34 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
racea; albumen tenui. Hmbryo cotyledonibus oblongis planiusculis basi emar- 
pinata: radicula supera ovoidea exserta. 
y Dr. ao and, following him, by M. Casimir De Candolle, 
s t 
overlooked, but I think there can be no mistake as to its presence. e 
upper squamee of the male catkins occasionally subtend an ovary. We have 
a of rere a second species of Leitneria, from Texas, collected by 
Drummond.—D. ER. 
ela Seale of male Spo with stamens, back and front. 3. Stamen, 4 and 5. 
Pit and ei ng scale. mules at base of ay 7. Vertical section of ovary. 
. Enlarged ovaries after the fall of the styles. 9. Embry 
Pirate 1045. 
MELANODENDRON INTEGRIFOLIUM, DC. 
Composit”, Tribe ASTEROIDE®. 
M. integrifolium, DC. Prod. v. 279. 
Has. St. Helena; wooded region of Diana’s Peak, alt. 2-3000 ft., Bur- 
chell, ete. Flowering i in January and February. 
Arbor 20-30-pedalis, ena rps crassis apice foliosis, crassitie pol- 
licis, apicibus sericeo-villos Folia lterna, 6-8 p 3-2 poll. 
] 
Il. diam 
corymbos axillares peduneulatos disposita, pedunculis pedicellisque bracteatis, 
bracteis linearibus Involucrum hemisphericum, squamis multi 
¢ . Sty 
‘Slim g, tubulosi, 5-dentati. Pappus ut in ¢. "Anthera 
rminati. dehenium parvum, pilosulum, ob- 
longum, o num. Hmébryo obovoideus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis. 
eee “Mageils, Roxb. in Beatson’s St. Helena Tracts, Appendix, 
p. 3 
from Bri habi ly, 
as ‘eek: observed by De Cando aoe rom Lrigeron in habit and achenium only 
