i 
286 CII. MONIMIACEÆ. [ Mollinedia, 
4, MOLLINEDIA, "EM and Pav. 
not Australian, more Tx divided and spreadi n the 
males indefini , irregularly lining the insidé: of the 
va seo geen atheis: sesiile or nearl so, the cells confluent at the 
styl hort and obtuse or the stigma sessile. Fruiting carpels 
several, ovoid, drupaceous, sessile or stipitate on the expanded recep 
tacle. Seed a albumen; embryo small, with small erect 
acle. sh e 
cotyledons, ee radicle superior.—T'rees or shrubs. Leaves entire or 
too rs small, in — lateral or almost terminal cymes or 
thyrsoid feries Bracts very sm 
The genus is rather numerous in ope dde but unknown elsewhere besides 
the — species, beri are endem 
Young parts often pubescent. Ovary and youn g fruits villous . 1. M. Huegeliana. 
Leaves membranous or chartaceous, obtuse, the veins scarcely pe ii 
minent. Petioles reeks: long. Flowers and fruit Aur 5 2. M. Wardell. 
Species insufficiently k 
Leaves nearly of M. Wardellii. Stamens unknown. “Carel of the 
t obtusely M aer acuminate 3. M. loxocary4. 
fied nearly of ardellii, but acutely acuminate. ‘Stamens i 
crowded on the dixic; rait unixéw . 4, M. acuminata. 
1, M. Huegeliana, Tw. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Sér. jag iii. 45, in, Archiv. 
Mus. Par. viii. iii. 999. As mall tree, the young shoots Siehe and 
underside of the leaves usually pubescent. Leaves on short t petioles, 
ovate-elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, entire 
or bordered by. short rigid teeth, rou um ae rarely acute at the base 
mostly 3 to 4 in. long, but var ying to to short and broad or stg 
pe very short an 
ng in the males with a very short common peduncle, the 
the 
by 4 minute te broad lobes, 2 side. ema 2 others and 1 or 2 outer 
(or adnate bracts ?) opposite the inner ones. Stamens 8 : 14, irre 
larly lining the perianth as in American Mollinedia. bow * meros 
i Very 
an villous, Drupes aoa on the base of the perianth or p eimi 
to a diameter of 3 or 4 lines, Mai WEE e in. long 
at length glabrous.— Wilkiea Huegelia 
pel ii. 669. 
