1852.] Litmean Sociely, 201 



with the naked eye, a character which Mr. Kippist has been unable 

 to discover in any closely allied genus, and which has sug^sted the 

 generic name. He is unable to speak positively as to the precise 

 nature of these glandular bodies, or to say whether any exudation 

 proceeds from them : when examined under the microscope they 

 appear to be perforated by a tube, widening below, and communi- 

 cating with the internal cavity of the carpel ; and from their exact 

 correspondence in position, they are probably analog'ous to the cor- 

 nute appendages which crown the ovaries of some species of Pheba- 

 Uum, in which genus they are occasionally developed into subulate 

 or nearly cylindrical horns. 



ACKAD£MA, K'lpp. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Petala 5, hypog\ na, calyce multo longiora, aesHvatione 

 imbricata, ovato-elliprica, imdique velutina. Stamina 10, hypogyua, 

 petalis sublongiora, alt«rna paullo breviora ; filamtnta Ubera, subulata, 

 glabra ; antheree introrsae, glabrae, biloculares, rima longitudiDali de- 

 hisceutes, apice iuappendiculatje. Ocaria 5, gynophoro disciformi 

 niargine siuuato iDsideutia, l-locularia, villosissima ; singula apice glan- 

 dul& Diajuscul^ sessili instructa. Ocuia in loeuUs gemina, sntune 

 ventrali collateraliter iuserla, pendula. SiyUia unicum glabrum coaliti. 

 Stigma subcapitellatum. Capsulao- (vel abortu 1-3-) cocca; cocci basi 

 subcohaerentes, sepalis persistentibus pluries longiores, subquadrati, 

 paulo compressi, basi rotundat;, apice abrupte truncati et angulo ex- 

 temo breve cornuti, coriacei vel sublignosi, dorso carinati, transversim 

 rugosi, extus glabriuscnli, intus sulcati, glabri, en/iocarpio baud sece- 

 dente. Semina . ... ? — Frutex Tasinanicus, ramosissimus ; foliis oppo- 

 sitis, exstipulat'u, petioIaiU, 3-foIiaiU, foUolis cortaceU, lanceolatU, ser~ 

 rat is, supra tuberculafis ; pedunculis termiHolibia, triehotome eymosis, 

 muJfiJloris ; floribus albis. 



ACRADENIA FraXKLIKI.E, Kipp. 



Zieria Fraukliuiae, Milligan, MSS. 



Hab, ad margines sylvae deusfe prope Portum "Macquarie" dictum Insolse 



"Van Diemen," ubi floriuus expansis legit Doni. Jos. MUUgan mense 



Decembri 1S46, et iterum Martii 1S47. 



ITie close resemblance to Zieria in habit had originally suggested 

 to Mr. Kippist the specific name of " Zierioides," but Mr. Bro-mi 

 having kindly communicated to him a specimen gathered by Mr. 

 Milligan on the Franklin River in April 1S42, with a ticket attached, 

 from which it appears that Mr. Milligan had proposed to name the 

 plant "Zieria Franhlinis" (after Lady Franklin), he has adopted 

 \nXh. much pleasure that specific name. On the same ticket Mr. 

 Milligan describes the plant as handsome and fragrant ; but this, as 

 he at that time saw no flowers, Mr. Kippist presumes can only be 



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