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stamina ; b\«t even these occupy the place of the glands or 

 scales usually found in the order, and the resemblance they 

 bear to stamina in this genus, may assist in explaining 

 their nature in all: nor does their being in most cases 

 secreting organs render this view of their origin improba- 

 ble ; for the function of secretion, which, as it is far from 

 universal, must be considered as only of secondary im- 

 portance in assisting impregnation, is more frequently 

 accomplished by the modification of some of the usual 

 parts of the flower than by the production of an additional 

 organ. 



Cenarrhenes nitida. LabilL Nov. Roll. 1, p. 36,* 

 t. 50. 



Hab. In Insula? Diemen plagis australioribus. La- 

 billardiere. (v. s. cum fructu sed floribus delapsis in Herb. 

 D. Lambert.) 



20. PERSOONIA. Smith in Linn. Trans, iv. Gart. 

 Carp. 3, p. 218, /. 220. Pentadactylon. Gmrt I. c, 

 p. 219, t. 220. Linkia. Cav. Ic. 4. 



Char. Gen. Calyx tetraphyllus, regularis, foliolis medio 

 staminiferis, supra recurvis, deciduus. Stamina exserta. 

 Glandules quatuor hypogynae. Ovarium pedicellatum, [ieo 

 1-loculare, 1— 2-spermum. Stigma obtusum. Drupa 

 baccata ; JYuce 1 — 2-loculari ! 



Habitus. Frutices v. Arbuscula3, cortice in quibusdam 

 scarioso-lamelloso . Folia sparsa, integerrima, scepius plana. 

 Pedunculi awillares, solitarii, ebracteati, v. racemosi, uni- 

 bracteati. Flores flavi. Pedicellus ovarii in quibusdam 

 articulatus ! Cotyledones scepius plures ! 



*1. P. teretifolia, foliis flliformibus exsulcis, pedunculis 

 unifioris solitariis, antheris acuminatis, stylis ovario brevi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. In Novae Hollandiae ora australi ; Lewins Land : 

 in collibus saxosis. (ubi v. v.) 



