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da, fifty feet high, flowers pale yellow. 



868. Tamala palustris Raf. frutesc. fol. lan- 

 ceol. subtus pallidis pubescens, pedunc. paucifl. 

 fascicul. drupis ceruleis Shrub 8 to 10 feet 

 high, with the last, but in swamps. 



8f>9, Tamala acuminata Raf. Arborea, ra- 

 niulis, ped. pet, et nervis rufis pubescens, fol. 

 longe lane, basi acuti's, apice acum. obt Lou- 

 isiana and Texas, tree 30 feet high, leaves 5 to 8 

 inches, fl. whitish, seen dry. 



870. LiNDERA Th. auct. cal. 6part. stam. 6 

 epigynis ! ovar libero, stylo, stig. 2 refl. caps. 

 21oc. foL alt, fl, iimh, Altho' akin to Laurels, 

 this G. belongs to my Meborides by stamens 

 and fruit, it is also akin to Lerchea L. by pistil, 

 but this has a corolla not staminif. as Ericoides 

 and united stamens. 



871. Lindera urnhellata Th. ramis flex, fol. 

 pet. ovatobl. integris subtus villosis, umb. term. 

 Shrub of Japan. 



872. Knema Lour, dioica, fl. m. cal, col.Sfid. 

 filam. unico, antheris 10-12ferens, fl, fern. cal. 

 trunc. pers. stig. sessile dent, bacca mollis mo- 

 nosp. aril lata, fol, alt, fl, panic probably of 

 Laurines family, although akin to some mo- 

 nosperm Euphorbides. 



87.3. Knema hicolor Raf. fol. pet. lane, gra- 

 bris integris large tree of Anam, flowers brown 

 outside, orange inside, berries red. 



874. LiNociERA Schr. diif. Chionanthus,stam. 

 2 basi coalitis, bacca 21oc. 4sp. Type L. liguS' 

 trina Raf. Thouinia do Sw. Chion. do Pers. <fec, 

 fol. lane, panic, term Shrub of Jamaica, 



875. Tetrapilus Lour. cal. camp. 4fid. cor. 

 camp. 4sulc. 4fida lac. concavis, stam. 2 brevis, 

 stig. bif. bacca biloc. polysp. fol, opp, fl, spic. 

 dioicis akin to last and Ligustrum. 



