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compressed on its faces^ the condyle being internal and intru- 

 ding, thus rendering the cell hippocrepical and 4-locellate by a 

 monstrous expansion of the intruding condyle — a formation 

 which it is difficult to understand : the seed is said to be hippo- 

 crepiform, but whether with or without albumen is not stated, 

 nor is the shape of the embryo known. The genus must for the 

 present therefore be referred to the section made to include those 

 of doubtful position. 



Selwynia, F. Mueller. — Flores dioici. Masc. Sepala 8-10, 

 orbicularia, valde concava, glabra, subraembranacea, quorum 

 2-4 exteriora minora, margine ciliata, 6 interiora duplo ma- 

 jora, subsequalia, decussatim imbricata, omnino Isevia. Petala 

 8-10, sepalis dimidio breviora, cuneato-oblonga, sepalis 

 opposita, aequilonga, in unguibus iis affixa ; filamenta subcom- 

 planata, sm-sum gradatim latiora; anther (b introrsse, filamento 

 dorso adnatse, 2-lob8e, lobis oblongis, collateraliter affixis, la- 

 teribus profunde sulcatis, in sulcis 2-valvatim dehiscentibus. — 

 F(Bm. Flos ignotus. DrupfB 3, vel abortu pauciores, sub- 

 globosse, imo stipitatse, basin versus stylo persistente signatse : 

 putamen durum, subglobosum, dorso convexum, in faciebus 

 subcompressum, loculo hippocrepiformi ; condijlus internus, 

 intra loculum longe intrusus. Semen hippocrepiforme. Cse- 

 tera ignota. 



Frutex scandens Australia orientalis intertropicce ; ramuli teretes, 

 tenues ; folia ovato-lanceolata, imo 3-nervia et triplinervia, longe 

 tenuiter jietiolata : panicula (J axillaris, glabra, folio multo 

 longior, divaricato-ramosa, bracteolata, ram is alternis, iterum 

 ramulosis, ramulis ultimis 5-7, apice jiores 1-3 sessiles geren- 

 tibus : inflorescentia $ simpliciter racemosa. 



The details of the only known species, as far as they are 

 known, will be given in the 3rd volume of my ' Contributions.' 



Selwynia laurina, F. Muel. Fragm. iv. 153. — In Australia orien- 

 tali: v.s. in herb. Hook. ^, Rockingham Bay (F.Mueller). 



59. Aristega. 



This genus is proposed for a plant in the Hookerian herbarium, 

 obtained from the Collection of the East-India Company, and 

 registered as from the Helford herbarium : no locality is stated ; 

 but it may be presumed to be of Indian origin. It has ovate 

 leaves, rounded at the base, acuminated at the summit, 3-nerved 

 as well as triplinerved, the nerves extending beyond the middle 

 and archingly anastomosing with the few other lateral nerves ; 

 the petiole is short and slender. The inflorescence consists of 



