16 ICONES PLANTARUM, 
Dioica. Caulis gracilis, scandens, 8-15. pedalis, angulatus, firmus. 
Folia 3-5 poll. longa, petiolata, rigide coriacea, late ovato- v. rotundato- 
cordata, acuminata, denticulata, utringque scabrida, per reticulatim 
venosa, sinu basilari aperta; petiolo 4—?-pollicari. Cirrhi simplices v. 
Q-fidi. Flores dimorphi; ¢ ad axillas fasciculati, pedicello (calycisque 
tubo) in alam Tetais canetonieln membranaceam reticulatim ven- 
osam dilatato ; ; bracteole parve, recurve. Calyx 5-lobus, lobis 5 
libera, senias connate v. demum liber, una 1-locularis, duo 2-locu- 
lares, loculis hieaeibes conduplicatis. Fl. 9 solitarii, parvi, pedicellis 
non alatis. Calycis limbus supra ovarium breviter productus; seg- 
menta 5, linearia, patentia, persistentia, demum decrescentia et fructum 
déihovinaitin: oro olla, 5-part ita, segmentis oblongis extus furfuraceis. 
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idee duro granulato appressis coronata, pulp eeetiie Sem 
magna, pollicaria, oblongo-quadrata, crassa, granulata, utrinque abe en- 
Hinnilates et dentata, faucibus planiusculis sulco intramarginali quadrato 
gee ate — convexiusculis marginatis; cotyledones crasse.— 
J. D. Hoo 
A very ~ganhie genus, allied to Cephalandra, remarkable for the 
inged pedicel and calyx of the male flewer, and the more singular 
calyx of the female, which setae greatly after flowering, and is _— 
sistent in the ripe fruit, a character probably unique in the order 
Fig. 1. Calyx of g. 2. Stamens. 3. 9 flower, 4. Fruit. 5. Seeds—Figs. 
1 and 2 enlarge ed. 
Puate 1323. 
ABROPHYLLUM ORNANS, Hook. f. 
SAXIFRAGEA, Tribe Escantoniea. 
A. ornans, Hook. a im Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. 647; 
Fi. Astrats ii 437. rachynema ornans, F’, Muell. Wijlints, lil. Po. 
Has. New South pret banks of the Grose river, Brown; Mount 
Tomah, Blue Mountains, As nd RK. Cunningham ; Rishinona river, 
near Ballena, C. Moore. 
Frutez ramulis gracilibus petiolis nervis subtus cymisque pu 
appresse hirsutulis. Folia 6—12-pollicaria, membranacea, gracile petio- 
lata, elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, ‘ted attenuata, remote dentata, 
dentibus apiculatis, supra et subtus nervis exceptis glaberrima, petiolo 
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