 

 tween MemecylecB and Myrtacece, but bearing more affinity 

 with the latter : if Memecylece, as Brown suggests, be united 

 to Melasfomacece, then Myrrhinece may form a section of Myr- 

 tacece. 



