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Us, it appears to incluee all the American sp. 

 the other G. being foreign to America ; many 

 sp. and I added 2. H. podanisia and arena- 

 ria 550, 551 All these 67 have 5 petals, while 

 Lvchea chiefly differs by having only 3 thus Hel. 

 tripetala of Mexico in my l^echea mexicana.. In 

 first vol. of my New Flora 1 have given a com- 

 plete Monograph of l^echea, all plants, including 

 21 species, of 3 subgen- Menandra, Ltechea, 

 Eudiexa, which see. IJosc says Lechea has pe- 

 tals 1 to 3 or none, 3 to 6 stamens &c. 



833. PSISTINA Raf. diff. Anthelis, stylus elon- 

 gato flexuoso, several sp. see Decandole. 



834. BENZOINA Raf. cal. camp. 5denL cor. 

 campan. 5gona, 5dent. sericea, stam. 10 basi mo- 

 nadelphis, ovar. arist. stig. obt. Type 13. vera 

 Raf, Styrax benzoina L. auct. It is said the 

 Terminalia benzoe also produces Benzoin, Sty- 

 rax differs by cor. 5fid not angular, stam. about 

 12 free, ovary 3ioc. polysp. but ovules abortive 

 except 1 to 3, 



835. LAURUS L. many G. have properly been 

 removed from this, Persea, Sassafras, Cryp- 

 tocarya &c, but many others require revision, 

 and I will indicate some N. G. Laurus nobilis 

 deemed the type has cal. 4-8parted, x stam. 8-14, 

 fl. dioical &,c, see 861. 



836. OZANTHES Raf. (branch bloom) diff. 

 Laurus, fl. dioicis, masc. 6part. stam. 15, ferti- 

 les 9, 6 opp. and 3 centralis, filam. planis, an- 

 theris adnat. biloc. 2 porosis valvularis, steriles 6 

 alt. ut glandulis pedunc. fl. fern, glandulis 3 ses- 

 silib. ovar, conico, stylo tereto. Fol. alt. decid. 

 fl. agreg. invoL 4phyL drupis nudis Type 



Oz. benzoin Raf. Laurus do L. auct. and per- 

 haps some others of next. Flowers before leaves. 



837. EVOSMUS Raf. (subg. Nut.) diff, Ozan- 



