78 GENERAL REMARKS ON THE 



the pitcher itself, but more probably consists merely of 

 rain-water received and preserved in it. The lid of the 

 pitcher in the full grown state was found either accurately 

 closing its mouth or having an erect position and therefore 

 leaving it entirely open ; and it is not unlikely that the 

 position of the lid is determined by the state of the atmo- 

 sphere, or even by other external causes. 



ANTIARIS. 



Ord. Nat, Urticea, inter Brosimum et Olmediam, 

 Syst. Linn. Monoecia Tetrandria. 



Char. Gen. Masc. Involucrum multiflorum, basi orbi- 

 culata florifera, apice multifido. Calyx 4-ph. Sfam. 4. 



Fem. Involucrum uniflorum, urceolatum, apice multi- 

 fidum. Cahjx 0. Ovarium cum involucro cohserens, 

 monospermum, ovulo pendulo. Stylus bipartitus. 

 Drupa ex involucro aucto formata. Semen exalbum- 

 inosum. Einbryonis radicula supera. 



Antiaris macrophylla. Tab. 5. 



A shrub or very small tree observed in barren stony places, on the shores 

 of the Company's Islands, adjacent to Arnhem's Land, on the north coast of 

 New Holland, in about \T S. lat. ; bearing both flowers and ripe fruit in 

 February, 1803. 



DESC. Frutex orgyalis ramosissimus glaber lactescens. Ramidi teretes. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, stipulata, oblonga cum brevi acumine, basi insequali 

 subcordata, glaberrima integerrima coriacea, supra nigro-viridia nitida subtus 

 viridiora, venis fere rectaugulis juxta marginem anastomozantibus, venulis 

 603] divaricatis, dura sex uncias longa ultra tres uucias lata. Petioli teretiusculi 

 cinerascentes semunciales. Stlpula iutrafoliacea conduplicata lanceolata acu- 

 minata foliacea. FediincuU axillares solitarii, brevissimi, androgyni, pedicellis 

 6-8 alternis, infimo femineo preecociore, reliquis masculis. Masc. Involucrum 

 subcyathiforme apice multifido, laciniis imbricatis acutis ciliatis conniventibus, 

 demum expansum orbiculare marginibus reflexis, diametro quinquelineari. 

 Flosculi numerosi dense conferti sessiles. Calyx 4-ph. foliolis subspathulatis 

 apice conniventibus. Corolla 0. Aniheroi biloculares : Pollen album. Nullum 

 rudimentum pistilli. Fem. Involucrum uniflorum ovatum parvum glabrum 

 viride apice multifidum, laciniis numerosis lanceolatis ciliatis conniventibus, 

 nonnullisque dorsallbus sparsis similibus. Calj/x 0. Stamina 0. Ovarium, ac- 

 cretum et inclusuiu ventre involucri, monospermum, ovulo pendulo : Stylus 



