256 A NEW SOUTH-AFRICAN GENUS. 
niis revolutis, ore omnino nudo. Stamina 8—10, intra tubum; — 
biserialiter inserta, 4—5 lobi laciniis opposita, 4—5 iisalterna. — 
Filamenta brevissima. Anthere breves, biloculares, loculis 
antice longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium ovatum, biovu- 
latum, ovulis ex apice pendentibus, basi membrana hypogyna 
trancata cinctum. Stylus elongatus, gracilis, perianthio sub- 
duplo brevior. Stigma incrassatum, vertici depressum. - 
Fructus drupaceus, di pyrenus.. Nuces semiovate, unilo- 
culares, monospermze. Semen exalbuminosum. Cotyledones 
hemispherice, carnosæ. Radicula supera.— Frutex, ramis 
dichotome ramosis, cortice tenuissimo (ut in Daphnide) tectus. 
Folia subopposita vix petiolata, membranacea, integerrima, glabr@ 
Pedunculus terminalis. Flores umbellati. i 
Peddiea Africana.— (Tan. X.). 
Has. Port Natal, South Africa. - Lieut, Col. Peddie. ` 
The family of Aguilarinee is defined both by Mr Brown — 
and by Mr Arnott (in Lindley’s Nat. System of Botany, ed. 
II. p. 196), as having a two-valved capsular fruit, with 2seeds, — 
which constitute the chief distinguishing characters between e 
it and Thymelee. Mr Arnott, in a letter to Mr Harvey, 
says, “I consent willingly to let your plant be placed in Agui- 
larinee; but forming an intermediate point between that 
Order and Phaleria, of Jack, (which has 4 ovules and 2 cells), : 
and Laghetta, which has 1 cell and sometimes 2—3 ovules. In | 
the Aquilarinee, I know the fruit is capsular and dehiscent; — 
in your plant it is a berry, or at least succulent, and it may 
be a drupe, as in Thymeleg. I quite agree however that 
Peddiea is a new genus, at least I have not seen any thing 
among Drége’s plants like it, as far as I have looked ory 
them.” x 
Fig. |. Flower; f. 2. The same laid open, showing the 
. Stamens and pistil and hypogynous membrane; f. 3. Pistil P 
— f 4. Ovary laid open; f. 5. Drupe; f. 6. Drupe with part of 
