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inconstant in the same species. This was not intended ; but 



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Na i 



Histoire 



„„„„ ,, u tt i « .r' """""« a< - *" wirtt &eu»e, ana 



says : M. Hemsley a fait trop bon marche d'un caractere que i'ai 

 reconnu parfaitement fixe et invariable apres la plus part des 

 botamstes descripteurs." On this ground he restores Holboellia 



nnlr 7 to . gB 5?™ rank - Confining myself to the genera in 

 question, his mam distinctions are :— 



A Petals nectariferous,'6, at least in the male flowers. 



1. Stamens free Holboellia. 



Z. Stamens united by the filaments ... Parvatia. 

 B. Petals none, even in the male flowers 



1. Stamens united by the filaments ... Stauntonia. 



beT^wt^f^ 011 / may be Seen that l Jetals (nectaries) may 



S'T th ^ther free or monadelphous stamens, and free or 



n t 7 s constitute the only difference between Parvatia 

 « netf (t 1 ' • ^ qU ° ted ab0V6 ' Ga *™P^ Bays of Stauntonia : 



xtir anes) none ' even in the maie fl ° we <' without 



flower. In/ } " J"P ernumera 7 r y organs of any kind in the female 



flowers; but in Staunionta chinensis, DC. (Hook. Ic PI t 28461 



TTe^Z X r"\ & t e - li ^ fleshy <^ ans ln the femafe flowed 



that of ftZ S3 ^ V h w? the a PP ea ™nce of nectaries rather than 



tl 8 u des | but their true nature can only be determined 



flowers of T 1 ' ,° P & an f tomical examination. The female 

 orlns abonf 0^ " 'i Hem ^'. C ° ntain similar ' tho «g h smaller 

 thf ?emS ? flrS i £** GlVen the P res ence of nectaries in 



absent 111 T* °\ 8t ^ Untmia ( in the restricted sense), their 



thTonlv Z **/ i m ff ale fl °^ erS 0f tne same species is practically 

 the only point of difference from Parvatia, Decne. 



tiot d crf ^Jy *£ d °' *£* an 7 ° ne of these characters, or combina- 

 "ev U hardl -4? chara ^ J constant in the same species, 

 correh e wZ^Wfl™! dl8tmc l° ns » especially as they do not 

 bvs ireat s res^l ^ 01 ; Vl ?' ve S etati ™ characters. Mr. Gagnepain 

 aSnce of n^r r > £* he ha8 found no instance of the 



thefr ^n-esence wh T "&**?" stame ns are free (Holboellia), or 



afso ofthe f^ct that thl fi StamenS ? re United (^m^ia)/and 

 rhis stetemen? TW fi ? ure8 . ni the /«m<* Plantar am bear out 



t S^uksiJn S *' lf We ign ° re *»™»««, as he does 

 que- in therf *~ «5° WeV f P ' &part from the characters in 

 Hmit ion of o- f r? 8 deservin g of consideration in the 



s^ m nodes excfn S» i f^P** haS nothin ^ to say about 

 the remaTe flow? nf % description of what he takes to be 

 " Sta n ino di. Zh 1 * N^T ^«>^a, Hemsl., he has : 

 are reallv tamWl «* ^ ' the ^^n arises whether they 



S. uSET neCt T leS ; a ^ estion diffi ^lt to answer, 



beS gltnfc orn^rS nU S < 1^~ ini P erfect Btamens-sometimes 



in the female fini«? . ? staminodes and nectaries present 



M "5£J I 6 ? X "SPS* or ^" This iB the case in £ *«*«- 



the male flowers oft lU £T ° lmd m * nectaries (petals) in 



nosers of the former j yet they are present in the male 



