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IV. ANONACE^. \Eiipomatia. 



culeiit. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, irregularly angular ; albumen ruminate, 

 and embryo precisel)' as in the moi-e normal Anonace^e. — Sluaibs or \mder- 

 bhrubs, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, entire, shortly pctiolate. Pedun- 

 cles short, 1 -flowered, terminal or lateral. 



The geuus is confined to Australia. 



Petioles shortly decurrcnt. Flowers terminal. Outer stamiiiodia spread- 

 ing and longer than the stamens. Pruit turbinate 1. E, Bennethi- 



Petioles not dceurrent. Tlowcrs lateral. Staminodia all conniv^ent, 



shorter than the stamens. Pruit urceolate 2. E, laurina. 



1. E. Bennettii, F. AInelL Fragm, i. 45. A shrub or nndershrub, 1 to 



2 ft. high and quite glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or acute, 



3 to 5 in. long, narrowed at the base into a. short petiole, which is again en- 

 larged at the base and shortly decuiTent on the stem, leaving oblique raised 

 lines when they fall off. Plowers solitary, terminal, on a short peduncle 

 above the last leaf, when fully expanded rather more than 1 in. diameter. 

 Petal-like stamhiodia very numerous, yellow, the outer ones stained with 

 orange or blood-red, beset with stipitatc glands and bordered with stellate 

 hairs spreading and completely concealing the perfect stamens, which are re- 

 flexed on the peduncle, the inner staminodia shorter and connivent. Pruit tiuhi- 

 nate, about f in. diameter, the pericarp thin, the top convex, witli the tips ot 

 tlic carpels distinctly prominent, the base of the perianth scarcely projecting as 

 u slight ring roimd the edge. — E, launna, Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4848. 



Queensland. Brisbane river^ Herb. Mueller. 



2. E. laurina, R Br, in FUnd. Toy, ii. 597, t. 2. An erect gla- 

 brous shrub with weak branches. Leaves evergreen, oblong or almost el- 

 liptical, shortly acuminate, 3, 4, or sometimes 5 in. long, nai'rowed into a 

 short petiole which is not dceurrent on the branch, llowers solitary, "^ 

 short lateral or nearly axillary peduncles, the buds at first oblong, becomi'i^^ 

 nearly globular and about \ in. diameter before opciuug ; when the bud ha^ 

 fallen the stamens expand to about 1 in. diameter. Petal-like staminodia 

 connivent or the outer ones scarcely open, glabrous or Avith a very few stipi- 

 tatc glands ; perfect stamens longer, erect or spreading, the linear anthers 

 tipped by a short fine point, the filaments dilated. Fruit urceolate-globular, 

 nearly f in. diameter, the persistent base of the perianth forming a narrow 

 rim projecting above the nearly flat top. — F. MiielL Fragm, i. 45. 



Queensland. Brishane river, F, Mueller ; Pine river, FUzalan. 



W. S. "Wales, Woods and thickets in iha coluny of Port Jackson, especially in the 

 mountainous districts, aud on the bauks of the principal rivers, R. Brown, and apparently 

 along the whole coast from Clarence river, Beckler, to Twofold Eay, F, Mueller. 



OitDER Y. MENISPERMACE^. 



"Flowers dicecious. Sepals nsnally 6 in 2 seiies, rarely 9 or 12 in 3 or * 

 series, or very rarely 5 or fewer, imbricate or very rarely valvnte in each series, 

 the inner ones the largest. Petals usually 6, smaller than the sepals (except 

 in Sarcopetalum), nearly equal but imbricate in 2 series in the bud, rarely 

 fewer or none. Midc fl.: Stamens usually 6, frtn? aud opposite tbc petals^ 

 or united in a central coluuin, rarely i) or more or oidy 3. I'emalc fl. : S^'^' 



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