OCTANDRIA.” DIGYNIA.7>" ~— a4 
S. Vess. Capsule egg-shaped,»with 2 cells. Valves 9, 
reflected. 
SEEDs numerous, egg-shaped, furnished with down. 
- DAPHNE. Tourn. 366, Thymeleea. 'Gertn. 7 
Hou. 1 eolgdeetn . inclosing the 
Loss. I pe -shaped, shrivel inclos ithe 
stamens. Tube ake sinaings is rend ther 
border. Border with 4 clefts, otegmionts: ebershapeds 
acute, flat, expandi 
Stam.» Filaments 8, short, iruterted into: th tube, 4 oft 
them alternately lower than: the other 4. Anthers 3 
right, roundish, with 2 cells. ’ 
Pist. Germen .egg-shaped, . Style very short, "Seeman 
knobbed, flat, but somewhat d rar “ede 
S. Ves; - of 1 cell, roundish 
SEED single, as globular, fleshy.” 
. DI GYNIA. 
CO/RYLUS. Tourn. 347. Geertn. 89. 
Male flowers forming along catkin. 
Cau. Catkin Common, tiled on every side, cpenanest: 
consisting of Scales, each inclosing a singlé flower, 
_;Marrower at the base, broader and more. fun at the 
end, bent inwards, with 3 clefts. The middle 
as long, but twice as broad as, the eo and contig 
them. netting x 
Bross. none. 
Stam. Filaments 8, very short, fixed to thei inner Sim of 
the scale of the cup. Anthers egg-oblong, atoiyer than 
the cup, upright. — 
Female flowers at a distance from the ‘thers on the 
same plant, sitting, inclosed in the bud. ; 
Car. Inyolucrum 1 leaf, fleshy below, turgid, upwards 2- 
lipped and torn at the edge, containing 1 flower. 
Cup indistinct, superior, encircling the styles 
Boss. none. | 
Pist. Germen roundish, very small, with the. Stas 
of 2 seeds, Styles 4, bacyaes ie Semmits aw]- 
S. Vess. none. 
SEED. Nut egg-shaped, as if rasped. at the base, the end 
alittle compressed, and tapering toa point. 
Ons, This genus is nearly allied to the Panini dens 
