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16. FRANKLANDIA. 



Char. Gen. Ca/^/r hypocrateriforniis, limbo quadripartito, piano, 

 deciduo, tubo persistent!. Anthcra inclusae, calyce adnatae ! 

 Squama liypogjna;, in vaginam connatae. Niix fusiformis, 

 pedicellata, apicc dilatato papjioso. 



Habitus. Frutex glaber. Folia alterna, Jiliformia, dkholoma. 

 Spicfe axillares, indivisa, floribus alternis, unlbracteatis, sor- 

 didtftavis. Pollen sphcericum. Cotyledones brevmlmcE ! 

 This genus is named in honour of Sir Thomas Frankland, ba- 

 ronet, to whom English botany is much indebted, and whose 

 valuable observations and excellent figures of submarine 

 plants it is hoped he may be induced to communicate to 

 the public. 



* Franklandia /Mc//b//o. 



Hab. In Novae Hollandi£e or^ australi ; Lewins Land: in eri- 

 cetis humidis. (ubi v. v.) 



17. SYMPHIONEMA. 



Char. Gen. Calyx regularis, tetraphyllus, basi cohserens, medio 

 staminifer. Filamenta apice cohferentia ! AnthercB distinctse. 

 GlandidcE nuUae hypogynae. Ovarium dispermum. Stigma 

 subtruncatum. Nux monosperma, cylindracea. 



Habitus. Suffrutices v. Hexhvs glabr(e, 'pilisve raris glandidosis. 

 Folia tripartita, lobis divisis ; inferiora opposita ! Spicae te?'- 

 minales et e siimmis alis, simpUces. Flores alterni, sessiles, 

 unibracteati. Calyx Jlaviis, deciduus. Bracteae cucullatce, per- 

 sistent es. 



*1. S. palu- 



