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petala. Petalis oblongis, acutis, planis, e flaviganti-albis, duas lineas longis. Filamenta quatuor, filiformia, 
fundo corolle inserta, petalis paulo longiora. Anthere oblongee, pallide flave, erecte. Feminei flores in 
apice ramulorum paniculæ subcapitati, duodecim ad quinquedecim sessiles, basi subconnati intra singulam 
bracteam. Bractee ovate, acuminate, vix quatuor lineas longe.  Calyz ex herbaceo-albidus, plerumque 
octo-dentatus dentibus parvis, ovalis, acutis, apice conniventibus. Corolla nulla. Germen inferum, mag- 
num, subrotundo-ovatum, basi calycis indutum. Styli nulli. Stigmata octo, divaricatissima, reflexa, supra 
canaliculata. Pericarpium (adhue immaturum) crassum, carnosum, glabrum, subrotundum, 8-loculare. 
Semina solitaria."—Solander, * Primitive: Flore Insularum Oceani Pacifici,’ p. 339. 
2. M. macrophylla, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1862, p. 294. — Botryodendrum macrophyllum, Rich in A. 
Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 782, t. 97.—Samoan and Tongan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
8. M. latifolia, Seem, in Bonpl. l.c. p. 295. Botryodendrum latifolium, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 62; Ferd.’ 
. Bauer, Illustr. Pl. Norf. t. 183, 185, 209, 211 (ined.). Aralia macrophylla, Cunn. ex Loudon, Hort. Brit. 
Suppl. vol. i. p. 58.—Norfolk Island. Cultivated in European gardens. 
4. M. angustifolia, Seem. in Bonpl. l. e. p. 295. Botryodendrum angustifolium, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 64; 
Ferd. Bauer, Illustr. Pl. Ins. Norf. t. 184, 208 (ined.).—Norfolk Island. 5 
5. M. Sinclairii, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1862, p. 295; Hook. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. p. 104 (1865). 
Botryodendron Sinclairti, Hook. Fl. N. Zeal. vol. i. p. 95.—New Zealand (Sinclair! Colenso !). 
M. Denhami, Seem. in Bonpl. l.e. p. 295; foliis obovato-ellipticis utrinque attenuatis v. elongato- 
lineari-lanceolatis; calyce hermaphr. 5-9-partito, laciniis ovatis acuminatis v. acutis recurvis; stylis 5-9; 
ovario 5-9-loculare.—1sle of Pines, off New Caledonia (Capt. Denham's Expedition !).—Cultivated at Kew. 
Orvo XLIX. CORNACEZ:. 
I. Rhytidandra, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 302, et in Proceed. Am. Acad. vol. vi. p. 55. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvulus, tubo cum ovario connato, limbo cupulari truncato, margine 
6-7-denticulato. Petala 6-7, linearia, conniventia, zestivatione valvata. Stamina 6-7, petalis alterna, 
, eum iisdem inserta, libera; filamenta brevissima, intus barbata; antherze lineares, introrsum adnate, 
dithecæ, 4-locellatze, locellis transversim annulato-rugosis v. cameratis. Discus epigynus scutelli- 
formis. Ovarium inferum, l-loculare, l-ovulatum ; ovulo ex apice loculi parvi suspenso. Stylus 
elongatus, sulcatus, 2-fidus, lobis szepius apice 2-3-dentatis ; stigmatibus terminalibus parvis. Drupa 
ovata, subaeuminata (ultra pollicaris), sarcocarpio tenui, putamine osseo ruguloso. Seminis testa 
membranacea. Albumen carnosum, copiosum, per cotyledones tenui-foliaceas orbiculares fere 2-par- 
titum. Radicula supera, cylindrica, quam cotyledones dimidio brevior.—Frutex sarmentosus; foliis 
ovatis obliquis; pedunculis axillaribus cymulam paucifloram gerentibus. Species unica. 
1. R. Vitiensis, A. Gray, l.c. p. 303. t. 28.—Viti Islands, particular habitat not recorded 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.). | 
At first referred by A. Gray to Olacacee, but afterwards removed by him to the neighbourhood of 
Marlea. » 
` Orvo L. LORANTHACEZE. 
I. Viscum, Tournef. Inst. 380; Linn. Gen. n. 1105; Endl. Gen. n. 4584; Oliver in Journ. 
Linn. Soc; Lond. vol. vii. p. 103. Flores unisexuales, dioici v. monoici. . Masc. : Perigonium sim- 
plex, coriaceo-carnosum, 4-partitum, rarius 3—5-partitum, laciniis triangularibus, erectis, zestivatione 
valvatis. Antheræ numero loborum perigonii, singulze iisdem medio adnate, oc-cellulos:ze, poris oo 
dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum, glandulare v. sepius 0. Fcem.: Calyx tubo cum ovario connato, 
limbo obsoleto. Petala 4, nune 3 v. 5, coriaceo-carnosa, summo calyci inserta, valvata. Staminum 
rudimenta nulla. Ovarium inferum, 1-loculare; ovulo 1, pendulo. Stylus O v. brevis, stigmate 
obtuso. Bacca pulposa, l-sperma. Semen inversum. Embryones intra albumen carnosum siepis- 
