384 THYMELAEACEAR. | Wikstroemia. 
the same number as the lobes, tl ite to them. Anthers opening longi- 
tudinally. Ovary free, 1- or y 2- mae with 1 or rarely 2 or 3 pen- 
dulous ovules. Fruit an cHcnee nut or berry, or very rarely a 2-valved 
capsule. Seed without or rarely ho ‘iba. Embryo straight, with 
a superior radicle. — Shrubs or trees with a stringy bark, or rarely her 8. 
Leaves alternate or opposite, always simple and entire, Flowers in ter- 
minal or axillary clusters, heads, umbels, racemes or spikes 
A large Order, distributed over most parts of the globe 
1. WIKSTROEMIA, Endl. 
Perianth colored, tubular, with a spreading 4-lobed limb, the 2 lateral 
lobes enclosed in the bud by the anterior-posterior. No scales at the 
throat. Anthers 8, sessile in 2 alternate rows, the upper near the top 
of the tube opposite the lobes. Hypogynous scales 4 or 2. Ovary with 
1 pendulous ovule. Style short or wanting; stigma capitate. Fruit a 
drupe-like berry, covered by the long persistent perianth, which at length 
breaks away, either from the base or by splitting laterally. Seed without 
albumen. Embryo see under no. 5. — Shrubs or trees, dichotomously 
branching. Leaves opposite, rarely scattering, articulate. Flowers in 
terminal or axillary clusters which’ often lengthen into racemes or spikes. 
mall tropical — mgm and Polynesian genus. — In the Hawaiian species the 
in! eence is almos , sometimes by budding roti on oth ermost 
eaf-axils lateral or Aevehonsag ne for e leaves are opposite, strictly so in the m 
densely foliose s, but sometimes scattering in elongate branch the la an 
sparingly dividing spec inner pair o anth-lobes is smaller than the outer, 
mos n the ll flowers, in which the lobes h in proportion to 
the tube. Like many other plants of this Order Hawaiian Akeas ain an acrid- 
nareotie principle, and are employed by the Hatives, in common with Awa and Ahuhu, 
for narcotizing fish. Their strong and flexible bast-fibres serve va many useful tak seem 
and are of the best which the naezere , A Japanese speci 
for the finest paper made in that co! 
Leaves large, 11/2 inch and more in ak. 
Spikes slender, glabrate; leaves pale : 
aves ovate, ring spikes short, gil 1. W. foeti 
Leaves elliptico-oblong, large; spikes short long, deflected 20 amp 
Evite cpr tomentose, pitted- eter diana: oF id leaves 
iconic velvety-tonientose underneath 4. can 
Leaves glabrate, ovate-oblong; spikes long, often forking ‘ 8. Sandwivense 
Leaves obovate; s 68 very short, reduced t : 5. , prom uta. 
Leaves small, 1/2—1/2 inch in length (see also W. i ea 
Leaves ovate or obovate, obtuse; flowers in short spikes 4 6. Ww. uva ursi 
rates ce lanceolate or spathulaie; flowers ee page ie cat 
m the foregoing disposition, I have Keio way or distri 
the closely rel ated forms of this zenue than Pel characters taken from t eaves an 
i nee, although (or perhaps use teria y herbariu as large 
indeed, in a rather elaborate ean of the H eh 
found striki in pistil. To W. foetida he attributes a pistil cylin- 
pu at the apex, with a s yle an 
stigma; to W. elongata a pistil ovoid, quite glabrous and into a long style bel 
: g ring 
thick globose stigma; to W. phillyreaefolia a pistil cylindrical, glabrous and ending i 
