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Us, it appears to incluee all the American sp. 

 the other G. being foreign to America ; many 

 sp. and I added 2. H, podanisia and arena- 

 via 550, 551. All these G. have 5 petals, while 

 Lecliea chiefly differs by having only 3 thus IleL 

 tripetala of Mexico in my hechea mexicana. In 

 first vol. of my New Flora 1 have given a com- 

 plete Monograph of l^echea, all plants, including 

 21 species, of 3 subgen. Menandra, hechea , 

 Etidiexa, which see. Bosc says Lechea has pe- 

 tals 1 to 3 or none, 3to G stamens &c. 



833. PsisTiNA Raf. diff. Anthelis, stylus elon- 

 gato flexuoso, several sp. see Decandole. 



834. Benzoina Raf. cal. camp. Sdent. cor. 

 campan. 5gona, 5dent. sericea, stam. 10 basi mo- 

 nadelphis, ovar. arist. stig. obt. Type B, vera 

 Raf, Styrax benzoina L. auct. It is said the 

 Terminalia benzoe also produces Benzoin, Sty- 

 rax differs by cor. 5fid not angular, stam. about 

 12 free, ovary 31oc. polysp. but ovules abortive 

 except 1 to 3, 



835. Laurus L. many G. have properly been 

 removed from this, Persea, Sassafras^ Cryp- 

 tocartja &c, but many others require revision, 

 and I will indicate some N. G. Laurus nobihs 

 deemed the type Has cal. 4-8parted, stam. 8-14, 

 fl. dioical &c, see 861. 



836. OzANTHES Raf. (branch bloom) diff. 

 Laurus, fl. dioicis, masc. Gpart. stam. 15, ferti- 

 les 9, 6 opp. and 3 centralis, filam. planis, an- 

 theris adnat. biloc. 2 porosis valvularis, steriles 6 

 alt. ut glandulis pedunc. fl. fem. glandulis 3 ses- 

 silib. ovar, conico, stylo tereto. JFoL alt, decld, 

 fl. agreg. invoL 4phyL drupis nudis Type 



Oz, benzoin Raf. Laurus do L. auct. and per- 

 haps some others of next. Flowers before leaves. 



837. EvosMus Raf. (subg. Nut.) diff. Ozan- 



