"^^ ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



considerable affinity with the Nenradeae, of which Grielium has been alternated rpfprr.^ i 



rfeae ) 



. ._ ^„.,,^,^«,, ^„y resemnmnne to lerebinthacp.ae, whh which DeCanflnllp »r 

 ranges ,t In some points it approaches the Ochnaceae:' -\,n. W and A Prod 1 tn 



iiie iiuniner or parts in the flower will varv frnm "l ^n f^ ♦u^ ^« i mi i /^ "oo^^*^-^* 



lous (as in C„eoru,n) and petals will occXTy be ab.^nt r^^^^ -P^"'^.^- 



self appears, meanwhile, to be very near CoriariaceaTZf -IZ '" "*^t«^°^^«"^'ron) Suriana it- 

 marked. Its relation either to Rosalia p 21^' t' ^.^^.f '^ Oeramaceae, as Kur.fh has re- 

 Nat. Syst..Edit. 2 p' 142 ^"'^"'^"^ °^ ^"^ 7^^^^6^«^/*«cea., is not obvious."-LindIey's 



the.'L%":rar:l1:ufeyi^ ^^^"^ "^ ->P-^-t that I am unable from 



to take a different vre7of its affinitie f om b' .^7'^^^^^ ''^^'''^''' ^' ^^'^ ^'^^ ' «"» "^^-^«<i 

 the propriety of constituting a new rLf" its ^ T,"^"' ^°^^"'^^«' -^ -- ^^-^^ 



themselves to be misled, wilh regard to ullffi .\^'«P*'°"; ^hey appear to me to have allowed 

 sequence have overlooked is reS^^^ '^^ ^°^b^« fl<^ral envelope and in con- 



the st,les are lateral as in Surfa ""& g nufjS^r^r'h" I^Vf^-P--^ «P-'- «f ^^^^ 

 ponds accurately in the character of the of^r?^ ^mfaa, with which I have compared it, corres- 



albumen is sparing. The absence or nr-Jn 7 ? ^I'T ""^ '"'" °^ *^« ««^^^ ^^^ here also the 

 as an ordinal character, at least if we mal ^,^1 F '' l""^ generally esteemed of much value 



nera differing in that^espec^ associaTeflif ^^^^^^^ ^-'ogy. as we very frequently find ge- 

 in the same genus. GmA'/a certaS^d ff.rl ; ! i ""' °'.^'' ^"'^ occasionally species even 

 affords evidence that the imyrfecTon is fhe rl^ If ^T ^''^''' ^'''''> ^"* ^' '^'^ ^^'"^ ti"^« it 

 alternate with the sepals, and still fu her Tv /} .f '"^S'^^'^V^ P"^'^' ^^' stamens being 

 seem as if intended to supply the placefftl^l^*^^ ^^ *^^ filaments, which 



on a gynobase, with the styL sprinLl Z it \ ^^ V^'' "^^P^^^ «^« apocarpous seated 

 fn./ge./a. Hook, and Arn.,wLh^^i?^^^^^^^^ •"^^.'^ ««">« ^« i" Suriana and also 



lacceae. For these reasons I would L?^Tr ?'"' '' "^'^^^^ ^«f«"«d -- *' -^ ' "' - 

 possession of good maJemls tTrP ^'-''^ t ^^' ^""^i^leration of B 

 tion. In the LanTime eontiv;^ ' ^'""^ "'^^ ^ ^'^^ ^" '^ 



that it may be a sub-order of X.^'/'L^h'^""'^ '^ ^'^« suggestion ;f"b;:- A r^c^ti; 



have a corolla; but which, exceptTXjS«'^^^^^^^^^ his definition, may or may no( 



structure which associates both fhat getlTil^r^Clr^ith '^^:^, '"'''' ' ''''^''''' ' 



Geographical DisTRinnTinw e • 

 SfrrC''^!,^r-^i^Jep'antandisw1^^^^^^^^ I ^-'jeve the only species, is as the 



New Holland, New Caledonia, the SouthU F ' '^' i"'u^ £'""^ "^ South Amer ca, India, 



Properties unknown. ^"^""P^ ^n^ the Canaries. 



e solution of thi« ques- 



LXXV.-CRASSULACE^ 



though a large order, up-vards of 300 



defined by DeCandolIe, 



know having as jet 



been found in the peuinsnk f, It i j , "^^ ' '''''' 'PS'^K'S only so far «■, I 



^ They are for fl " mo t'nart UT' "''''"', "™« '" "" PuhlLhld ist * """"^ "" '" 



and .he Cane'?"""'; ,'*''"' '*"' f™"-* "" iS L^^h vl: r'^ '^^ f'""'"'^' '"''""g"" ""^ !>"' 



ior several Zir ^j • '""""'"^e of this tenacity of Ilfl . " ' 'j j . ' "« growing leaf (^ B™»- 

 jor s veral week, and m the mean time produc^a crop Vt ToZ:f T 'r'" "'■ " "'" ^^P «-»" 



" Sepals 3 20 "" ""^ gl^nd"''"- serra 



U&l' *Sti?^^^^^^^^^^ '» »- -pais and 



5 snortest, and arriving at perfection before the 



