Dendropanax.'] aealiace^e. 137 



globular iimbel of about 30 to 100 flowers. Petals inflexed and mucronate at 

 the top. Styles united in a short cone. — Hedera protea, Champ, in Kew 

 Joum. Bot. iv. 122. 



In ravines of Mount Gough and Mount Victoria, Champion, Wright. Not received from 

 elsewhere. 



2. D. parviflora, BentJi. A shmb resembling some fonns of B. protea, 

 of which it may prove to be a variety, although very unlike its more usual 

 states. Leaves entii-e and 3-ribbed, oval-elliptical or oblong and acuminate, 

 often almost opposite or whorled at the ends of the branches, vaning in size 

 and length of petiole, the larger ones about 5 in. long and 2 in. wide. Inflo- 

 rescence of D. protea, but the flowers are smaller (scarcely 1 line long) and 

 even more numerous in the umbel, the petals with less of the inflected point, 

 the style-cone much longer, the berries smaller. — Hedera 'parvijlora, Champ, 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 122. 



Hongkong, Champion. No specimens have been seen from any other collector, and the 

 species is therefore as yet doubtful. 



Order LIII. COENACE^. 



Calyx adherent to the ovaiy, with a superior border either entii'e or with as 

 many teeth as petals. Petals 4, 5, or rarely more, valvate in the bud, in- 

 serted round an epigynous disk, or on the border of the calyx, rarely wanting. 

 Stamens as many, or rarely ivdcQ as many or more, inserted with the petals. 

 Ovary inferior, 1- or 2-celled, with one pendidous ovide in each. Style simple, 

 with an entii'e or scarcely lobed stigma. Pruit an indehiscent di'upe, with a 

 1- or 2-ceUed nucleus. Seeds solitary, pendulous, with a fleshy albumen. 

 Embiyo nearly as long as the albumen, straight ; the radicle superior and 

 shorter than the flat cotyledons.— Trees, shnibs, or veiT rarely herbs. Leaves 

 opposite or rarely alternate, entire or slightly lobed, without stipules. Plowers 

 in axillai-y or terminal heads, cymes, or corymbose panicles. 



A small Order, generally scattered over the globe, but most abundant in the temperate 

 regions of the northern hemisphere. 

 Leaves opposite. Flowers and fruits united in a close head. Petals 4. 



Ovary 2-celled 1- Benthamia. 



Leaves alternate. Flowers in a loose cyme. Petals 6 to 10. Ovary 2-celled 2. Marlea. 

 Leaves opposite. Flowers dioecious, in a loose raceme or panicle. Petals 



4. Ovary 1-ceUed 3. Aucuba. 



1. BENTHAMIA, Lindl. 



Plowers closely connected in globular heads, with an involucre of 4 petal- 

 like bracts. Cal'vx-border entire, or with 4 smaU teeth round the summit of 

 theovaiy. Petals 4, valvate in the bud. Stamens 4. Style entne. Ovaiy 

 2-celled, with 1 pendidous ovide in each ceD. Drupes united together m a 

 strawbeiiT-like head, each ^^dth a hard, usuaUy 1-seeded stone.— irees or 

 shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire or toothed. Plower-heads terminal. 



Besides the following species the genus contains but one other from the Himalaya. It is 

 nearly allied t» the true Cc^mi with capitate flowers, but in those the drupes are always 

 quite distinct. 



