Jrdisia.] Lxx. myhsine^. 277 



an 



d otscurely crenulate. The specimen mentioned by F. ^f ueller from Richmond river, C. 

 oore, appears to be rather A. pseudojambosa. Both are very imperfect auJ in fruit ouly. 



5. -ffiGICERAS, Gsertn. 



Calyx free, 5-cleft. Corolla with 5 spreading lobes. Stamens with subu- 

 e filaments ; anthers lanceolate, the cells divided transversely into several 



late luaments ; antners lanceolate, tlie cells aiviaeu Transvensci^ mtv^ =i.yi.i«i 

 pits. Ovary superior ; style subulate, acute ; stigma ternunal, very small. 

 Fruit cylindrical, incurved, opening as the seed grows in one or two longitu- 

 dinal slits. Seed without albumen ; cotyledons thick and fleshy.— Maritime 

 trees or shrubs, with the habit of RJilzopJiorcs, and, as in those trees and in 

 ^Sialitis, the seed is said to germinate before the fruit falls off. Flowers 

 white, in umbels or inveiy short umbel-like racemes, axillary or terminal. 



genus is probably limited to a single species spread over the seacoasts of tropical 

 It has hy some been separated from the Order on account of the peculiar anthers 



The 

 Asia. 



Md exalhuminous seeds, but the other characters arc quite those of Mi/muea. 



A glabrous shrub or 



small tree. Leaves obovatc, very obtuse, 2 to 3 in. long, quite entire, nar- 

 rowed into a petiole at the base, coriaceous and evergreen. Umbe s axillary 

 and terminal, nearly sessile. Pedicels stiff, 3 to 5 lines long. Calyx nearly 

 3 lines long, with very obtuse stiff much -imbricate segments, closely covering 

 tlie tube of the corolla, which is about their length. Corolla-lobes about the 

 same length, spreading or reflexed, stitf and very acute. Stamens shortly 

 exserted. Ovary very acute, growing out into a curved horn-iite tmit.— 



Mfragrans, Keen., E. Br. Prod. 53i. 



W • Australia. Albert river, Henne ; Port Essington, Armstrovg. 



Qtieensland. Marshes on the seacoast, Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown; from Cape lork 

 to Jloretou Bay, F. lluelier and many others. ^ , „. . ^,„„;,^^^„, . 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R Brown and others ; Hunter's River, A. CmmingUm . 

 ilastings river, Beckler ; Clareucc river, Wilcox. 



The species extends from Ceylon and the ludian peninsula to the Arch'Pf "S^, ""fJrZ 

 P-x^fic Islands. The several species distinguished by Blume, A. Richard, and Pre^l, are 

 probably not really different from the common one. 



oeder lxxi. sapotace^;. 



yiowers regular. Calyx free, of 4 to 8 imbricate segments. Corolk more 



«r ess divided into as many or rarely twice as many lobes. P^f ^^^f '^^^^ 



f her as many as corolla-lobes (or as the inner ones when tl^^ lobes are in 



jveral series) and opposite to them, or rarely twice as many, ^^esides ^ hich 



there are frequently small scales (or staminodia?) alternatmg with the lobe. 



f the corolla, or staminodia alternating with the perfect stamen. Oaj 



7"ior, 2- or more-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell, erect Fn^ou^ oj 



«!«rally attached. Style simple, with an t^ntire or very slightlj h^bed 



f^ma. Pndt a beny or drupe, usually indehiscent Seeds -^itlu;! w th a 



;^% albumen and flat cotyledons or without any albumen but with thjS 



fl^^V cotyledons. Radicle short, inferior.-Trccs ox shrubs, with h juice 



''1 fre.iueiitlv milky. Leaves alternate, entire, without any (or vuth .man 



