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light on the cliaracters of two eminent men of science as well as 

 of Linnaeus himself, it would find an appropriate place in one 

 of our literary periodicals . . . but if you tiiink the Linn. Soc. the 

 best medium for its publication I am quite willing to have it read 

 there. Indeed I have Mr. Davis's permission to do whatever I 

 liked with it. . . . Geobge J. Allman. 



APPENDIX. No. 2. 



A E-evision of the Grenus Elcsocarpus, Linn., based chiefly upon 

 the specimens preserved at the Uoyal Herbarium and Museum 

 Kew. By Sir Dietrich Brandis, K.C.I.E., RE.S., E.L.tS. 



(Abstract.) 



[Eead 30th June, 1898.] 



LiNN^us based the genus upon Elceocarpus serratus, described 

 in his ' Flora Zeylanica.' At present 123 species are known, the 

 majority of which are at home in the two Indian Peninsulas and 

 the Indian Archipelagoes. A number of species, however, are 

 found outside this area, on the west side in Madagascar, Mauritius, 

 and Socotra, while eastward the genus is repieisented in Cliina, 

 Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and ou many islands 

 of the Pacific Ocean. 



All the spec'.es are trees and shrubs, and they are remarkable 

 in two respects. Many species are polygamous, the anthers of 

 the female flower having the appearance of perfect anthers, but 

 without any pollen, whde the male flowers are generally without 

 the rudiment of an ovary. No less than 22 species are poly- 

 gamous, forming the section Acronodia In regard to other 

 characters however, the polygamous species migut be distributed 

 among the other sections of the genus. 



Secondly : many species may be classed under groups, the 

 species of one group being so closely allied each to the other that 

 it often is difiicult to keep them apart. These polymorphous types 

 are most numerous within the central area, where the genus has 

 received its greatest development. 



