Mr. Brown, on the Profeacea of Jussieu. 133 



IIab. Til Afiicii, Australi. D. Niven. (v.s. in Herb. D. Hib- 

 bcrt.) 



Desc. Fr«/«;j? ercctus, simplex? FoliaS — 4-uncialia,laciniis tere- 

 tiusculis, callo apicis obtuso. Pedunculus terminalis, scapi- 

 forinis, sa?pc infra racemum 8 — 10 uncias fequans, bracteis 

 paucissimis. Racemus scapo plerumque brcvior, 8 — 10-florus. 

 Peclunculi partiales, capitulo longiores, basi dilatatu, cum 

 processu scutelliformi racheos articulati. Capitula magni- 

 tudine avellanae, globosa. Calyx semuncialis. Islux undique 

 pubescens, pedicello brevissimo, glabro, rugoso. 



9. NIVEN I A. 



Paranomus. Salisb. Parad. 



Char. Gen. Calyx quadrifidus, aequalis, totus deciduus. Stigma 

 clavatuni, verticale. Nux ventricosa, nitens, sessilis, basi 

 integra. Involucrum simplici serie tetraphjUum, quadri- 

 florum, fructiferum induratum ; Receptacttlo piano epaleato. 



Habitus. Fructices. Folia sparsa, inferiora bipinnatijidajiliformia; 

 superiorn,in quibusdam, indlvisa, plana. Involucra m spicam 

 rariusve capitiiliim terniinale d/gesta, sessilia, bracted unicd 

 siibteiisa. Florcs purpurascentes. 

 This genus is published by Mr. Salisbury : his primary generic 

 character does not indeed at all differ from that which he 

 has given to Mimetes ; in his account of Inflorescence, 

 however, it is evident he understood the genus nearly as I 

 have here proposed it : I should therefore have adopted his 

 name had it appeared to me tenable; but I am disposed to 

 believe that he will, on reconsidering the subject, see the 

 propriety of relinquishing it; for the irregularity or unusual 

 structure, which (if I understand him) he says exists " tot 

 partibus diversis," only takes place in the leaves of a small 



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