680 Mr. Bentuam’s Account of two new Genera allied to Olacinese. 
9. APODYTES*. Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, immutatus. Petala 
4—5. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, sterilia nulla. Ovarium 1-loculare. 
Fructus ovato-reniformis subcompressus, hinc appendice carnosa auctus. 
Inflorescentia terminalis. 
10. Leretia}. Flores hermaphroditi v. abortu masculi. Calyx parvus, immu- 
tatus. Petala 5, intus villosa. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, sterilia 
nulla. Ovarium -loculare. Fructus (ex icone Fl. Flum.) depresso- 
globosus. IJnflorescentia axillaris, laxa. 
11. PocorETaALUMi. Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus (fructifer parum 
auctus?) Petala 4— 5, intus villosa. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, ste- 
rilia nulla. Ovarium triloculare. Fructus depresso-globosus? Inflores- 
centia axillaris, densa. 
Among the above genera, Schæpfia is, Y believe, here placed for the first 
time. It has usually been referred to some of those orders in which the co- 
rolla is essentially, or at least usually, gamopetalous and the ovary adnate. 
De Candolle$ adds it to Loranthaceæ, from which it is far removed by the 
* À, dimidiata, described below. : 
T L. cordata, Velloso, Fl. Flum. iii. t. 2. I am indebted to Mr. Miers for a flowering specimen of 
this hitherto undescribed genus, from which, as well as from Mr. Miers's notes, I have drawn up the 
above generic character and the following specific description :— 
Frutex.. Ramuli glabri, subangulati, cortice laxo verrucoso. Folia oblongo-elliptica 4-6-pollicaria 
obtusa v. breviter acuminata, margine integerrima nunc undulata v. irregulariter sinuata, basi ob- 
tusa v. breviter cuneata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, irregulariter penninervia et reticulato-venosa, 
petiolo semipollicari. Panicule axillares, laxæ, bis terve ramoso, multifloræ, folio dimidio bre- 
viores. Bracteæ nulle. Pedicelli flore parum breviores, apice sub flore articulati, bracteis ad 
articulationem 2 minutis deciduis, Calyz minimus, patens, 5-fidus, laciniis acutis. Corolla 2 lin. 
longa. Petala crassiuscula, oblonga, extus minute tomentella, intus medio longitudinaliter bar- 
bata. Stamina petalis breviora; filamentis ut primum corollæ adhærentibus demum liberis, gla- 
< bris. Anthere ovate, versatiles, glabre. Ovarium in disco crassiusculo sessile, ovoideum, vil- 
losum, ovulis prope apicem hinc affixis. Stylus excentricus filiformis apice incurvus, stigmate 
obliquo integro. Drupa (ex icone citata) major quam in ceteris Olacineis, depresso- globosa. 
Semen unicum, subcordatum, unde forte nomen specificum Vellosianum. 
Emmotum fagifolium, Desv. (in Hamilt. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid.), may possibly be a Leretia or a Po- 
gopetalum, but cannot be determined from his very imperfect character. 
1 P. orbiculatum and acuminatum, described below. I have not seen the ripe fruit, 
$ Prodromus, vol. iv. p. 319. 
