GENERA. Xxiii 



Fruit very small, nearly globular, terminal, bright 

 red, and composed of numerous small, viscid, fleshy 

 scales. 



Seeds egg-shaped, solitary at the base of the scaleSj 

 more or less exposed, and covered with thin bony 

 shells. 



Gen. PHEROSPHiERA, Archer. Leaves scale-formed, ovate- 

 rhomboid, obtuse, convexly keeled on the back, ciliated 

 on the margins, and closely imbricated in four rows. 



Flowers dioecious, or male and female on separate 

 plants ; the female ones recurved, solitary, globular, 

 and terminal. 



Fruit egg-shaped, erect, and somewhat fleshy. 



Scales loosely imbricated, rather fleshy, and boat- 

 shaped. 



Seeds oval-oblong, solitary, and covered with a bony 

 shell. 



Gen. LEPIDOTHAMNUS, Philippi. Leaves minute, scale- 

 formed, convex or keeled on the back, thickened at 

 the points, and regularly imbricated. 



Flowers dioecious or monoecious, male catkins small, 

 egg-shaped, and terminal. 



Fruit solitary and terminal, with few scales, the 

 lower ones the smallest and the fertile ones. 



Seeds solitary, pitcher-shaped, naked at the top, and 

 girded at the base by a cup. 



Tribe IV. SAXE-GOTHEiE, the Saxe-Gotha Tribe. 



Fruit composed of several consolidated free scales formed into a 

 fleshy cone. 



Gen. SAXE-GOTHiEA, Lindley. Leaves alternate, somewhat 

 two-rowed, flat, and leathery. 



Flowers, male and female separate, but on the same 

 plant. 



