Mr. J. Miers on the Tricuspidariez. 43 
The source of this mistake appears to me obvious; for in the 
axils of the leaves there is seen an oval bud. consisting 
of several decussately imbricated, velvety, bract-like, con- 
cave, pointed, oval scales, out of which a new floriferous 
branch springs ; and these soon fall away after the development 
of the branch, which is consequently marked at its base by 
several annular cicatrices, as may be seen in all the dried 
specimens. 
ARISTOTELIA, L’Hér.—Flores seepius hermaphroditi, vel im- 
perfecte polygami, rarius 4-meri. Sepala 5, oblonga, acuta, 
basi toro cupuliformi agelutinata, estivatione valvata, de- 
mum decidua. Petala 5, cuneato-oblonga, apice subtrun- 
cata et leviter emarginata, sepalis paulo longiora, membra- 
nacea, estivatione imbricata. Descus amplus, annulari- 
cupulitormis, sub-5-gonus, carnosulus, toro arcte adnatus. 
Stamina 15, in phalanges 5 disposita, in foveolis totidem 
elevatis supra marginem disci inserta, nempe 3 in quoque 
angulo biseriata, quorum 2 exteriora, omnia sepalis hoc 
modo absolute opposita ; jilamenta brevia, subulata, com- 
pressa, pilosa; anthere lineares, 4-sulcate, 2-loculares, lo- 
culis collateraliter adnatis, imo breviter divaricatis, in sinu 
dorsaliter affixee, erecta, scabridule, apice rima brevi oblique 
transversa utrinque dehiscentes. Ovarium subglobosum, 
3-sulcatum, fundo disci insitum, 3-loculare ; ovula in quo- 
que loculo 2, ad medium axis ’ centralis appensa. Stylus 
erectus, teres, petalis equilongus ; stigmata 3, brevia, subu- 
lata, subdivaricata. Hructus baccatus, elobosus, pisl mag- 
nitudine, pulpa copiosa gelatinosa tunicatus, 3-locularis, 
endocarpio dissepimentisque membranaceis, columna cen- 
trali tenui ad medium seminifera. Semna in quoque loculo 
2 vel 1, dorso convexa, ventre angulata, et hinc ad medium 
hilo parvo signata 5 integumentum externum (arillina) ni- 
grum, nitidum, carnosum, processu supra angulum basalem 
decurrente laminari galeatim inclinato subcorneo appendi- 
culatum, intus raphe chordiformi brevi ad basin ab hilo 
descendente munitum; integumentum secundum osseum, 
ovatum, imo truncatum, hine crassissimum et foramine in 
locellum vacuum pro raphes intrusione perforatum, apice 
mamilla parva (micropyle) notatum; integumentum inter- 
num tenuiter membranaceum, ad basin liberum, hine cha- 
laza magna orbiculari fusca signatum, apice micropyle fusco 
punctata ; albumen ovatum, imo valde truncatum, co- 
plosum, carnosum ; embryo inclusus, paulo brevior, cotyle- 
donibus ovatis, crasso-foliaceis, radicula tereti ad micropylen 
spectante 2-plo longioribus. 
