110 Mr. J. Miers on the Winteraceae. 



diti. Calyx in alabastro clausus et indivisus, ovato-globosus, 

 summo apiculatus, demum lacerato-partitus in laciniis 2, 

 rarius 3^ concavis membranaceis pavallele nervosis pellucido- 

 punctatis reflexis, deuique circumscissus, et deciduus. Petala 

 5-10, lineari-oblonga, 3-nervia, pellucido-punctata, expanse, 

 2-serialia, sestivatione parallela, apicibus quincuneialiter im- 

 bricatis. Stamina plurima, gynophoro subgloboso inserta, 

 4-seriata, quorum exteriora breviora, interiora gradatim lon- 

 giora ; filamenta longiuscula, loriformia ; anther<M parvse, 2-lo- 

 culares, loculis oblongis, sejunctis, fere parallelis, margine 

 filamenti utriuque subextrorsim adnatis, rima longitudinali 

 debiscentibus. Pollen globosum, obscurum, sulcis 3 signa- 

 tum. Ovaria ssepe solitaria, aut interdum dua vel quatuor, 

 staminibus 2-4-plo breviora et superposita, oblonga aut glo- 

 bosa, gibbosa, 1-locularia, in c? pauUo minora et sterilia, 

 in ? pluriovulata : ovula reniformia horizontalia in placentam 

 parietalem longitudinalem ventralem biseriata. Stylus nullus. 

 Stigma sessile, e summo introrsim decurrens, undulato-crena- 

 tum. Bacca solitaria (rarius plures), carnosa, globosa aut 

 oblonga, 1-locularis. Semina plurima, reniformi-cocbleata, 

 angulata, apice affixa; tunica externa dura, nitida, atra, cry- 

 stallino-crustacea, fragilis; tunica intermedia rapbigera, bul- 

 lata, earnosula ; raphe immersa, simplex, e summo ad chalazam 

 sinu proximam percurrens ; integumenta interiora bina, tenuis- 

 sime membranacea, distincta, sed ad chalazam crassiusculam 

 inter se coalita. Albumen copiosum, cylindricum, in formam 

 virgulse curvatum, extremitate basali (chalaza tecta) bine su- 

 perne spectanti, apicali recta; embryo in verticem valde mi- 

 nutus cylindricus, radicula supera, cotyledonibus minutissimis 

 centripetis. 

 Frutices se7npervi7-entes in Australasia, insulis Nova Zelandue et 

 Borneo indigeni, monticoli, glaberrimi, plerumque oleo aromatico 

 repleti ; folia sparsa, integerrima, pellucido-punctata, petiolata ; 

 pedunculi terminates aut axillares brevissimi aut obsoleti; pe- 

 dicelli plurimi, umbellatim aggregati, graciles, folio multo bre- 

 viores. 



1. Tasmannia aromatica, R. Br., DC. Syst. i. 44<5 ; Prodr. i. 73; 

 Dei. Icon. i. tab. 84; Bot. Reg. 2 ser. xvii. tab. 43 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Tasm. i. 11. Winterania lanccolatsi, Poir. Diet. Meth. viii.799. 

 — In Australasia et Insula Van Diemen. 



2. Tasmannia insipida, 11. Br., DC. Syst. i. 445; Prodr. i. 78; 

 Bot. Reg. 2 ser. xvii. tab. 43. T. monticola, A. Rich. Sert. 

 AstroL 50. tab. 19. — In Australasia, Port Jackson. 



3. Tasmannia piperita. Drimys piperita, //or>A:.//. ; Hook. Icon, 



