STALAGMITIS CAMBOGIOIDES, AND LAURUS CASSIA. 327 
genus Cambogia of Linneus, whose name therefore ought to 
have been retained. My reasons for the first of these con- 
clusions being fully stated at page 122 and 123 of my Ilus- 
trations, I subjoin the passage :— 
“If the precedent established by Dr Graham in the for- 
mation of his genus Hebradendron be followed, we may, I fear, 
soon expect to see the off-sets from Garcinia about as numer- 
ous as its species now are; since Hebradendron is separated 
on account of a variation in a single point of structure, and 
Without reference to analogous forms met with in other 
Species. The only character in which it differs from Garcinia, 
as defined in our Prodromus, is—in having l-celled circum- 
— Scissile anthers— while the more usual structure in that genus 
is to have them two-celled, with introrse, longitudinal dehis- 
cence. Should this be considered a satisfactory reason for 
its removal, then G. Kydiana (Roxb.), which has a four- 
sided connectivum, with a polleniferous cell in each face, 
must equally be separated from the genus; as well as another 
species of which I possess specimens from Mergui, the anthers 
9f which are 1-celled, dehiscing transversely across the apex. 
Another variation of structure, which has been long observed 
In a few species of the genus, would equally justify separation, 
as being of at least equal generic importance ; I allude to those 
in which the stamens of the male flower are united into four 
thick fleshy androphores, with a highly developed sterile pistil 
in the centre. Here then, (assuming that we are warranted 
in assigning generic value to such variations of structure, 
. limited as they are to the male organization,) would be four 
distinct genera, and all, so far as such artificial characters 
can make them, equally stable. - ai pose gies 
I confess that I have an objection to this kind of excessive - 
Subdivision, inasmuch as whatever rule holds good with nid 
. SPect to Genera, must equally apply to Orders, and must in- — 
| itably lead to the elevation of half our present species to the - 
Tank of genera, and an equal proportion of genera to that of —— 
"Natural orders; both of which might be avoided by a slight ex- — 
| tension of our characters, and still better by a careful and com- —— 
