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* GARRYA elliptica. 



JElliptic-leaved Garrya. 



DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Garryace^. 



GARRYA. Dioica. $. Calyx tetraphyllus. Stamina A. — ^ . Calyx 

 superus, bidentatus. Ovarium 1-loculare; s^z//zs duobus setacels ; ovulis duo- 

 bus ab apice funiculorum totidem pendulis. Pericarpium baccatum, indehiscens, 



dispermum. Embryo minimus, in basi albuminis carnosi. Frutex (^Boreali- 



Americanus). Folia opposita, exstipulata. Flores intra bracteas connatas, in 

 spicis amentaceis peridulis dispositi. 



Garrya elliptica. Douglas in herb. 



Frutex dioicus, in kortis S-A-pedalis, verosimiliter fere orgyalis ; rarais 

 junioribus pubescentibus viridi-purpureis, adultis laevibus, viridi-yriseis, ri- 

 mosis. Lignum zonas nullas ostendit concentricas : sed maxima jjto parte 

 e tubis ligneis constat granulis olivaceo-fuscis punctatis, circa medullam 

 copiosam in lamellis, processubus crassis medullaribus separatis, radiatim 

 ordinatis ; vasis paucis annularibus reticulatisve inter lignum sparsis ;■ nullis 

 punctatis interjectis. Folia exacte opposita, exstipulata, undulata, breve 

 petiolata, oblonga, acuta, coriacea, sempervirentia, supra atro-viridia gla- 

 bra, subtus pilis simplicibus tortilibus intertextis pubescentia et cana ; vents 

 pennatis, primariis intra marginem incurvis. Flores in amentis longis pen- 

 dulis caudceformibus aggregati, e bracteis constantibus, pubescentibus, in- 

 canis, oppositis, connatis, cuspidatis, decussantibus, persistentibus ; masculi 

 {Jig. 1), cuique bractece 3, i)edunculati ; sepalis 4, linearibus, pallide viridi" 

 bus, membranaceis , pilosis ; staminibus totidem sepalis alternis et brevioribus ; 

 antheris obloyigis, introrsis, bilocularibus, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, 

 {Jig. 2) ; foeminei (^Jig. 3) villosi, cuique bractece 3, sepalis 2, minimis superis 

 stylos decussantibus , ovario infero, \-loculari, ovulis duobus ab apice funi- 

 culorum brevium pendulis, stigmatibus duobus subulatis {ovario intermedia 

 anticis posticisque, lateraliuin dextrorsis sinistrorsisque) . Fructus in amentis 

 dispositi, baccati, pubescentes, oblovgi, uniloculares, dispermi, stigmatibus 

 persistentibus coronati. Semina oblonga; testa exteriore tenui, suberosa, 

 interria transverse corrugata, brunnea, chalaza conspicua ad apicem 

 rapheque elevata ab hilo ducente. Albumen carnosum, homogeneum, embryone 

 minima dicotyledoneo, radicula hilo proximu ideoque quoad fructum superd. 



* Named by Mr. Douglas in compliment to Nicholas Garry, Esq. Secre- 

 cretary of the Hudson's Bay Company, to whose kindness and assistance 

 he was much indebted durinc; his travels in North-west America. 



