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tata, rarius agariciformia, integra. Achzenium calyce sicco inclusum. (rarissime semi-exsertum), len- 
ticulare aut pyramidato-triquetrum, ssepius stylorum basi acuminatum, angulis obtusis acutisve 
apteris integerrimis, pericarpio tenui crustaceo. Semen sessile, achænio conforme; hilo basilari 
latiusculo; testá tenui membranaceá. Embryo lateralis, angulo albuminis cornei vel rarius farinosi 
accumbens vel semi-immersus, arcuatus; cotyledonibus foliaceis angustis; radiculá superá brevi.— 
Stirpes multiformes, herbacez v. perennes, raro suffruticosz, prostrate erecte vel volubiles; ecir- 
rhosze, caulibus sæpe nodosis v. fistulosis; ocreis membranaceis decoloribus vel rarius herbaceis 
cylindricis, ciliatis nudisve v. bipartitis v. demum lacero-multifidis, floralibus (bracteis) plerumque 
aphyllis; foliis herbaceis (raro subcoriaceis vel subcarnosis), sparsis (dispositione spirali 3 vel rarius 
4), penninerviis, nonnunquam cordatis vel sagittatis, rarissime pinnatisectis, rarissime glaucis, ssepe 
glanduloso-punctatis quandoque maculatis; floribus axillaribus solitariis v. aggregatis v. racemosis 
spicatis capitatis paniculatisve, parvis, albis v. rubris; pedicellis articulatis plerumque fasciculatis. 
—Lagunea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. vol. i. p. 271. -Ampelygonum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838; Misc. 118. 
Echinocaulus, Hassk. Hort. Bogor. p. 85. 
l. P. glabrum, Willd. Spec. vol. ii. p. 447; DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 114; glaberrimum ; ocreis 
longis infra medium foliigeris bracteisque eciliatis; foliis elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis attenuato- 
petiolatis glanduloso-puncticulatis etiam in margine nervoque glaberrimis; spicis geminatis v. pani- 
culatis anguste cylindricis; bracteis subimbricatis breve turbinatis oblique truncatis subacutis 2—4- 
floris; calyce eglanduloso fructifero ovato; staminibus 6 (raro 7-8) inclusis; stylo semi-bifido sub- 
exserto; achænio biconvexo (raro trigono) nitido.—In swampy places, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 
370). Also collected in the Hawaiian Islands (Macrae!: Barclay! Seemann!). Common in India, 
China (Hance !), Brazil, and the La Plata States, : 
Ordo LXXVIII. LAURACEZE. 
I. Cinnamomum, Burm. Fl. Zeyl. p. 62; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. pars i. p. 9. Flores 
hermaphroditi v. polygami, paniculati, nudi. Calyx infundibuliformis, 6-(v. passim 4- v. 8-)fidus, 
. subcorollinus, demum coriaceis ; lobis basi v. supra basin transverse rumpentibus et a tubo cupuliformi 
deciduis, rarius persistentibus. Stamina perfecta 9 (raro passim pauciora v. oo), exteriora 6 basi 
eglandulosa, interiora 3 extrorsa supra basin glandulis 2 stipitatis v. sessilibus munita. Anthere 
filamento tenui subzequilongz, ovate v. oblongz, superposite 4-locellate (interiores passim 2-loc.), 
locellis superioribus minoribus. Staminodia 3, ovata v. oblonga; stipite brevi nudo v. rarius 2-glan- 
dulifero. Stylus ovarium æquans, tenuis; stigmate obtuso v. discoideo interdum subtridentato. 
Bacca calycis basi cupuliformi incrassata truncato-6-fida v. integerrima suffulta.—A rbores v. frutices 
sempervirentes, fere omnes cortice foliisque aromaticis insignes; gemmis phyllogenis subnudis v. 
squamatis; foliis oppositis v. suboppositis v. passim alternis 3- v. 3-pli-(rarius 5-)nerviis; paniculis 
axillaribus, sæpius in corymbum terminalem congestis; ramis cymoso-3-co-floris; floribus mediocri- 
bus parvisve albis v. flavis, omnibus quidem 2-sexualibus et plerumque ex parte sterilibus iisque 
minoribus magisque globosis.— Cinnamomum, Camphora, et Cecidodaphne, Nees ab Esenb. Laur. 
pp. 19, 21, 87, 292, 102. Parthenoxylon, Blume, Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. i. p. 916. Lauri et Persee 
sp. auct. 
. 1. C. pedatinervium, (sp. nov.) Meisn. in DC. Prodr. l.c. p. 15. (Tab. XLVIII.) ; foliis op- 
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