360 THYMELACEX. 
In these valvular anthers the loculi are only two, and 
instead of dehiscing along the centre, the whole of the an- 
ther separates anteriorly along the connectivo. 
The anther of Hernandia represents exactly a leaf with a 
thick midrib, the lamina inflected to the midrib. To reduce the 
ordinary 4 locular antero-posterior type, they ought to have 
a septum in the centre, and each parta line of dehiscence _ 
along the centre. See Pl. DXXXV. Fig. II. 
Arethey due to confluence of the anthers or are the 
anterior cells alone developed. How are they to be re- 
duced to a type in which the dehiscence takes place along 
margin of the leaf. 
THYMELACE/E. 
CANSIERA. 
Cansiera zyzyphifolia, Gr. Pl. DXXXVII. Fig. I. 
Frutex scandens, fol. alternis coriaceis carnosis concavis 
ovato-acuminatia subintegris basi triveniis, czeterum venis 
secondariis paucis distinctis, stivat. conduplicat. 
Spicis axillaribus, foliis multo brevior media supra. florigeris 
velutinis uti partes novellee. 
Flores bractea parva inconspicua suffult, ivirides, inconspi- 
cui. 
Perianth. urceolatum, extus papulosum, tubo nempe e basi 
globoso-constricta, limbo 4-fido laciniis late ovatis } p 
tentibus, zstivat. valvato-angularis. 
Stam. 4, petalis opposita his medium fere usque adnat. 
inclusa. Anth. biloc. oblong. introrse. 
Glandule 4 staminibus altera, magne e basi cordato Cus- 
pidato acumina as high as the adhering part of the filaments. 
(With these 4 other small glands, as it were are incorpo- 
rated with base of ovarium alternate. 
Ovarium oblongum conicum, stylus brevis. Stigma 4-lo- 
bum, lobis laciniis perianth altern. 
um unicum conicum medium ovarii paullo supra. 
NEUE. noe ee NES 
