90 BUTTERCUPS AND CLEMATIS. 
was dedicated to the great author on Alge, when he visited 
Australia, now nearly one quarter of a century ago. Only one 
other plant of this order occurs in our colony. Menispermez are 
called so from the crescent-shaped inner part of the fruitlets. 
Fic. XLII. 
Fic. XLIT.—(Sarcopetalum Harveyanum).—a, a calyx; 6, stamens ; c, a sta- 
minate flower; d, a pistillate flower; e,a pistil; f,a fruitlet: a-d much mag- 
nified ; e-fslightly enlarged. 
The Monimiee are brought conspicuously before us by our 
Sassafras and native Mulberry-tree. ‘The first of these, Athero- 
sperma moschatum, obtained its generic apellation from the 
clematislike style terminating the fruitlets; its specific name 
