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stamens, Rhus or Sumacus is also very near, 

 but has petals, and rather a drupe than berry. 

 The PiPERiDES differ chiefly by calix lepigone, 

 stamens hypogyne. 



631. PiEiicEA Miller, ad Rivina diff'. stam. 

 4, all the tetrandrous Rivinas belong here, the 

 type of Rivina is jR, americana (octandra L. 

 12andra Jaq. with 8 to 12 stamens* 



632. Mancoa Raf. diff". Rivina stam. 4, cal. 

 4part ineq. bilabiatus. — Type M. secunda (Ri- 

 vina do fl. per. t. 100) glabra, fol. ovat. acum. 

 subdentic Pern. 



633. EMPETRIDIA 1815 Raf This fam- 

 ily will be reduced to Empetrum, Etileucum„ 

 Grubbia, Ceratiola, Batis, Coilosperma^ &lc<, 

 with berry unilocular polysperm, stamens free, 

 several styles or stigmas. The habit is often 

 heath-like, dicline and no petals. The G. 

 Skimmia, Nandina, Melicytus are akin, but 

 have petals and only one stigma, they probably 

 form another family Nandinidia. 



634. EuLELcuM Raf (well white) ad Empe- 

 trum diff. Dioicus, stig. 3, bacca 3sp — Type E* 

 album. The others have 9 stigmas and seeds. 

 But the whole akin Genera and sp. require re- 

 vision. 



635. Terogia Raf (ad Ortegia) diff. Orte- 

 gia, stigmas 3. type T. dichotoma — The true 

 Orte<ria has a single capit. stigma, which makes 

 it of a different family ! Terogia is a true Al- 

 sinidia, and not Dionidia. 



636. Endoplectrjs R. (inside spurs) another 

 Epltnedium, differing from my 3 G. 187, 188, 

 189 — cal. duplex, ext. 4sepalis lin. int. sepalis 

 4 ovatis. petalis 4 calcaratis, stylo, stigma con- 

 cave, caps. obi. sessile. Fol. triternaiis fl. ra- 

 ccm. — Type the following sp. but it is said there 



