HERNANDIACE. 359 
Primo aspectu, stam. vere perigyna, filam. in tubum caly- 
cinum decurrent, fauce squamis 10 appendiculata, tuboque 
calycis piloso, sed stamina et squame dissectione calycis 
parietibus separabilia, nec accreta sed mere applicata sunt 
tubo calycino. 
HERNANDIACE. 
HERNANDIA. 
Hernandia ovigera. 
Ramuli robusti, fol. alternis exstipulatis supra lucidis. Pa- 
niculis corymbosis, paullo supra axillares. 
Habitus foliationis Euphorbiaceus, vernatio conduplicata, 
Pedunculis partialibus umbellatis. 3-4 floris. ^ Bracteis 
3-4, involucelli modo nunc disposit. nunc uno dislocat. 
Fl. monoica suave oleatis. 
Masc. tuba subnulla sepalis 3 ovatis sub coriaceis imbricatis 
æstivat, patentibus. Pet. 3 alternant erectiuscula. 
tam, 3 antherar. valvis revolutis, sepalis appositis, filamen- 
tis brevibus utrinque staminodio auctis, corpusculis interio- 
ribus interjectis, 
Pollen Aurantiacea. 
Fem. Calycis tubus ovulis, calyculo semi-inclusus. Sepalis 
petalis 4, Stam, 4. staminodia ssepius obsoletis. 
Stigma magnum reniforme fungoid, stigmatic canal open. 
Ovar, 1-loculare inferum ovulum 1 , pendulum, raphe enor- 
mously prolonged beyond the base of the nucleus. 
See no mention made of the valvate dehiscence of the 
anthers ! Lindley places it near Thymalez although every 
thing points out its affinity to Laurine and especially 
n lllizeracez from which perhaps it is scarcely different 
I have not seen the seed. f 
The calyculus of the females is well worth bearing in mind, 
with reference to Santalacea and Loranthacea. 
