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Orvo V. CAPPARIDE. 
I. Capparis, Linn. Gen. n. 643; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p.108. Sepala 4, rarissime 5, libera 
v. ima basi connata, rarius gamosepala' et irregulariter rupta, intus nuda glandulosa v. ligula aucta, 
valvata v. imbricata v. 2 exteriora valvata. Petala 4, rarissime plura, imbricata. Torus brevis. 
Stamina sepissime oo, toro inserta; filamentis filiformibus, liberis. Ovarium longe stipitatum, 1—4- 
loculare; placentis 2-6; ovulis co; stigmate sessili. Bacca stipitata, globosa v. cylindrica, sspe 
elongata, rarissime dehiscens. Semina oo, nidulantia; testa crustacea v. coriacea; embryo convo- 
lutus.— Arbores et frutices, ssepe scandentes, inermes spinosi v. aculeati, glabri lepidoti v. tomentosi ; 
foliis simplicibus rarius nullis petiolatis membranaceis v. eoriaceis; stipulis spinosis v. setosis; in- 
florescentia varia; floribus ssepius bracteatis et albis. 
l. C. Richii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 69; scandens; stipulis spinosis brevibus uncinatis . 
interdum nullis; foliis ovato-oblongis nunc lanceolatis seu lineari-lanceolatis subacuminatis basi 
obtusis, novellis cum ramulis calycibusque ferrugineo-puberulis, adultis glabris subcoriaceis ; pedi-  , 
cellis 5 seriatim supra-axillaribus petiolum subzequantibus; floribus parvis, staminibus circiter 19. ` 
—Macuata coast of Vanua Levu, and Direction Island (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Ordo VI. VIOLARIEZ. 
. I. Agatea, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 89. t. 7; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 118. Sepala 
sub:qualia, decidua, basi haud producta.  Petalum inferius ceteris paullo majus, basi gibboso-sacca- 
tum. Filamenta brevia, complanata, connata v. superius demum distinctum ; connectivo apice in 
membranam producto. Stylus apice clavato-subeurvatus; stigmate antico. Capsula carnosa, 3- 
valvis. Semina compresso-alata, imbricata, pericarpio parallela; testa ad faciem internam crus- 
tacea nigra, ad faciem externam membranacea.— Frutices sarmentosi ; foliis alternis integerrimis v. 
dentatis, racemis axillaribus v. terminalibus paniculatis; floribus parvis viridulis v. albidis, maculis 
purpureis.— Agation, Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. vol. viii. p. 79. 
„T cannot make up my mind to change the oldest name of the genus on the plea that it is too much 
like Agathea, though advocated by an eminent authority. A single letter has hitherto been thought quite 
sufficient to distinguish one generic name from another. 
1, A. violaris, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 89. t. 7; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis integer- 
rimis v. repando-subdentatis ; paniculis axillaribus patentibus folia equantibus v. brevioribus; corolle 
labello spathulato-truncato.— 4gation violare, Brongn. Bull. Soc. Fr. vol. viii. p. 80. 
Var. a; folis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis v. obsolete repandis paniculas subzequantibus. 
—Naloa Bay (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Var. 8; foliis majoribus ovato-oblongis nune repando-subdentatis panjculas excedentibus.— 
Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.); Somosomo, Taviuni (Seemann! n. 12); Moala (Milne !); Viti Levu 
(M‘Gillivray !). 
My specimens, which Asa Gray has referred to his var. 8, have ripe fruit, a dehiscent 3-valved capsule, 
about 2 inches long. The flowers are whitish, blotched with purple. 
II. Alsodeia, Thouars, Hist. Veg. Afr. 55. t. 17, 18; Benth. et Hook. f, Gen. p.118. Flores 
5-meri. Sepala subewqualia. Petala subæqualia, sessilia v. brevissime unguiculata. Filamenta 
libera v. plus minus connata, omnia dorso appendiculata v. nuda, connectiva in annulum approxi- 
mata v. coherentia, ultra loculos producta. Placente 1-co-ovulate. Stylus rectus; stigmate ter-. 
minali. Capsula elastice v. simpliciter 3-valvis. Semina pauca, subglobosa, glabra v. gossypina; 
